If disaster were to strike right now, would your family be prepared? Disaster can happen at any time and at any place. Flooding is the most common natural disaster in the United States, and floods claim more lives in the U.S. than tornados, hurricanes or lightening. Flash floods are the most dangerous type of floods, …
Protect Your Employees and Your Business with an Active Shooter Plan
Business survival requires the ability to remain proactive in response to market opportunities and threats. Unfortunately, personal survival in the workplace may necessitate similar tactics. While many companies train staff members on the latest selling techniques or computer models, few take the necessary time to prepare their employees to survive a workplace active shooting incident. …
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Bryghtpath CEO on ‘Masters of Disaster Podcast’
Bryghtpath CEO Bryan Strawser appeared on the Masters of Disaster Podcast on April 25th, 2016 where he discussed the most important thing to know in crisis management – How your executives will work together, make strategic decisions, and communicate clearly during a crisis. Without a clear communication and decision making framework, detailed plans for specific …
Webinar: Building an effective Business Impact Analysis (BIA) approach using ISO 22317
In this presentation, Bryghtpath LLC Principal Consultant & CEO Bryan Strawser talks about the new ISO 22317 Standard for Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and how to build an effective approach for business impact analysis. Presentation overview: Many organizations have adopted the ISO 22301 standard for their business continuity management systems. Recently, ISO has released the …
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Minimizing the Threat of Violence when Planning a Reduction in Force
Reducing your workforce through a series of layoffs is never easy. Laid off employees and their families suffer. The employees that remain become frightened for their own prospects and upset for their former colleagues. Managers scramble to figure out how to hit their targets with a reduced staff. Something that often gets lost throughout the …
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Why invest in business continuity?
The question, “Why invest in business continuity?” might seem redundant to the layperson. Isn’t everything a business does, and every investment it makes, geared towards its own continuance? In the timeline of the present it is, but there are deeper and not-so-obvious implications of what business continuity is all about–and there are potentially dire consequences …
The Basics of Crisis Communications
Communication in a crisis is tough, emotions run high, accurate information can be hard to find and everyone wants to know everything immediately. When a crisis occurs the event itself is the first crisis to manage but the second is the communication around the event. Mishandling communication with the public extends the life of the …
A look at recent workplace violence incidents
If your organization is stretched as thinly as most, it’s easy to overlook workplace violence policies. After all, you have a lot on your plate that’s more time-sensitive. Workplace violence strategies can wait until everything has calmed down. Sadly, workplace violence remains a constant threat. Below are four recent cases of workplace violence that hit …