Business Continuity and Crisis Management Consultants
How do you build a rockstar team to drive your resiliency initiatives? Or your cross-functional crisis management team? In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser, along with Consultant Bray Wheeler, take on these questions, using the New England Patriots as an example of how to build a …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #80: The New England Patriots and Rockstar TeamsRead More
In this episode, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser walks through the new Bryghtpath Global Security Framework. You could also call it a corporate security framework if that’s the frame of reference you prefer to use. During Bryan’s career, he spent over 21 years working as a part of the Global Security Team for …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #79: The Bryghtpath Global Security FrameworkRead More
In this episode of our BryghtCast edition of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast for the week of October 7th, 2019, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser and Consultant Bray Wheeler take a look at current risks and upcoming events: BBC: Russia vows to prevent Turkey-Syria clashes NBC News: U.S. troops to withdraw from northern Syria as ISIS supporters escape amid …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #78: BryghtCast for the week of October 14th, 2019Read More
An OSHA report from 2018 notes that nearly two million US workers were the victim of workplace violence in recent years. A similar study from 2014 from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics pointed out that in 2014, 409 individuals were fatally injured in work-related violent attacks that year. Workplace violence was the third leading …
We’re excited to announce the release of our latest whitepaper “Monitoring, understanding, and responding to Social Activism Campaigns”. Activism campaigns take on a variety of forms with issues spanning the social and political spectrums. While they are certainly not new, their frequency and impact have been amplified by the widespread use of social media, the …
Bryghtpath publishes new social activism whitepaperRead More
In this episode of our BryghtCast edition of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast for the week of October 7th, 2019, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser and Consultant Bray Wheeler take a look at current risks and upcoming events: BBC News: Brexit: Deal essentially impossible, No 10 source says after PM-Merkel call BBC News: Turkey boosts troops on …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #76: BryghtCast for the week of October 7th, 2019Read More
In this week’s edition of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser, along with Consultant Bray Wheeler, talk about some of the common mistakes we’ve seen during a critical moment during our consulting and professional careers. Related Episodes & Blog Posts Episode #4: The Crisis Team Episode #17: Lessons Learned from the …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode 75: Big Mistakes during a CrisisRead More
In this episode of our BryghtCast edition of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast for the week of September 30th, 2019, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser and Consultant Bray Wheeler take a look at three current risks and upcoming events: South China Morning Post: As it happened – Hong Kong protester shot in chest, six live rounds fired on …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #74: BryghtCast for the week of September 30th, 2019Read More
When a major national-scale disaster strikes, neither the public sector – or the private sector – can go it alone. For a private sector organization though, how do you make that first leap into public/private partnerships? Do they really work? How can you get started? In this episode, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser shares …
In this episode of our BryghtCast edition of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast for the week of September 23rd, 2019, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser and Consultant Bray Wheeler take a look at three current risks and upcoming events: National Hurricane Center: Tropical Storm Karen Al-Jazeera: UN General Assembly 2019: All the latest updates NY Times: Protesting …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #72: BryghtCast for the week of September 23rd, 2019Read More
In this week’s edition of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser continues with the theme of National Preparedness Months and talks about the topic of pet preparedness. Topics discussed include steps you should take to ensure that you have incorporated pet preparedness into your family’s emergency planning, including specific actions you …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #71: Pet PreparednessRead More
Businesses today are challenged by individuals and state actors who seek to steal or misuse their intellectual property. In some cases, state actors spend decades working themselves into a position of trust inside an organization in order to exfiltrate your most important intellectual property. The risk posed by the insider threat is significant. In this …
Insider Threat Webinar: The Threat Lurking inside your OrganizationRead More
In this episode of our BryghtCast edition of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast for the week of September 16th, 2019, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser and Consultant Bray Wheeler take a look at two current risks and upcoming events: WSJ: US, Saudi Military Forces Failed to Detect Attack on Oil Facilities NY Post: Satellite photos of …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #70: BryghtCast for the week of September 16th, 2019Read More
September each year in the United States is National Preparedness Month (NPM). National Preparedness Month is recognized each September to promote personal, family, and community disaster and emergency planning now and throughout the year. The program is managed through The Ready Campaign, an effort led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In this episode …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #69: National Preparedness MonthRead More
Most Crisis Management & Business Continuity exercises are slow-moving, ponderous affairs that might check the box on an audit report but do little to create the environment that enables a true test of the plan and build the “muscle memory” necessary to mature a crisis management process or a business continuity plan. In our view, …
Webinar: Leading Crisis & Business Continuity Exercises That Don’t SuckRead More
How should an organization go about planning for a reduction in force, or RIF? Certainly, there are a number of considerations that need to go into the planning process, including coordinated upfront planning, the number of impacted personnel, the identification of high-risk individuals in the impacted employees, and more. In this episode of the Managing …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #68: Reduction in ForceRead More
Active shooter incidents are at the top of every senior executive’s list of threats across the United States. Much effort and attention have been paid to this issue, yet the vast number of organizations are not prepared for when an active shooter incident strikes their organization. In this active shooter webinar presentation, Bryghtpath Principal & …
New Webinar: Shots Fired – Leading in an Active Shooter IncidentRead More
Hurricane Dorian is currently making its way towards the southeastern United States at a slow one mile per hour as a category 4 hurricane. At the time of this writing, the storm is just over 100 miles from West Palm Beach, Florida. Dorian is expected to scrape the east coast of the United States as …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #67: Here comes Hurricane DorianRead More
In this episode of our BryghtCast edition of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast for the week of August 26th, 2019, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser and Consultant Bray Wheeler take a look at three current risks and upcoming events: National Hurricane Center: Hurricane Dorian G7 Leaders’ Summit 2019 South China Morning Post: Hong Kong Police Officer fired …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #66: BryghtCast for the week of August 26th, 2019Read More
What happens when someone is engaged in a deliberate effort to harm your organization’s reputation and disrupt your operations? In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser, along with Consultant Bray Wheeler, flip their nearly fifty years of combined experience around and talk about how they would conduct an …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #65: The Reputation Management OffensiveRead More
Once you’ve created your initial crisis management framework, how do you go about prioritizing your top risks for additional situation-based planning? That’s the topic that we dive into today in this week’s edition of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast. Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser along with Consultant Bray Wheeler talk about how to shift from …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #63: Prioritizing Top RisksRead More
In this episode of our BryghtCast edition of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast for the week of August 12, 2019, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser and Consultant Bray Wheeler take a look at three current risks and upcoming events: Hong Kong protesters offer apologies, China doubles down after airport clash One-China T-Shirt row engulfs Coach and Disney, …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #62: BryghtCast for the week of August 12th, 2019Read More
Once you’ve made the decision to hold a crisis management exercise, how should the exercise team and participants begin planning for the exercise? There’s a lot to do in order to ensure that the goals of the exercise are achieved! In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser along …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #61: Prepping for an ExerciseRead More
In this episode of our BryghtCast edition of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser and Consultant Bray Wheeler take a look at three current risks and upcoming events: Hong Kong’s protests evolve into a general strike on Monday India revokes the special status of Kashmir Iran seizes yet another oil tanker in Gulf, warns …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #60: BryghtCast for the week of August 5th, 2019Read More
