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Readiness Is Not a Plan
It's a Capability.

Crisis Readiness & Operational Resilience Advisory for organizations that want clarity, coordination, and advantage before pressure hits.

Helping leadership teams see how their organization actually functions under stress — and strengthen the decisions, coordination, and systems that matter most when conditions change.

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Most organizations don't fail because of a crisis. They fail because the assumptions, handoffs, and decisions underneath the surface were never tested. 

My work sits at the intersection of:

  • Crisis readiness

  • Operational resilience

  • Decision-making under pressure

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Not as a theory - but as applied, real-world capability.

Our Services

Business
Lifelines
Model

A practical framework that identifies and monitors the critical functions an organization must sustain to operate, adapt, and recover under stress.

Business
Lifelines
Navigator

An advisory tool that integrates inputs, analysis, and judgment to support informed decisions across readiness, response, and resilience

Strategic
Stress
Test

A facilitated analysis that pressure-tests an organization’s systems, decisions, and dependencies before a real crisis exposes them.

RISE
Method

A structured decision-support method—Rank, Identify, Shape, Execute—that guides leaders from uncertainty to disciplined, prioritized action.

Crisis
Readiness
Snapshot

A rapid diagnostic that provides leadership with a clear, honest picture of current preparedness, gaps, and near-term risks.

WHO IS THIS FOR

I work with:
• Senior leaders and executive teams
• Operations, logistics, and communications leaders
• Organizations managing complex, distributed, or high-consequence operations

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If your organization depends on coordination across people, systems, and decisions, this work applies to you.

WHAT I DO

I help organizations:

• See risk earlier — before it becomes visible, public, or costly
• Test decisions instead of assuming they’ll hold
• Strengthen coordination across leadership, operations, and communications
• Reduce friction between strategy and execution under stress

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This is not compliance work.
It’s not generic resilience consulting.
It’s about how your organization performs when conditions degrade.
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HOW THE WORK HAPPENS:

EXCERCISE AND
STRESS TESTING:

My engagements are designed to reveal reality — not validate plans.

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They often include:
• Scenario-based analysis
• Facilitated leadership discussions
• Tabletop-style decision environments
• Observation of coordination, communication, and governance
• Practical insights tied directly to how the organization operates

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The work scales to match readiness

and need.

Exercises are a means — not the end.

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I design and facilitate executive-level tabletop exercises and strategic stress tests that go beyond “checking the box.”

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These engagements are used to:
• Surface hidden dependencies
• Reveal decision bottlenecks
• Expose assumptions that haven’t been tested
• Improve how leaders think, decide, and coordinate under pressure

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I also serve as an independent observer / external evaluator when organizations want an objective, experienced perspective on performance.

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WHY THIS IS DIFFERENT
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• Over 30 years of experience in law enforcement, emergency management, and large-scale operations
• Deep exposure to real incidents — not just planned exercises
• Enterprise-level perspective grounded in logistics, coordination, and decision flow
• Advisor mindset — independent, objective, and systems-focused

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I don’t sell fear.
I don’t sell tools.

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I help leaders build readiness that holds when it matters.

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CONTENT AND THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Much of my thinking and field-based insight is shared through Blue to Gray — a newsletter focused on:


• Visible problems vs. invisible risk
• Decision-making under uncertainty

• Translating crisis principles into business advantage​​

START THE CONVERSATION

If you want to:
• Understand where your organization is exposed
• Pressure-test assumptions safely
• Improve coordination before it’s tested publicly
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