EP 131 Tim Wenzel on "Targeted: CEOs, Culture, and the Fallout We Didn't Predict'

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🔑 Top Talking Points: “Targeted: CEOs, Culture, and the Fallout We Didn't Predict”

1. The Assassination of Brian Thompson
   – Overview of the attack, public reaction, and why so little is known about the case
   – The transformation of the attacker into a disturbing “folk hero” among some Gen Z communities
2. Executive Risk in a Post-COVID World
   – The new vulnerability landscape for C-suite leaders
   – Boards and legal teams under pressure to take protective intelligence seriously
3. Cultural and Psychological Disruption in the Workplace
   – The breakdown of the “psychological contract” between employers and employees
   – Why many organizations can no longer define what a “happy employee” looks like
4. The Power (and Neglect) of Sentiment Analysis
   – How companies are missing early warning signals
   – The shift from traditional threat monitoring to broader emotional intelligence strategies
5. The Secret Service Model for the Private Sector
   – Why organizations must think of CEOs like heads of state
   – The need for threat councils, brand monitoring, and pre-event risk intelligence
6. Kindness, Community, and the Rise of Faith
   – An unexpected resurgence in church attendance among Gen Z
   – How security professionals can use compassion to rebuild fractured cultures
7. The Role of Authenticity in Leadership and Social Media
   – Audience fatigue with AI-generated content
   – Why authenticity, engagement, and connection are winning trust in 2025
8. What Comes Next: Security as Culture Keepers
   – Tim's forecast: security leaders must step up as cultural architects
   – Rebuilding trust, tracking sentiment, and protecting more than just people — but values

Tim Wenzel, the Creator of The Kindness Games and Associate Managing Director of Enterprise Security Risk Management at Kroll, is a global security executive, international keynote speaker and thought leader in the security, leadership, and wellness industries.

As a highly regarded Coach & Mentor, he has a passion to transform the existing paradigms of leadership and risk management while building highly effective teams and joyful environments for them to experiment and thrive within.

Tim is a leadership columnist with the Security Journal Americas magazine and a sought-after SME in Enterprise Security Risk Management (ESRM). He helped lead the effort to codify it as the official risk doctrine within ASIS International as the Outreach & Education Lead on the 2017 - 2022 ESRM Steering Committees. In 2024 & 2025, Tim was named as one of Security Journal Americas’ 30 influencers in the Security Industry.In 2024, Tim was named a Top 40 Thought Leader in the security industry, worldwide by the Life Safety Alliance. In 2023, Tim co-authored a book entitled: The Kindness Games: How a Single Post Changed Our Mindset about Community. In 2022, Tim was named a Global Influencer & Thought Leader in the Security Industry by IFSEC International, and was profiled by US Veterans magazine. He also became an Executive Fellow at WiLD Leaders, specializing in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, leadership, team development, and coaching.

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