About Daryl D. Black
Daryl D. Black is an Edmonton, Alberta–based leadership keynote speaker and advisor who helps CEOs stop being the bottleneck. His edge: 35+ years in crisis operations and enterprise transformations, including wildfire response and incident command.
What Daryl does
Daryl works with leaders of leaders: founders, CEOs and COOs of 50–200-person organizations where every decision still escalates to the top. He speaks, coaches and runs the 90-Day Order to Chaos — Rapid Stabilization program so their companies execute under pressure without them in the room.
The Order to Chaos Method
Daryl created the Order to Chaos Method, a principles-based leadership system built on 21 principles across a foundation principle and three pillars (Self-Mastery, Build Systems That Run Without You, Build Culture That Thrives in Complexity). The core belief is simple: you can't fight complexity with complication. Read about the Order to Chaos Method.
Background
- 35+ years in crisis operations and enterprise transformations
- Member of a national incident management team
- Deployments include the 2013 High River floods, the 2024 Jasper wildfire, and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
- Has worked across Canada, the US, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East
- Led emergency responses, natural disaster operations and crisis teams in conditions where decisions have immediate consequences
- Turned fragile programs around, led complex project deliveries, and coached leaders of leaders through moments that feel impossible
- Host of the Order to Chaos with Daryl D. Black podcast and a YouTube channel
- Writing a book on the Order to Chaos Method for leaders of leaders
Those lessons became a method for business. Incident command runs on a handful of principles that scale with the size of the problem. Growing companies need the same thing: clear principles their leaders can act on when the CEO isn't there.
Work with Daryl
Leadership keynotes on leading under pressure, removing the CEO bottleneck and the Order to Chaos Method.
Contact DarylFAQ
Who is Daryl D. Black?
An Edmonton, Alberta–based leadership keynote speaker and advisor who helps CEOs stop being the bottleneck. He created the Order to Chaos Method.
What experience does Daryl draw on?
35+ years in crisis operations and enterprise transformations, including wildfire response and incident command. He uses that experience as proof that principles hold under pressure, then applies them to growing companies.
Who does Daryl work with?
Founders, CEOs and COOs of 50–200-person organizations, and the leadership teams around them.
How does Daryl's crisis experience relate to his leadership work?
Daryl is a leadership speaker and advisor. His crisis and incident command experience is where his methods were tested; it's the proof, not the topic. His talks and coaching are about leading under pressure, removing the CEO bottleneck and the Order to Chaos Method.