Future-Proofing HRM: Lessons from Sri Lanka’s Crisis for Global Healthcare
HRM BLOG SERIES · FINAL POST 10 From Crisis to Continuity: How HRM Can Turn Temporary Adaptations into Lasting Resilience at Lakeside Adventist Hospital Lakeside Adventist Hospital · Human Resource Management · 2025 After months of fuel shortages, public holidays, and supply-chain disruptions, many adaptations in hospitals become ‘temporary fixes.’ Yet for Lakeside Adventist Hospital, HRM has the opportunity to turn crisis-driven changes into a long-term resilience strategy. This post explores how HRM can consolidate lessons from the past into structured, values-driven practices that protect both staff and service quality for the future. 1. Why Crisis Lessons Must Be Made Permanent During crises, hospitals often adopt quick-fix HRM innovations: flexible rosters, digital-learning modules, agile leadership practices and wellbeing-linked incentives. If these are not formalised, they tend to disappear once the i...