Business Continuity and Crisis Management Consultants
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser, along with Senior Consultant Bray Wheeler, discuss strategy & innovation in resiliency and the need to be able to walk away from the sacred cows of how things have been done in the past. Topics discussed include strategy challenges, innovation, …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #177: First, burn your shipsRead More
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal and Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discusses what year two of your crisis management program should entail. Topics discussed include misconceptions about year two, investing in your program and how to do it, and building a culture of resilience. Related Episodes and Articles Article: How to Successfully …
When your company ends up on the news for its next (inevitable) data breach, will your company know what to say, who will do the “saying,” and how you plan to follow up with media requests? In other words, has your company learned to build a crisis communications strategy? If your company is known for …
How to Build a Crisis Communications Strategy from ScratchRead More
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal and Chief Executive Bryan Strawser and Bray Wheeler, Senior Consultant, discuss how to reset your business continuity program for the challenges of 2023. Topics discussed include our take on the challenges of 2023, expense reductions, the economy, the positioning of your program, alignment against your organization’s strategic objectives, …
After a long year of working with consultants, querying and coordinating with your departments, building out crisis plans and messaging, and exercising them with your people, you’ve FINALLY checked the box on “set up a crisis management program.” Your crisis management plans are neatly collated in their new plastic-smelling binders and that extravagant fire extinguisher …
How to Successfully Grow in Year Two of Your Crisis Management ProgramRead More
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal and Chief Executive Bryan Strawser and Bray Wheeler, Senior Consultant, discuss the topic of crisis fatigue, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on crisis management & business continuity teams, and how one can overcome crisis fatigue. Topics discussed include crisis fatigue, what the “new normal” …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #173: Everyone is TiredRead More
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal and Chief Executive Bryan Strawser and Senior Consultant Bray Wheeler discuss the brand new Bryghtpath Exercise Maturity Model. Topics discussed include evaluating your exercise strategy, maturity models, and how the Bryghtpath team thinks about exercise strategies as a series of building blocks that grow over …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #172: Bryghtpath Exercise Maturity ModelRead More
As your company’s newly assigned head of global security, you’ve just been informed that running your organization’s business continuity program falls squarely within your role. But what is business continuity? Sure, you’re a battle-tested veteran in managing security for large-scale enterprises. Business continuity? Not so much. The revelation leaves you feeling a lot like that …
What Is Business Continuity? A Plain-English Guide for New Program OwnersRead More
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal and Chief Executive Bryan Strawser and Bray Wheeler, Senior Consultant, roleplay a scenario in which they emphasize the importance of getting back to the root of a problem – repositioning the discussion back to strategy. Topics discussed include problem-solving, organizational strategy, and understanding the motivation …
Gaining traction for business continuity and crisis management activities with people (who aren’t already on the business continuity bandwagon) has always been challenging. And now we’re stuck in a crisis fatigue hangover of unprecedented proportions. It’s no surprise that nearly every single business continuity professional we talk to right now is struggling to get their …
How to Gain Traction for Your Business Continuity ProgramRead More
In Episode #170 of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser, along with Senior Consultant Bray Wheeler, discuss Bryghtpath’s Long-Term Recovery Framework. When a crisis has shifted beyond the initial response phase and you’re settling in for the long-term recovery effort, our Long-Term Recovery Framework helps lay out the areas where …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #170 – Bryghtpath’s Long Term Recovery FrameworkRead More
Meditate. Exercise. Take a break from social media. For crisis managers struggling to keep their teams motivated and engaged, advice like this (which is mostly what is being meted out right now) feels cliche and remarkably unhelpful. Like your doctor telling you to eat less and exercise more to lose weight. If it were that …
In Episode #169 of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser, along with Senior Consultant Bray Wheeler, discuss lessons learned from eight years of working with clients. Topics discussed included leveraging your consulting partner to accomplish your strategic objectives, crisis communications & reputation management, relationships within your organization, underutilizing expertise, crisis …
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser, along with Senior Consultant Bray Wheeler, discuss mistakes companies make with their crisis management programs. Topics discussed include crisis leadership failures, crisis management teams, under-responding in a crisis, crisis processes, and taking care of your team.
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal and Chief Executive Bryan Strawser and Senior Consultant Bray Wheeler discuss building a new business continuity or crisis management plan and who that plan may affect before you start building. Topics discussed include understanding key players and questions to ask before creating a process. Related …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #167: Stakeholder MappingRead More
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal and Chief Executive Bryan Strawser and Bray Wheeler, Senior Consultant, discuss Bryghtpath’s definition of a crisis. Topics discussed include crisis definitions, crisis versus incidents, critical disruptions, and organizational communication. Related Articles and Episodes Article: Beyond ROI: The Value of Effective Crisis Management Article: How to set up …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #166: Our Definition of a CrisisRead More
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal and Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discusses what it takes to write, record, edit, and produce one of the leading crisis management and business continuity podcasts in the world. Topics discussed include how to podcast got started, the equipment used for the podcast, and what makes …
Not all crises come with a silver lining. But in the case of COVID, its global reach earned the discipline of crisis management fresh interest, as crisis management savvy organizations quickly stood apart from their lesser prepared counterparts. Like one of our clients, a large technology company, based in the U.S. but with extensive operations …
Beyond ROI: The Value of Effective Crisis ManagementRead More
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal and Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discusses how crucial it is to have a strong crisis leader in times of disruption and uncertainty. Topics discussed include what makes a strong crisis leader and how they lead their organization by being situationally aware. Relate Articles & Episodes …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #164: Crisis Leadership Isn’t for EveryoneRead More
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal and Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discusses the importance of after-action reports and how they can help us to learn from past experiences so we can make original mistakes in the future. Topics Discussed include making original mistakes, the Uvalde Texas school shooting, and learning from …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #163: Make Original MistakesRead More
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal and Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discusses how to use National Preparedness Month to create leverage and awareness for your business continuity and crisis management programs. Topics discussed include what National Preparedness Month is, the themes for national preparedness month, and how those themes relate to …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #162: Leveraging National Preparedness MonthRead More
What does it take to write, record, edit, and produce one of the leading Crisis Management & Business Continuity podcasts in the world? In this article, we’re going to take you behind the scenes of Bryghtpath’s Managing Uncertainty podcast and show you exactly how we put out an episode every single week of …
Behind the Scenes of the Managing Uncertainty PodcastRead More
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal and Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discusses the need for crisis management and business continuity professionals to be candid, particularly with their organization’s senior executives and board. Topics discussed include candor, internal corporate politics, interacting with senior executives, and communicating with partners. Related Episodes and Articles …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #161: Be CandidRead More
Pandemics, droughts, floods, school shootings, political turmoil, war. Is it just me, or does it seem like a lot of us are stuck in a riptide of never-ending crises? Flailing arms, saltwater up our noses, a mild sense of panic at what lurks below, and exhaustion setting in. Yet now is not the time to …
Using Crisis Microsimulations to Counter Crisis Fatigue and Boost ResilienceRead More
