We’ve talked on several previous episodes about the need for a single, defined crisis management framework in an organization. In Episode #59 of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser and Consultant Bray Wheeler go deeper into this need – and talk about the need to integrate all of an organization’s various …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #58: BryghtCast for the week of July 29th, 2019
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: China’s plan to conduct military exercises off the coast of Taiwan China’s rare public statement on Hong Kong The shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival and …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #57: Red Teaming
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser takes a look at using physical security penetration testing order to improve and mature the physical security of a facility or organization. Topics discussed include physical security penetration, red teaming, authorizations, tools, techniques, and more! In addition to this episode, this …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #56: BryghtCast for the week of July 22nd, 2019
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: Audio Deepfakes:Â Axios reveals recent information released by Symantec where audio deepfakes were used to swindle money out of large organizations. Iran’s seizure …
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An Overview of Physical Security Penetration Testing & Red Teaming
While companies worldwide continue to focus on incorporating security controls to safeguard computer systems from hackers, physical security should never be dismissed as a lesser problem. Many security breaches occur when attackers take advantage of one or more physical security deficiencies. Physical security penetration testing is one approach that organizations can use to improve their …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #55: Crisis Leadership Roundtable
What does strong crisis leadership look like? What makes a strong crisis leader? How do you develop a strong crisis management team? What role does emotional intelligence play in crisis leadership? In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser, along with Sr. Consultant Jenn Otremba and Consultant Bray Wheeler …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #54: BryghtCast for the week of July 1st, 2019
In this episode of our BryghtCast edition of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser, Senior Consultant Jenn Otremba, and Consultant Bray Wheeler take a look at three current risks and upcoming events: The continuing protests in Hong Kong – where, at the time of our recording of this episode, protestors had …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #53: Hong Kong Protests
Over the past several weeks, Hong Kong has been the site of some of the largest protests we’ve seen in history – by some accounts, over two million people took to the streets to protest Hong Kong’s proposed new extradition statutes. Following the protests, the current Chief Executive of Hong Kong temporarily suspended the bills …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #52: Bryghtcast for week of June 24th, 2019
With this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, we’re joined by all members of our consulting team at Bryghtpath, including the return of the previous co-host Jennifer Otremba, who has returned to us safely after a year of military leave. Moving forward, we plan to release two episodes weekly. A news/current events focused episode, dubbed …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #51: School Threat Assessment Teams
In July 2018, the United States Secret Service released a report on School Threat Assessment Teams. This report took a look back at several instances of school violence & school shootings, looked for commonalities, and proposed a number of recommendations primarily centered on establishing and using school threat assessment teams. In this episode of the …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #50: Conducting an Effective After-Action Process
In this week’s episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser takes a look at how to conduct an effective after-action process – or you may call it a Lessons Learned process at your organization. At Bryghtpath, we believe an effective after-action process is a critical component of learning from a …
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Announcing the Bryghtpath Professional Reading List
Over the course of my career I’ve found that creating time and space in which to read and think is a difficult challenge – but one that is essential to solve to ensure one’s personal and professional development as a leader and subject matter expert. Today, we operate in a complex and uncertain environment that …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #49: Preventing Workplace Violence
In this week’s episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser takes a look at how companies can prevent violence in the workplace. Using highlights from a recent article in Marketwatch about preventing workplace violence, Bryan talks through several steps that organizations can take to deter, prevent, and mitigate acts of …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #48: Reputational Grab Bag
In this week’s episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO discusses a number of reputation management and crisis communications topics that arose during a recent day he spent at the Carlson School of Management, part of the University of Minnesota. Topics discussed during this episode include the Boeing 737-MAX crisis, the Starbucks …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #47: A Crisis Team is not an Academic Debating Society
A crisis management team within an organization has to be a team that is action-oriented, able to consume and triage a significant amount of information and make decisions and recommendations that move the incident or crisis situation forward – how decision making in a crisis is structured is important. In this episode of the Managing …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #46: Interacting with the C-Suite
When we’re coaching clients, one of the most common questions that we receive is about how to interact with the C-Suite at a company. How does a business continuity, crisis management, or security professional communicate with senior executives day to day – and when it’s time to sell the program? In this week’s episode of …
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Managing Uncertainty – Episode #45: Small Business Continuity Planning
On this week’s episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser takes a look at small business continuity planning Inspired by a question from Meg Cumby, in this episode we discuss the consequences of disruptions for small businesses, disaster recovery challenges, evaluating risks to your business, and small business continuity planning …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #44: Successful Crisis Characteristics
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser discusses what a successful incident or crisis management process looks like when you’re inside of an organization. Topics discussed include: crisis management frameworks, leading in an incident or crisis situation, crisis management teams, executive crisis teams, global security operations centers, and …
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Managing Uncertainty – Episode #43: Threat Management Framework
What does a threat management framework or process look like? What are some key steps we should take when a threat is received or observed by our teams? In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty podcast, Bryghtpath Principal and CEO Bryan Strawser answers these questions as he describes the model Workplace Violence and Threat Management …
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Managing Uncertainty – Episode #42: Threat Severity Levels
What factors would make a threat “high risk” versus “medium” or “low risk”? Are there threat severity levels that could be used to make these definitions? What are some good examples of low, medium, and high-risk threats? In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser addresses these questions as …
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Managing Uncertainty – Episode #41: Threat Incident Risk Factors
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser talks about threat incident risk factors in threats of workplace violence, including potential suicide situations. Topics discussed include threats of suicide, threat management, workplace violence prevention, and domestic violence. Related Articles & Blog Posts Episode #30: Threat Management in Educational Institutions …
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Managing Uncertainty – Episode #39: Travel Safety & Security Programs
What are the basic elements of a Travel Safety & Security Program? What are some of the things I need to ensure that we have in place? Where should I start with Travel Safety & Security? These are some of the questions that Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser tackles in today’s episode on Travel …
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Managing Uncertainty – Episode #38: How do you make a plan for that which you have not foreseen?
How do you make a plan for a crisis situation that you didn’t see coming – the unforeseen crisis? That’s what we tackle in this week’s episode of the Managing Uncertainty podcast. Topics discuss include crisis frameworks, the Harvard National Preparedness Leadership Initiative (NPLI) program, crisis communications, situational awareness, and dealing with unknowns during a …
Managing Uncertainty – Episode #37: Taking care of the team during a crisis
How do you take care of the crisis team when you’re in the middle of a crisis? That’s the topic that Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser tackles in this week’s episode. Topics discussed include emotional intelligence, maintaining balance in the middle of the critical moment, Harvard’s National Preparedness Leadership Initiative, and crisis leadership. Episode …
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