It doesn’t matter what type of industry you’re talking about – the fact that you will one day find yourself in the middle of a crisis is not a question of “if,” but “when.” If you’re the type of person who thinks that you can never plan, prepare, and strategize enough to ward off any …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast: Episode #23 – Crisis Management is not a Pickup Game
As the 2017 Hurricane season has wrapped up, we’ve spoken with several clients and prospects who call asking about building crisis management plans for the next round of hurricanes in 2018. We always steer the conversation back to “Plans are great, but a framework is the real starting point so that no matter the threat …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast: Episode #22 – When sexual harassment comes to the C-Suite
The last several weeks have been dominated by stories of executives, entertainment moguls, news hosts, and politicians of all stripes being credibly accused of sexual harassment – and in some cases, assault. We all agree that this sort of behavior is disgusting and has no place in our workplace, the halls of Congress, or at …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast: Episode #18 – The Race
When a reputational crisis hits, everything comes at your organization at once. Social media, the mainstream media, the alternative media, local and national news outlets. Things will move more quickly than you can imagine. You’re in the race. In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser and Senior Consultant Jennifer Otremba talk through reputational …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast: Episode #11 – What the $@#!
How the bleep did we wind up here? We were working through our checklists and things were going so well, and now we’re just lost… things are coming at us from every direction and we’re not sure what’s actually happening now. How did that happen, anyways? In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast: Episode #10 – Everyone thinks like me
The crisis situation is underway, you’ve activated your crisis process and assembled your crisis team in your emergency operations center. What do you see around the table? In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser and Senior Consultant Jennifer Otremba discuss the need for diversity in education, experience, personalities, …
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Presentation: Leading in an Active Shooter Situation – BCPA July 2017
Yesterday, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser, along with Senior Consultant Jennifer Otremba, presented at the monthly meeting of the Business Continuity Planners Association (BCPA) in Edina, Minnesota. We described the presentation as: Orlando, San Bernardino, Toronto, the Washington Navy Yard. Active shooter incidents are at the top of every senior executive’s list of threats …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast: Episode #8 – Protests
Activist campaigns aimed at companies are becoming more commonplace than even a few years ago, as activists use direct pressure tactics in order to force changes in business, community, or labor practices. Other protests, aimed at broader political change, also have an impact on organizations as they disrupt the supply chain, the workforce, or even …
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