Turn Disruption into a Competitive Edge

Presilience® Workshop

Date

October 2, 2025

Time

8am - 12pm

Location

RIT Campus

Cost

$350

Help your organization stop reacting and start creating more opportunities for innovation and positive change. Join RIT’s own Dr. Jen Schneider as she welcomes the pre-eminent risk and resilience expert, Dr. Gav Schneider, CEO of Australia-based Risk to Solution Group.

This in-person, interactive workshop will be packed with actionable concepts and skills you can take back to your organization to make an immediate impact. You will learn how to not only be able to predict and manage disruption, but to actually use those pitfalls to heighten your competitive advantage.

From Insight to Impact

Apply Risk Intelligence & Opportunity-Centrism

Understand the principles that underpin proactive, forward-thinking leadership and risk management.

Transform Leadership Capabilities

Shift from operating as a High-Risk Organization (HRO) to a High-Performance Organization (HPO) with evidence-based leadership models.

Lead Through Crisis & Complexity

Build practical crisis leadership skills to navigate disruption and drive organizational agility.

Make Risk-Intelligent Decisions

Learn frameworks to balance resilience with opportunity and make sound decisions under pressure.

Foster High-Performance, Resilient Teams

Learn strategies to enhance engagement, adaptability, and psychological safety across your workforce.

Strengthen Situational Awareness

Gain tools to interpret complex situations quickly and respond with clarity and confidence

Mark Your Commitment to Staying Ahead

Earn a digital badge from RIT Certified and Risk 2 Solution—recognizing your engagement with leading-edge risk and resilience strategies. Share it on LinkedIn and your résumé as a trusted marker of professional development.

Hear From the Experts

Dr. Gavriel Schneider

Dr Gavriel (Gav) Schneider is a leader in the field of human-based risk management and the psychology of risk. He is the creator of the concept of Presilience®, which enabled his business to be recognized as among Australia’s most innovative companies in the prestigious AFR innovation awards 2021. Dr Gav is a serial entrepreneur and has conducted business in over 17 countries and provided a wide range of services for a very diverse client base. He is also acknowledged as a leading academic in his field and in his spare time serves as Director of the Post Graduate Psychology of Risk program at the Australian Catholic University (ACU) and a senior researcher for the Australian Security Research Centre (ASRC).

Dr. Jennifer Schneider

Dr. Jennifer Schneider is the Eugene H. Fram Chair in Applied Critical Thinking at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). a Certified Industrial Hygienist (HAZMAT) and Professor in Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management, and Safety. She founded the Collaboratory for Resiliency & Recovery at RIT, specializing in data-driven decision-making for community resilience. Dr. Jen is an expert in hazardous materials, critical infrastructure emergency planning, and disaster management, advising the US CDC/NIOSH on PPE and universal design. She is an industry and research leader with experience at Kodak, Mobil, ITT/Goulds, and contributions to ISO 37101, ASTM F23, and the National Academy of Sciences COPPE.