The question almost no one asks
Resilience toward what?
This question sounds simple. It is almost never asked. When someone says a team needs more resilience, or a leader needs to be more robust, that statement already contains a decision: the pressure stays. Only the response to it should change. That can be the right call. Not every pressure is avoidable. Not every difficulty is a system failure. Crises happen. Markets shift. Some pressure is simply real. But between unavoidable strain and self-inflicted dysfunction lies a distinction that needs to be made visible. And it only becomes visible when someone asks: why does the thing we are supposed to be resilient toward exist in the first place? Could it be changed? Has anyone tried? Or was it decided that adjusting the people is simply easier?
The question is not an argument against resilience. It is an invitation to be honest about what is actually happening.
