Organizational (creative) diversity. Dilemmas and perspectives of governance processes for complex systems resilience

The chapter aims to discuss the dilemma and outline advancements and perspectives on the relevance of organizational creative diversity in supporting the urban transition processes toward more sustainable, adaptive, and resilient urban complex systems focusing on the resilience practices contribution and role. The chapter assumes the relevant role and contribution of resilience practices in achieving sustainable development goals. Resilient practices are heterogeneous entities experimenting with creative solutions to address local emergencies implementing innovative models. The chapter investigates the crosscutting questions about the governance of the transition process, breaking up this wicked problem along with the scales of governance processes. The micro or endogenous scale refers to the quality and robustness of the process activated by single practice; the meso or endogenous scale includes the questions on networking among practices and the ones on integration with the institutional-led policies, programs, and plans. The macroscale addresses the theoretical and ethical questions that emerge assuming the "resilience practices" as the third actor in the governance process. The different scales imply different discourses on the governance of the socio-ecological system transformation process. In conclusion the chapter highlights the potentialities, focusing on the conditions and opportunities to recognize a role to resilient practices in long-term transition processes toward a more sustainable, resilient, aware, and adaptive society and territorial systems. © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.