Digital Transformation with Humans Digital Transformation is all the rage these days in Oil & Gas and pretty much every other industry it seems. I get it. It is a good idea to leverage technology to reduce costs, have better information to make better...

Hollywood always gets it wrong So, I am in St. John’s, Newfoundland (yes, google it – I had to) to give some speeches and workshops about High Reliability Organization principles and leadership based on my experience as a Submarine Captain. I have a little...

Prime Standard Alignment

My team and I were recently doing one of our “Rapid Operational Assessments” where we go into an operation and for 72 hours we observe, poke around, ask questions, and evaluate the operations against the principles of a High Reliability Organization. 72...

May the Culture Change Force be with you…

We are working with a fabulous client in the Oil & Gas industry to help them transform their culture into a High Reliability Organization based on the principles of the US Nuclear Navy. They are already doing great work but want to be even better and it’s exciting...

Self Licking Ice Cream Cones

I am not sure when I first heard the phrase “Self Licking Ice Cream Cone” but it stuck in my head. I think it was around 2002 when I was a Junior Board Member on the Pacific Fleet Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board (NPEB). The NPEB is tasked to essentially...