Business Continuity and Crisis Management Consultants
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 …
Managing Uncertainty – Episode #37: Taking care of the team during a crisisRead More
Why do crisis or business continuity exercises? Are exercises really that valuable to maturing a crisis management or business continuity strategy? In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser takes on that topic and more. Topics discussed include effective exercises, table top exercises, simulation exercises, integrated exercises, business continuity, …
Managing Uncertainty – Episode #40: Why we exercise our plansRead More
Given the last few days of activity around suspicious packages being sent to current & former Democratic Party leaders, celebrities, and news organizations, it’s worth taking a moment to review your organization’s mail screening and handling procedures. It’s important to point out that at this time, most of this bombing campaign appears aimed at a …
We’re often asked to provide personal safety tips that might reduce the risk of becoming a victim of crime by our clients and others. As such, we’ve put together this brief list of common sense actions that you can take to help improve your personal safety & security. In any situation, following the “gift of …
A hospital incident command system (HICS) is an emergency response and preparedness system for hospitals. It enhances a hospital’s emergency capabilities both as an individual facility and as part of a broader response community. HICS also provides guidance for performing daily operations, pre-planned event and non-emergencies. HICSs began to be implemented during the late 1980s in the United States, …
An Overview of the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS)Read More
Often, when we hear of corporate missteps, the stories after are all about what a company did wrong. This is why it is so refreshing to see a business like Starbucks, which recently handled a serious PR issue with compassion and aplomb. Instead of the marred reputation that often follows a public relations misstep, Starbucks …
The 2017 hurricane season brought attention to a glaringly obvious fact: businesses, communities, and individuals in the United States need to do more to prepare themselves for these types of catastrophic disasters. The effects of the natural disasters that struck the country in 2017 were devastating. According to The Washington Post, the hurricanes that rocked …
The Deepwater Horizon spill was among the worst environmental disasters in history. Eleven platform workers lost their lives when the rig exploded on April 20, 2010. Over 4.9 million barrels of crude oil were released into the Gulf of Mexico, and many experts say that irreversible damage may have been done to the local environment. In addition …
Lessons in Crisis Communications: Deepwater HorizonRead More
