#127: Ryan Dunlap of Conflictish: From the Pulpit, to SWAT Hostage Negotiator to Business Leader.

We are honored to have Ryan Dunlap in The Perusasion Lab; with more than 200, 000 followers on social media, Ryan's well produced content "Conflictish" helps deal with inevitable conflict humans experience. And Ryan knows conflict in the extreme. With more than 20 years of combined law enforcement, ministry, and executive leadership experience, Ryan Dunlap is a highly sought-after expert in complex conflict and crisis.

He is a decorated law enforcement veteran with 14 years of experience in various roles including the prestigious Special Victims Unit as a sex crimes detective and member of the Child Abduction Response Team. In addition, he is a former SWAT hostage negotiator and crisis intervention officer.

Following a decorated law enforcement career, he went on to serve as the Pastor of Life Safety and Executive Director of Operations at Victory Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Following six years of ministry, he transitioned to become the Executive Director of a faith-based anti-human trafficking organization in Tennessee.

Ryan has served as an expert advisor to state governments, including an appointment to the Georgia Sexual Assault Response Team State Expert Committee and the Tennessee Human Trafficking Advisory Council. 

This podcast is loaded with tips and means to navigate ambiguity and the non-absolute situations we as negotiators find ourselves. The first negotiation is with ourselves. Ryan will takes us through the tools and methods he uses to transcend the most difficult human interactions.

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