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A Fighter Pilot’s Guide to Safety

This week on Safety Labs by Safety Products Global: Brandon Williams. Drawing on his military and commercial aviation background, Brandon reframes safety through a human factors lens, sharing his 6 pillars of operational excellence to improve safety and business performance. Using safety-critical stories from the skies, he explains how to build just cultures and propel learning through structured debriefing. EHS professionals will gain practical tools to improve decision making, strengthen team accountability, and drive continuous improvement.

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In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Brandon Williams, a speaker, airline pilot and human factors professor with over two decades of experience leading teams in dynamic, complex and high-risk environments.

He shares crucial safety lessons from his exhilarating career in aviation and introduces his Six Pillars of operational excellence as a framework for improving performance, strengthening decision-making and supporting learning in complex systems.

The conversation explores how human factors are key to understanding incidents and why a just culture, supported by regular debriefing opportunities, will make workplaces safer.

This episode provides EHS professionals with practical tools to make better decisions, advance human performance, and learn more effectively to drive not only safety, but organisational success.

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Brandon Williams

Learn more about Brandon’s work and services: Brandon Williams | Leadership Keynote Speaker

Email Brandon: brandon@brandonwilliamsspeaker.com

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