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Derrick McManus, former STAR Group officer and founder of Human Durability

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What does it mean to go beyond resilience?

Derrick McManus, former STAR Group officer and founder of Human Durability

Derrick McManus, former STAR Group officer and founder of Human Durability, speaking with podcast host Aleksandra King on The BEYOND Podcast. Derrick McManus says his process is universal, applying as much to bullied schoolchildren and CEOs as to the SAS, and that it goes beyond resilience to sustaining optimal performance.

McManus teaches the method for a living, and its reach is the case he makes for it. He describes using it daily on ordinary things, teaches it to schoolchildren facing bullying and maths homework and to chief executives, and says it applies just as well to special forces soldiers; he is due to speak to the SAS in February.

The process is universal. It's about going beyond resilience and sustaining optimal performance.

Derrick McManusFormer South Australian Police STAR Group officer and founder of Human Durability

His case rests on reach, since a process serving a bullied child, a chief executive and the SAS is, on his account, universal. He is due to speak to the SAS in February, and the interview ends soon after.

Derrick McManus, former STAR Group officer and founder of Human Durability, in conversation with Aleksandra King on The BEYOND Podcast
Derrick McManus, former STAR Group officer and founder of Human Durability, in conversation with Aleksandra King on The BEYOND Podcast.
The process is universal. A short video of Derrick McManus, former STAR Group officer and founder of Human Durability, on The BEYOND PodcastShort video · 0:33
The process is universal.A short video from Derrick McManus on The BEYOND Podcast · the moment in the episode

Cite this page Derrick McManus, former STAR Group officer and founder of Human Durability, “What does it mean to go beyond resilience?”, at 1:10:16 in conversation with Aleksandra King, The BEYOND Podcast, 21 May 2026. Sourced.media. https://sourced.media/questions/what-does-it-mean-to-go-beyond-resilience/ (permanent identifier https://sourced.media/id/C_NGZNF7V8RE)

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