Featured Conferences

The first Conklin Conference in Santa Fe was so much fun, I'm doing it again. This year, my session will be exploring the simple leadership behaviors that build safety capacity within psychological, operational and organizational systems. It's also a great opportunity to learn from my friends, Todd Conklin, Bob Edwards, Jenny Long and Marc Yeston. Come join us!

It's been 30 years of safety learning and sharing with the Community of Human and Organizational Learning. I'll be speaking on Thursday June 13 about accountability and blame (let's break them up for good!) and Friday I'll be helping folks workshop their HOP strategies. Of course, everyone else will be there sharing their wisdom and hard-won lessons. It's gonna be hot in Henderson, NV but the pool will be nice.

 Join me for a free Community of Human and Organizational Learning webinar on April 23rd. We'll discuss why culpability models don't improve safety, how to build a better accountability model, and why safety and quality leaders need to become masters of emotional regulation and management. 

This year I'm pleased to present three sessions, partnering with some amazing female leaders in the safety community: Andrea Baker, Diane Chadwick-Jones, Zoe Nation, and Maeve O'Loughlin. I'll be speaking all three days of the conference.

I'm so glad to be delivering a keynote session for CHOL again this year. What a wonderful community of safety professionals this is! The topic of my talk on Thursday, June 15 is "Get Being Wrong Right".  I'll explain the danger of not accepting our fallibility an discuss how we can get things right by getting curious about how and  when we are wrong. Join in person or on-line.

What a great opportunity to spend four days with friends and colleagues talking about all things HOP. Jay Allen, creator of Safety FM, has rounded up Todd Conklin, Bob Edwards, Marc Yeston, myself and a few mystery guests in Santa Fe.  March 8, 2023, I'm delivering a 1-day workshop on the  Psychological Capacity for Safety. Join us!

It's an honor to connect with pipeline safety professionals on the important topic of psychological safety and it's contribution to safety capacity. This virtual event is open to members and non-members  of the PSMS. I'll be speaking on June 24, 2022 at noon EDT.

Who could pass up getting together with esteemed colleagues  for rich conversation at the beautiful Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs?  I'll be doing a breakout session on June 14, and keynoting the General Session on June 15, 2022.

I'm looking forward to the opportunity to connect with over 250 ESH professionals at the upcoming NEAM conference. I will be speaking on 

May 19, 2022 at 1:30 PM EST.

I'm thrilled to be speaking to  Health, Safety, Security & Environment management professionals about building psychological capacity for safety. This 25th Anniversary conference will focus on Learning, Evolving and Thriving. I will be speaking on October 26, 2021 at 11:45 AM EST.

  I'm excited to be speaking at the upcoming 2021 Bay Area Safety Symposium for the ASSP! Join us on March 10, for a full day of of safety experiences, insights and aha's. I'm joining the HOP discussion panel from 11:00 to 12:30 PST and speaking on psychological safety from 3:45 to 4:45 PST.   

 I'm excited to join the distinguished speakers at the 2021 HOP Summit. My Keynote session titled: " Working Scared: How Safety Leaders Can Cultivate Psychological Safety" will be on Thursday, Jan 14, 2021, from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM  Eastern.