Business Continuity and Crisis Management Consultants
In an increasingly unpredictable business environment, the ability to withstand and recover from disruptions is crucial. This is where Business Impact Analysis (BIA) becomes invaluable. The BIA is a systematic process that helps organizations identify critical business functions, assess potential impacts of disruptions, and develop strategies to ensure operational continuity. By understanding and analyzing the …
Unlocking Business Resilience: The Vital Role of the BIARead More
Major external events like the Super Bowl, FIFA World Cup, political conventions, and the Olympics present significant opportunities and risks for organizations. These events can introduce security threats, strain infrastructure, disrupt operations, and challenge reputations, making strong preparedness strategies essential. As time goes on, senior leaders and other stakeholders will inevitably begin asking questions such …
Imagine a small software company facing a massive cyberattack. Initial signs were a few reports of unusual system behavior, which seemed insignificant. Leaders hesitated, unsure whether to sound the alarm or wait for more information—perhaps “better” or more definitive information. Hours later, sensitive customer data was compromised, and the damage was irreversible. This scenario underscores …
Why It’s So Hard to Activate a Crisis Management ProcessRead More
As climate change continues to influence weather patterns worldwide, the frequency and intensity of hurricanes have become more pronounced. Regardless of location or industry, organizations must recognize the increasing threat and take proactive measures to prepare and plan for hurricanes. This article delves into why organizations must initiate hurricane preparedness efforts early and offer actionable …
Effective Hurricane Planning: Essential Steps for ResilienceRead More
In 2008, there were real concerns that the US economy was actually going to collapse. That would have led to a big recession, or perhaps another depression to rival the Great Depression of the 1920s and 1930s. But it was not just the US that was struggling. The entire global economy was experiencing crisis-level issues …
Crisis Management Case Study: 2008 Financial CrisisRead More
You’ve settled on a crisis management framework to understand your goals in creating a crisis management plan. You’ve written your plan. I can’t stress enough how important it is for you to exercise that plan. Below I’ve included tips to help you think through a rich and rewarding exercise—even if your team is working remotely. …
How to Create and Conduct a Rewarding Crisis Management ExerciseRead More
In this week’s episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discusses the goals of a crisis management framework & process at your organization. Topics discussed include crisis management, frameworks, crisis teams, crisis communications, social media, reputation management, business continuity, and long-term recovery efforts. Related Episodes & Blog Posts Blog …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #88: What is the goal of crisis management?Read More
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser, along with Consultant Bray Wheeler, discuss the need to “over-respond”, in a manner of speaking, but not overreacting – when it comes to establishing your crisis management framework and your own importance as a leader within your organization. Related Episodes …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #87: Over-respond but don’t overreactRead More
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discusses the need for rapid decision making and communications during a crisis or incident. Reflecting on a year of crisis exercises, Bryan discusses crisis management, crisis communications, crisis management frameworks, crisis plans, crisis plan annexes, prepared crisis communications messages, holding statements …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #82: Speed in a CrisisRead More
Once you’ve made the decision to hold a crisis management exercise, how should the exercise team and participants begin planning for the exercise? There’s a lot to do in order to ensure that the goals of the exercise are achieved! In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser along …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #61: Prepping for an ExerciseRead More
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 …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #52: Bryghtcast for week of June 24th, 2019Read More
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 …
Following a difficult, traumatic, or violent incident, there are a lot of challenges to work through. But when planning and thinking through how to handle these situations, we often focus almost wholly on the response and tend to ignore the short and long-term recovery challenges. In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & …
We don’t do politics on our podcast, but given last week’s tragedy in Florida, we thought it would be worthwhile to talk about school threat management. In particular, the threat management environment in a K-12 school is quite different than what we typically encounter in a business or university environment. In this episode of the …
Managing Uncertainty – Episode #30: School Threat ManagementRead More
Super Bowl 52 will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, just down the road from our offices in Shoreview, on Sunday, February 4th, 2018. It will be on one of the largest events hosted in Minnesota in decades. In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser and Senior Consultant Jennifer Otremba talk through our experiences with …
Crisis management is how your organization prepares for, responds to, and recovers from events that threaten its people, its operations, its reputation, or its survival. That is the whole definition. Everything else in this post is about what it means in practice. Most people asking “what is crisis management?” picture a spokesperson at a podium. …
What Is Crisis Management? Definition, Goal, and the BasicsRead More
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 …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast: Episode #23 – Crisis Management is not a Pickup GameRead More
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 …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast: Episode #22 – When sexual harassment comes to the C-SuiteRead More
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 …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast: Episode #18 – The RaceRead More
We weren’t planning on doing a second episode of the podcast this week, having just published an episode about National Preparedness Month earlier in the day on September 5th. However, the extraordinary event that is Hurricane Irma led to Bryan and Jen sitting in the studio later that afternoon to record this episode. What do …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast: Episode #15 – Here comes IrmaRead More
September is National Preparedness Month in the United States, a time to reflect on your personal, family, and business preparedness in the event of a disaster. In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser and Senior Consultant Jennifer Otremba talk through national preparedness month and how it can be …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast: Episode #14 – Are you prepared this month?Read More
The recent events in Venezuela with riots in the street and the political opposition being jailed should worry any corporate security, business continuity, intelligence, or crisis management professional. Whether you’re doing business in Venezuela or not, the developments over the past few weeks should cause companies to review their current approach to managing global risk, …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast: Episode #12 – When the world falls down around youRead More
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 …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast: Episode #11 – What the $@#!Read More
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 …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast: Episode #8 – ProtestsRead More
