Disruption is a daily occurrence.

Meet the planet’s go-to disaster expert for global governments, businesses, nonprofits, and families.

Patrick Hardy is a high-octane keynote speaker, leading disaster preparedness expert, and storyteller who helps audiences transform disaster and disruption into opportunities that develop resilience, leadership, and growth.

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You NEVER have to experience a disaster.

Learn how to break the Crisis Creation Chain and prevent a disaster from ever happening at all.

Patrick Hardy’s simple, proven 3-part methodology has helped individuals, companies of all sizes, and governments local, national, and global shift a top-down, reactive approach to a bottom-up, proactive approach that marshals the entire workforce into a cohesive crisis response team – effectively eliminating a disaster before it even happens.

You don’t ever have to be caught off-guard again. EVER.

The Patrick Hardy Experience

Speaking. Interaction. Drills. It’s like nothing you’ve ever experienced.

At a Patrick Hardy event, you’re not sitting through a keynote – you’re embarking on a thrilling expedition through the throes of disaster and out the other side, absorbing lessons from Patrick’s real-life experiences that will guide you to prevent disruption from becoming a disaster, and even transform it into a success.


What to expect:

Exciting audience interaction 

Cutting-edge training methods 

Unforgettable hands-on drills

The unexpected

The C3 Method:
Empowering families to Fortune 500s

Prevent disruptions from becoming disasters.

Whether it’s staying in business during a pandemic, locking down government secrets through a cyberattack, or protecting your family through financial crisis, fire season, earthquake, power outage, or mass shooting, what determines whether an unexpected event becomes a disaster is you. Patrick Hardy’s C3 Method is so clear, practical, and empowering that audiences from Fortune 500s to families are deploying this framework in the face of disruption to become stronger and more resilient.


Design any disaster

The revolutionary blueprint to master your next crisis or emergency.

We live in the “Age of Disasters.” In Patrick Hardy’s first full-length publishing, you’ll learn how to transform disaster into opportunity with the C3 Method, helping you become more resilient in your organization, leadership, and life. This effortless read will captivate you with stories forged in the fires of real-life disasters selected to shift your mindset to see disasters and disruptions as opportunities to strengthen you. 

This isn’t a book. It’s a blueprint.

Stories. Tips. Adventures.

You’ve discovered the planet’s premier disaster influencer.

Follow @DisasterPatrick for real-life adventures and lessons you can use to keep any disruption from becoming a disaster. 

Patrick is available for collaborations and partnerships, and is an on-camera expert with his own professional gear, ready to go live at a moment’s notice. Patrick is an expert contributor and regular favorite of podcast hosts. He even consults for feature films. 

  • On-air news & media

  • Podcasts

  • Social media

  • Guest articles & posts


Man on a mission

Charting a course into the unknown? Bring Patrick your biggest challenges and most out-there ideas.

Let’s design an experience together that’s absolutely unforgettable. Whether it’s a special consulting project, a high-profile drill, an on-site disaster response, or a seemingly impossible scenario off in some far-flung corner of the planet, you can count on Patrick Hardy to show up and bring expertise, perspective, and energy you can count on.

Hi, I’m Patrick.

Globe-trotting disaster consultant, former first responder, and one of the world’s elite experts in disaster preparedness.

My specialty is DISRUPTION. You may have heard of a “business continuity specialist” or “emergency response planner” – I’m both. There may be only 400 people like me in the world who are true experts at this stuff, and I’m the only one on the planet bringing the lessons learned from disaster planning to unforgettable speaking sessions that give audiences the tools and mindset to face disruption – whether it’s a natural disaster, corporate crisis, personal challenge, or emergency event.

I’ve worked with hundreds of international agencies and LOVE getting on stage to bring what I’ve learned to audiences looking to skillfully convert disruption into opportunities for growth.

My promise: I will transport your audience into the jaws of the unexpected, then back out again stronger and ready to face disruption with resilience. My high-energy, engaging events will challenge those who think disaster planning is not allowed to be fun!

Bring on the chaos —

Patrick is available for keynotes, speaking engagements (live or remote), guest articles, podcasts, collaborations, and consulting for news, film, and other multimedia productions.

Patrick has worked with:


Recent Appearances

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Recent adventures, appearances, and actionable tips.