Explore practical guidance for leaders responsible for high consequence operations. We publish lessons on safety culture, process safety leadership, operational discipline, and management systems that reduce major incident risk, strengthen reliability, and improve performance under real constraints. Expect tools you can apply in the field, plus plain language explanations of HRO principles for energy, chemicals, utilities, maritime, manufacturing, and other critical infrastructure.
Frontline supervisors shape how information moves, how risk is controlled, and how work is executed. We’ll explain how to build the systems, routines, and leadership habits that make frontline leaders
Frontline engagement often fades when conditions are tough. Leaders can bring teams back by stabilizing the work environment, strengthening supervisors, improving conversations, closing loops, and using practical human performance habits.
Safety culture breaks down long before equipment does. In high-risk operations, the most reliable teams strengthen expectations, build strong frontline supervisors, improve communication, learn from near misses, and use simple
A chemical spill near miss at Parker Trutec in Ohio highlights how environmental events expose deeper operational and communication weaknesses. This article breaks down the leadership and learning takeaways for
A near miss in the Quad Cities region exposed human performance gaps and communication issues that could have escalated into a serious event. This article examines the operational and resilience
High risk operations depend on strong leadership from the very beginning. This article explains how to build leadership capability early by setting expectations, developing frontline supervisors, and creating systems that
