Webinar | Leading Organizations Left of Bang
How to Build the Organization You’ll Need Before the Crisis
Most organizations improve preparedness after something goes wrong. But in rapidly changing environments, a reactive, experience-driven approach is no longer enough.
In this webinar, Patrick Van Horne explains how organizations can move “left of bang” by treating preparedness as a leadership function responsible for building capability before a crisis occurs.
Drawing on lessons from major incidents, client work, and interviews with leaders across public safety, emergency management, security, and business, the presentation introduces a practical framework for making readiness measurable, sustainable, and strategically aligned.
Inside the Webinar, You’ll Learn:
Why most preparedness systems become anchored in past incidents instead of future conditions
The difference between right of bang and left of bang approaches to organizational readiness
Why moving left of bang is fundamentally a leadership responsibility
The four recurring preparedness challenges leaders described in interviews across sectors
Why activity alone is not a reliable measure of readiness
How to define organizational readiness using capability-based performance standards
The five elements that determine whether a capability actually exists
How to identify capability gaps and prioritize projects and resources strategically
What a preparedness operating system looks like in practice
Why some organizations break, some survive, and others grow during disruption and crisis
Whether you lead a public safety agency, security team, nonprofit, or business, this webinar provides a practical framework for building the organization you will need before the next disruption tests what you have.
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