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Brian Uridge helps organizations build safer places to work, heal, worship, and learn—with a practical approach that blends trust, training, and technology.
His talks move beyond gear and guard posts to the human systems that actually change outcomes. Audiences leave with field-tested frameworks, plain-language tools, and a renewed focus on both sides of safety: reducing risk and reducing anxiety.
Decades of Experience, Distilled
At the center of every talk is a simple idea: people do the right things when they feel informed, supported, and prepared.
Brian Uridge translates command-level experience into plain-language frameworks your teams can use the next day—replacing enforcement-only habits with relationship-driven practice, without losing tactical readiness.
Expect research-backed insights, real cases, visual, story-led slides (not walls of text), candid Q&A, and takeaways tailored to your environment.
Signature topics include:
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Situational Awareness & Personal Safety
Read environments quickly, spot pre-incident indicators, and make better decisions under stress. Build repeatable habits—10-second scans, safe positioning, exit awareness, and personal action plans—reinforced with scenarios or short field drills.
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Workplace Violence & Active-Threat Prevention
Prevention, intervention, and response—aligned across security, clinical/HR partners, and leadership with one operating picture. Create layered playbooks, clarify roles and communications, and practice with tabletops or drills that map cleanly to policy and accreditation.
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Behavioral Threat Assessment Fundamentals
Stand up or strengthen a cross-functional team, spot leakage and concerning behaviors, triage cases, and document consistently. Define the team charter, intake and routing, use practical triage rubrics, and set privacy boundaries so cases move quickly and lawfully.
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Achieving a Culture of Zero Violence
What “zero” means in practice, how to measure it, and how to drive change with recognition, coaching, and transparent communication. Translate goals into daily behaviors, biweekly updates, and simple dashboards—backed by supervisor coaching to keep momentum after day one.
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HEART – Home Environment Assessment & Response Training
Home healthcare workers face heightened workplace violence risks due to close patient and public contact. With rapid job growth, the issue is urgent. HEAR Training delivers first-of-its-kind safety education: situational awareness, proxemics, vehicle preparedness, public active-shooter response, and de-escalation—grounded in open-source, published research.
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PACE: Pause, Assess, Choose Strategy, Engage De-escalation Training
This course builds de-escalation and situational awareness skills to manage tense, potentially dangerous interactions. Learners spot early warning signs, assess surroundings, and use communication to defuse conflict. Scenario-based practice strengthens confidence and decisions under pressure, promoting safety, control, and positive outcomes in high-stress, split-second moments.
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Executive Protection Training for Corporate Security Teams
Our program equips corporate security professionals with the advanced skills and proven strategies needed to protect executives in today’s evolving threat landscape. We focus on discretion, professionalism, and real-world readiness to ensure your team is prepared to protect your leaders with confidence.
Formats & Audiences
Brian Uridge meets teams where they are and builds a clear next step:
Choose your Format: Keynote, breakout, workshop (half or full day), executive roundtable, or virtual.
Bring the Right People: Clinical and security teams, HR, administrators, educators, frontline staff, volunteers, faith leaders.
Match Your Moment: New initiative kickoff, annual training cycle, post-incident learning, continuous improvement.
Tailor the Content: Pre-event discovery clarifies risks, policies, and goals; scenarios and takeaways are built for your environment.
Why Teams Invite Brian Uridge
Brian wins rooms by pairing lived experience with a simple playbook—and by demonstrating that consistent routines shift metrics. Here’s what that looks like in practice:
✅ Real-world command experience in complex environments, translated into plain language your teams can use.
✅ In-house training that scales, built to fit your resources and culture—not a one-size-fits-all binder.
✅ A repeatable model—trust, training, technology—that helps you invest wisely and measure progress.
✅ Human-centered culture shifts, from consistent rounding to purposeful recognition and better huddles.
✅ Focus on assurance as well as safety, because people act sooner and de-escalate faster when they feel safe.
Bring Brian Uridge to Your Event
Isn’t Your Team’s Safety Worth Getting Right?
It’s never too early to equip your people with the strategies they’ll use tomorrow. Put proven tools in their hands now. Share your goals and audience, and Brian Uridge will tailor a session to your risks and policies. Check availability on the Events page or contact us to compare formats and design a talk or training that fits your timeline.