Hi. I’m Bryan.
I help organizations survive their worst day. CEO of Bryghtpath, crisis management practitioner, author, and researcher.
I’m also a paramedic student and a doctoral candidate.
This site is where all of it comes together.
I’ve spent thirty years in and around crises. I built Target’s first Global Security Operations Center and led its global crisis management, business continuity, and intelligence teams through Hurricane Katrina, the H1N1 pandemic, and more.
In 2014, I founded Bryghtpath, a consulting firm that helps organizations get ready for their worst day. We’ve guided Fortune 500 companies, health systems, and financial institutions through crisis & continuity planning, exercises, and the real thing.
Today, I write and speak about crisis leadership and organizational resilience in my role as CEO at Bryghtpath. I’m the author of multiple books on business continuity & crisis management and the host of our Managing Uncertainty podcast.
I’m a doctoral candidate at Hamline University researching how political narratives and disinformation shape public discourse.
And after three decades of leading crisis response from a corporate perspective, I went to paramedic school to work the front lines of emergencies myself. That view changes you. I write about that here too.
Recent Writing
Books
The Continuity Code and From Panic to Poise: field guides to business resilience and crisis leadership, drawn from three decades of practice.
Podcast
Managing Uncertainty: conservations on crisis management, resilience, and leading when things fall apart.
Speaking
I speak at conferences and to leadership teams on crisis leadership resilience, and decision-making under pressure.