Ryan Dunlap

Ryan Dunlap is the author of How to Untie a Balloon: A Negotiator’s Guide to Avoid Popping Under Pressure. Available publisher and audiobook listings describe him as a former hostage negotiator and the founder of Conflictish, a conflict strategy firm focused on conflict management and pressure leadership.

Those same sources say he draws on experience in law enforcement, ministry, and executive leadership, and that he has conducted hundreds of high-stakes interviews, interrogations, negotiations, and crisis interventions. Listings for the book also note a foreword by Kwame Christian and identify the 2025 hardcover/paperback release of How to Untie a Balloon.