Disaster management expert Patrick Hardy shares insights on creating a culture of preparedness in small businesses. Learn how empowering employees at all levels can lead to more effective disaster response and adaptability in everyday operations.

Key Topics:

- Patrick's journey into disaster management

- The importance of empowerment in disaster preparedness 

- Creating adaptive teams for emergency response

- Applying disaster management principles to everyday business operations

- Building a successful disaster management company

Guest: Patrick Hardy, CEO of Hytropy Disaster Management and author of "Design Any Disaster"

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction and Patrick's background

05:30 - Defining disaster management 

10:15 - Types of disasters and examples

15:45 - The empowerment approach to disaster planning

22:30 - Building adaptive teams and cultures

28:00 - Patrick's entrepreneurial journey 

35:15 - Lightning round questions on adaptiveness

38:30 - Book recommendations

41:00 - Information on Patrick's book and how to connect

Key Quotes:

"If you don't empower people to do those kinds of things...everybody turns into a bystander."

"You never have to experience a disaster anytime ever in your life if you prepare for disaster."

"Disasters are not about...the severity. It's your dependencies - how much have you left yourself dependent on someone else."

Resources Mentioned:

- Book: "Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond

- Book: "The Tao of Jeet Kune Do" by Bruce Lee

- Patrick's book: "Design Any Disaster"

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Visit disasterpatrick.com to learn more about Patrick's upcoming YouTube series on disaster program makeovers for small businesses.

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