In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discusses how resilient communities need public-private partnerships to survive. Related Episodes & Blog Posts Blog Post: Public/Private Partnerships – An overview Blog Post: Resilient Communities Need Public/Private Partnerships to Survive Episode #79: The Bryghtpath Global Security Framework Episode #99: Hurricane …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #: 125 – What is resilience?
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discusses what is resilience? The concept seems straightforward in a personal context; building up the psychological fortitude to bounce back from all of life’s bumps and bruises. But what exactly does it mean for a business to be “resilient”? We …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #124: Business Continuity Standards – Which is right for you?
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discusses Business Continuity standards and how they can help you improve your business continuity and resiliency program. Topics discussed include the ISO 22301 Standard for Organizational Resilience, NFPA 1600, and the ASIS Business Continuity & Crisis Management Standard. Related Episode …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast Episode #123: Plan Do Check Act and your BC Program
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discusses the Plan Do Check Act Cycle in your Business Continuity Program. Topics discussed include the Plan Do Check Act Cycle, how the PDCA Cycle connects to the ISO 22301 Standard (and others), and how you can use the PDCA …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode # 121: Metrics for Success in your Business Continuity Program
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discusses the key metrics to measure the success of your business continuity program. Topics discussed include business continuity program metrics, maturity models and measurements for continuity programs, strategic metrics that your c-suite wants to see, and operational metrics that show …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode # 118 – Plan Your Ransomware Attack Response Now
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discusses one of the biggest threats facing businesses today: ransomware. Bryan discusses steps you can take to manage and survive ransomware attacks and crisis situations that can have deadly serious consequences to your organization’s operations, continuity, and reputation. Related Episodes …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #117: What Successful Crisis Management Looks Like Internally
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discusses what successful crisis management looks like inside of an organization – including some philosophy about how the team at Bryghtpath thinks about leading in a crisis. Related Episodes & Blog Posts Blog Post: How 3 companies have managed the …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #116: Tools We Use At Bryghtpath (2021 Edition)
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discusses some of the tools we use here at Bryghtpath each and every day to manage our business and work with our clients. Tools we discuss include: Monday.com Notion Slack Salesforce Sales Cloud Professional Superhuman Google Workspace Drip ConvertKit Pandadoc …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #115: Ransomware and Backups
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discusses Brian Kreb’s recent article “Don’t wanna pay ransom gangs? Test your backups”. Topics discussed include dealing with ransomware as a disaster recovery and business continuity problem. Do you have the proper backups in place? Do you really know what …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #114: Mental Health in our Profession
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discusses mental health as a Business Continuity, Crisis Management, and Corporate Security Professional. Topics discussed in this episode include stress and anxiety, the impact of the pandemic on business continuity and crisis management professionals, how to find help in an …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #112 – The Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discusses the Business Impact Analysis (BIA), how we approach the BIA process at Bryghtpath, and the value it can provide to your organization. Topics discussed include the Business Impact Analysis (BIA), the ISO 22301 Standard for Organizational Resilience, our approach …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #111 – The Value of a Trusted Advisor
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discusses in detail the value of working with a Trusted Advisor before there is a disruption or crisis in your business. How can having an expert guiding your every move related to business continuity, disaster recovery, crisis management, and crisis communication …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #110: Is your BC Program ready for the next disruption?
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser asks how you can know if your business continuity program is ready for the next disruption? In other words, how can you evaluate your current business continuity program and tell if you’re ready for what’s next? Topics discussed in this …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #108: Trends in the Post-COVID New Normal
In this episode of our Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal and CEO Bryan Strawser discusses the trends that we’ll see in the Post-COVID ‘New Normal’ or ‘Next Normal’. Topics discussed include remote work, business travel, work productivity, collaboration technology, telehealth, and more. Related Episodes & Blog Posts Blog Post: What the COVID-19 pandemic will mean for the office …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #107: Returning to the Office in 2021 Post-COVID, what role will remote work play?
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal and Chief Executive Officer Bryan Strawser discusses returning to the office in 2021 in a Post-COVID world, what role will remote work play? As vaccines roll out around the world, we may finally be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel for the …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #106: Rethinking Business Continuity in the age of COVID-19
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discusses how business continuity strategy should be rethought in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic. How are executives thinking about business continuity right now? How did planning, or the lack of planning, impact the response of organizations around the …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #105: Taking care of yourself during a crisis
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser talks about how to take care of yourself through a major crisis – such as the COVID-19 pandemic that we’re all engaged in working to manage. Topics discussed include self-care, taking immediate action where warranted, going to “the basement”, where …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #104: Supporting the team in a prolonged crisis
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discusses strategies and tactics for supporting your crisis management team (and others) during a prolonged crisis such as we’ve seen with the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics discussed include critical incident debriefings and counseling, managing stress, checking in with your team, stress …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #102: The Bryghtpath Business Continuity Framework
In this episode, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser walks through the Bryghtpath Business Continuity Framework – it’s our view of the lifecycle & workflows that should be established in any Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery framework. Topics discussed in this episode include the business impact analysis, business continuity & disaster recovery planning lifecycles, …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #100: But they are weird!
It’s our one-hundredth episode! In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser, we discuss a common employee comment about someone in the workplace they may find threatening, which is “But, they are weird!”. How can we evolve our assessment behind simply reporting that someone is “weird” and focus …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #98: Social Distancing while Returning to the Office
As states, counties, and cities begin to lift stay-at-home orders and companies begin to make plans to return to the office in the coming weeks and months, what social distancing considerations should organizations include in their planning? In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser walks through a …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #97: Returning to the office in the age of COVID-19
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discusses returning to the office in the age of COVID-19. In other words, when it’s time to go “back to the office” – what will that look like for millions of employees and their companies? Topics discussed include the “new …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #96: Crisis leadership in the time of Coronavirus
Leaders at all levels are being challenged today by the multitude of business leadership issues arising from the Coronavirus epidemic. The challenges are significant – from how one takes care of their employees, to how to best communicate with your customers or clients, to how to stay on top of the situation from day to …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast – Episode #95: Lessons learned to date from the Coronavirus fight
We’re just a few weeks into the fight against Coronavirus right now and we’re already into unprecedented territory with how government and the private sector are engaged in the fight against this epidemic. In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal and Chief Executive Bryan Strawser talks about lessons learned from the private …