In this presentation, Bryghtpath LLC Principal Consultant & CEO Bryan Strawser talks about how to turn an incident into an opportunity for your business by effectively managing the incident or crisis you are faced with in your organization. Topics discussed include crisis management, incident management, crisis communications, crisis leadership, business continuity, and organizational effectiveness. Key …
Why Your Company Needs Strong Workplace Violence Policies
When organizations put together their internal policies and plans, it’s easy to overlook workplace violence. It’s certainly a concerning thought, but it isn’t something your particular organization really needs to worry about. After all, you’d rather spend time educating and training your employees on something that adds a little more value. Unfortunately, this train of …
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The Zika Virus: 8 Steps a Business Should Take Today
The Zika virus has garnered international news in recent weeks for a potential link between microcephaly and Zika. As the virus continues to spread by the Aedes mosquito through the Caribbean and Latin and South America, businesses are starting to take steps to protect their operations. A recent article, “Zika Virus Increases Concerns About Employee …
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Presentation: A Program Management Approach for Business Continuity Management
In this presentation, Bryghtpath LLC Principal Consultant & CEO Bryan Strawser discusses how to use the principles of Program Management to take a different approach to business continuity strategies. Business Continuity programs often grow organically within an organization based on need – or a single incident – rather than being planned and managed as a program …
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Journal Article: When a drip becomes a flood
In 2013, Target Corporation, the world’s fourth largest general merchandise retailer, suffered an extensive unanticipated long-term disruption to one of its headquarters buildings in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The cause? A leak in the water line for an ice machine. In a December 2014 journal article in the Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, Bryghtpath CEO …
Public/Private Partnerships – An overview
The concept of public/private partnerships has been all the rage in emergency management, crisis management, and business continuity circles for the past several years. But what does that really mean for the crisis management / business continuity professional and the business that you support? Earlier this decade, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) began talking …
Resilient Communities Need Public/Private Partnerships to Survive
On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy came ashore in New Jersey (USA) as a strong, slow moving Category I hurricane. At the time, the author was the Head of Global Crisis Management & Business Continuity for one of the world’s largest retailers. In Sandy’s path that day lay more than 200 of our stores, multiple …
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