Let’s think differently about this work.
Stop planning, start programming.
Author of Strategic Corporate Crisis Management: Building an Unconquerable Organization (Routledge, 2022)
Two decades in corporate security and crisis leadership, in one practical argument.
Brendan MonahanMBCI, CBCP · Chair, ASIS Crisis Management & Business Continuity Community
Brendan Monahan provides Crisis Management 2.0 insights that go beyond traditional preparedness and response approaches. A well written and visionary guide for handling crises of the future.
The argument
A different answer to command-center crisis management
The standard playbook answers a crisis with tighter plans and a stricter chain of command. This book makes the opposite case: the organizations that hold together are the ones whose people are ready everywhere, so decentralized crisis capability lives on the edges and the front lines — not in a command center waiting to be called.
The framework
Becoming Unconquerable
A one-page operating model for deciding and acting when the plan runs out. When the unexpected happens, readiness isn’t a binder you finish — it’s a capability your whole organization carries. It starts with three questions, asked out loud: