Workshops

Workshops designed for organizations operating in high risk, high consequence environments. Built from real operational contexts, not generic leadership theory, these workshops help leaders prevent drift, strengthen decision making, and build the behaviors required to perform reliably under pressure. Drawing on High Reliability Organization principles proven in Rickover’s Nuclear Navy, each workshop focuses on practical application inside your actual operations, where failure is not an option.

Workshops

Private workshops for groups of 8+ participants

Short, hands‑on formats that turn principles into repeatable behaviors. Choose HRO Leadership, Decision‑Making & Human Factors, or a Customized program. Half‑day or full‑day; virtual or onsite.

Overview

Our workshops turn High-Reliability Organization (HRO) principles into repeatable leadership and operating behaviors, not theory. They’re built and led by former U.S. Nuclear Navy leaders who translate Rickover-era rigor and human-factors discipline into practical systems your teams can run every day.

What you’ll get: hands-on, scenario-driven practice in tiered daily management, leader standard work, incident learning, and human factors (pre-task briefs, cross-checks, just-culture responses). The emphasis is preventing major incidents while building disciplined, high-performance operations, using lessons proven in the U.S. Nuclear Navy.

Deliverables & outcomes: decision playbooks, Go/No-Go matrices, communications checklists, after-action templates, driving safer execution, tighter control, faster problem-solving, and fewer human-error events.

Format: private workshops for groups of 8+; half-day or full-day; virtual or onsite so leaders and supervisors can practice in the context that matters most. Designed for high-risk, high-consequence industries across energy, chemicals, manufacturing, maritime, utilities, and critical infrastructure.

If you need fewer surprises and performance that holds under pressure, these workshops provide the shortest path from principles to behavior to results.

Tracks

Programs for different goals

HRO Leadership

Run a high‑reliability operation in the real world: tiered daily management, leader standard work, incident learning, and human factors (briefs, cross‑checks, just‑culture responses).

Decision‑Making & Human Factors

Scenario‑driven practice for time‑pressured calls. Premortem, red teaming, OODA loops, error‑trap spotting, and crisis communications to reduce cognitive overload.

Custom curriculum

Tailored to your context: turnarounds, outage readiness, shift handover, MOC, supplier performance, and audit cadence. Onsite or virtual.

POPULAR TOPICS

Popular Workshop Topics

Choose a topic your leaders are dealing with right now. Each workshop is practical, instructor led, and built around real operating conditions, not theory.

CARE Foundations (HRO Leadership Behaviors)
The core leader behaviors HRG teaches to harden daily operating discipline, communication, accountability, responsibility, and engagement through leader routines.

High Stakes Decision Making and Human Factors
How leaders detect weak signals, avoid cognitive traps, and improve brief, execute, debrief discipline when time, risk, and consequences are high.

Learning Teams and Just Culture
Turn events and near misses into learning that actually changes work, with fair accountability, clear expectations, and improvements that hold.

Visual Management and Tiered Daily Control
Build KPI trees and tiered stand ups that drive daily problem solving and move SQDC [Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost] in the right direction.

Work Management Excellence
Plan and execute work with stronger control points, permit to work, shift handover, and the routines that close the “last 10 feet” gap.

Incident Review, RCA and Effective CAPAs
Run reviews based on evidence, define ownership, and manage close out so corrective actions prevent repeats.

Crisis and Turnaround Readiness
Plan, run, and recover with clear roles, communications, decision rights, and drills that make readiness real.

OEMS Design, Simplification and Sustainment
Simplify governance, standards, and assurance so the system is usable, used, and sustained in daily operations.

Psychological Safety and Speaking Up Behaviors
Leader practices that surface risk early, invite challenge, and make it normal to raise concerns before they become events.

Audit Readiness and Recovery
Build audit ready routines and response tactics that strengthen operations and stick after the audit is over.

FAQ

Virtual or onsite?
Virtual or onsite? Both. Virtual includes templates and breakouts; onsite adds floor/deck walks where appropriate.
Certificates? Completion certificates available on request.
8–24 participants per cohort.


Yes. We align examples to your context: maritime, shipbuilding, energy, aerospace, industrial.

Reserve

Book a private workshop

Tell us your program choice, delivery mode, and three preferred date/time options. We’ll confirm availability and arrange to learn more.