by brandirichardthompson | Mar 30, 2026 | Courage & Crisis
What the 2026 Oscars, an unread speech, and 60 years of cognitive science can teach leaders about the communications decisions they make without thinking I’ve written speeches that never reached their intended audience. Not because of deliberate negligence — but...
by brandirichardthompson | Mar 23, 2026 | Courage & Crisis
What Dolores Huerta’s 60 years of silence teaches us about the unbearable weight women carry in service of something larger than themselves Dolores Huerta is 95 years old. She has been a union organizer, a labor icon, a civil rights giant, and a mother of eleven...
by brandirichardthompson | Mar 16, 2026 | Courage & Crisis
The Oscars are over. The dresses have been reviewed, the speeches have been dissected, and somewhere in Los Angeles, a publicist is already on their second cup of coffee wondering if their client said the right thing. If you watched last night, you saw beautiful. You...
by brandirichardthompson | Mar 9, 2026 | Courage & Crisis
What Crisis Response Reveals About Who You Actually Are There’s a principle in emergency management that doesn’t get taught in leadership books. It’s called the 72-hour window — the period after a disaster when outside help cannot be assumed and when...
by brandirichardthompson | Mar 2, 2026 | Courage & Crisis, Leadership, Uncategorized
She knew exactly what she needed to do. That’s what she told me in our first coaching session. Senior executive, fifteen years in her industry, reputation for getting results. She’d been passed over for a promotion she deserved, and she knew why. Her boss was taking...
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