Ryan's on a mission to help people get their
ish together.
Most people think conflict is about others—but the real battle is within. The inability to confront hard truths, unchecked ego, and emotional reactivity don’t just create personal turmoil—they fuel organizational dysfunction, broken relationships, and a divided world.
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Ryan Dunlap’s vision is to help people get brutally honest with themselves—cutting through their own illusions and dismantling the internal chaos that fuels external conflict. His work isn’t about making people “nicer” or more agreeable—it’s about helping them master self-awareness, build self-confidence, and develop unimpeachable self-control.
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Conflict isn’t won by overpowering others—it’s won by mastering yourself.
What can a former hostage negotiator teach leaders about conflict?
From the interrogation room to the boardroom.
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Ryan Dunlap is a thought leader and conflict strategist at the intersection of conflict psychology, leadership development, and personal transformation—teaching people how to handle pressure before it handles them.
With a career spanning law enforcement, executive leadership, and ministry, he has spent over two decades helping leaders navigate high-pressure moments and master difficult conversations, turning pressure into their greatest competitive advantage.
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From hostage negotiations to corporate boardrooms, Ryan has guided executives, teams, and organizations through their toughest challenges. His work with global brands across multiple industries has shaped outcomes, changed organizations, and saved lives.
Impact:
20+
Years of Experience
2,500+
Leaders Trained & Coached
450k+
Engaged Social Media Followers
600+
Micro-lessons Authored
The origin of Conflictish.
When Conflictish® founder Ryan Dunlap transitioned into executive leadership after years of investigative and hostage negotiation work, he expected to find the same discipline, clarity, and accountability in the boardroom he came to know in the interrogation room. Instead, he walked into passive-aggressive conversations, turf wars, ego-driven decision-making, and leaders avoiding problems rather solving them.
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Beyond that, he recognized the biggest conflict issue no one talked about; leadership is problem solving, but leaders caused the most problems.
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Sitting in a Chattanooga, TN coffee shop, Ryan grabbed a napkin began scribbling ideas on how leaders could learn to solve problems more effectively. What flowed from his pen was a list of conflict challenges that he observed other leaders struggling to manage: Team skirmishes, foolish behavior, selfish leadership, hellish attitudes, tarnished rapport, brandished power, childish attitudes, and more.
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This was the ish he wanted to help others overcome.​
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What started on a napkin in a coffee shop in 2021 has grown into an internationally recognized conflict strategy brand. Today, Conflictish® partners with executive leaders and entrepreneurs across the world, helping them get their 'ish together, one conversation at a time.
