Product recalls, corporate rumor mills, threats of extortion. Crises, they happen every single day. You cannot prevent all of these situations, but you can plan for their inevitable occurrence. Through proper crisis management, your organization can stand tall even in the worst possible scenario. The task is daunting, near to overwhelming. For most corporations, it …
What is the goal of crisis management?
A business can experience several types of crisis ranging from data breaches to executive misconduct. The goal of crisis management is to have a system in place to effectively address the coordinated response, resources, and internal and external communication requirements during and after the negative situation. How you accomplish these tasks will impact your corporate …
An Introduction to Crisis Management
Your company likely means everything to you. If you’re like most people, you would do almost anything to make sure it’s safe. That starts with a great plan for how you’re going to deal with a crisis, should one ever arise. Unfortunately, most companies will have to deal with disaster at some point in their …
Making Decisions in the Midst of a Crisis
It doesn’t matter what type of industry you’re talking about – the fact that you will one day find yourself in the middle of a crisis is not a question of “if,” but “when.” If you’re the type of person who thinks that you can never plan, prepare, and strategize enough to ward off any …
An overview of the NFPA 1600 Standard
Published in pamphlet, handbook, and eBook editions by the National Fire Protection Association, NFPA 1600’s full title is “Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity/Continuity of Operations Programs, 2016 Edition.” Anyone working in or having overall responsibilities for an emergency management standard in their organization should be familiar with NFPA 1600. It is a comprehensive, yet …
Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser selected as Senior Fellow at George Washington University’s Center for Cyber & Homeland Security
Minnesota CEO & Crisis Management Expert to help guide public policy on national security & cybersecurity issues. Bryghtpath LLC, a global strategic advisory firm based in Shoreview, Minnesota and specializing in global risk, crisis management, business continuity, and crisis communications, is pleased to announce that Bryan Strawser, Principal & CEO, has been selected as a Senior …
8 Things to Consider When Choosing a Business Continuity Consultant
You need a business continuity plan. We’ve previously talked about all the best reasons to invest in business continuity–one of which may be that your industry is subject to government oversight, which has dire implications of unpleasant sanctions should disaster strike. (See this Gartner compendium of laws influencing business continuity and disaster recovery planning.) Besides compliance, …
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Marie Strawser joins Bryghtpath as Principal
We’re excited to announce the addition of Marie Strawser to Bryghtpath as a Principal. Marie brings more than twenty years of experience in business continuity, crisis management, and enterprise risk to her new role at Bryghtpath. Marie joins us from Ameriprise Financial where she was most recently Senior Manager, Business Continuity. She spent eleven years …