Four Topics. One Consistent Thread.

 This is the keynote that started it all. Drawing on the story of Justin Yellott — who died at 27 from a workplace exposure that never should have happened — this session brings the true cost of safety culture failure into the room in a way that data never can.  

This is not a grief story. It is a call to action. Audiences leave with a new understanding of what is actually at stake when leadership underinvests in safety culture, and a renewed personal commitment to the work of keeping people whole.  

The Justin Initiative is not abstract. Justin was real. His life mattered. And the workers in your organization matter to their families too.

IDEAL FOR:

• ANNUAL SAFETY CONFERENCES
• ALL- HANDS LEADERSHIP EVENTS
• WORKERS MOMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCES
• SAFETY STAND- DOWNS
• INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION KEYNOTES

 Most serious injuries and fatalities don't happen the way leaders think they will. They happen in the space between how work was designed to be done and how it actually gets done — under real conditions, real pressure, real fatigue, and the accumulated weight of decisions made at every level of the organization.  

This session introduces Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) principles in an accessible, operationally grounded way — giving leaders the framework to see the gap, the language to discuss it honestly, and the tools to begin closing it before harm occurs.  

No jargon. No slides full of compliance language. Just a clear-eyed look at why good people in well-run organizations still get hurt — and what genuine leadership accountability looks like in response. 

IDEAL FOR:

• SAFETY LEADERSHIP SUMMITS
• EXECUTIVE RETREATS
• SIF PREVENTION PROGRAMS
• INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCES
• OPERATIONS LEADERSHIP TEAMS

 Compliance keeps organizations out of trouble. Culture keeps people alive.  

This keynote introduces the Human-Centered Safety model and the WORTHY framework — a practical, research-grounded approach to building organizations where workers are seen as the solution, psychological safety enables honest communication, and leaders understand that their daily behavior is the most powerful safety intervention available.  

This is not a motivational session. It is a strategic one. Audiences leave with a clear model, a shared language, and tangible leadership commitments they can act on before they leave the room. 

IDEAL FOR:

• CULTURE TRANSFORMATION KICKOFFS
• SAFETY LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS
• MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS CONFERENCES
• ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE INITIATIVES
• INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION EVENTS

 Neurodivergent workers are in your workforce — in every role, at every level — and the safety systems that were built to manage risk were not designed with their experiences in mind.  

This session explores the intersection of neurodiversity and safety culture: how standard safety communication, training design, and speak-up norms can fail neurodivergent workers — and what Human-Centered Safety leadership looks like when it takes every kind of mind seriously.  

Drawing on personal lived experience as an AuDHD professional and 15+ years of EHS leadership, this is a session for organizations that are ready to make safety culture genuinely, structurally inclusive. Not because it checks a box. Because it saves lives. 

IDEAL FOR:

• DE&I AND SAFETY CULTURE EVENTS
• HR AND EHS JOINT SESSIONS
• WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
• ALLIANCE AND PARTNERSHIP EVENTS
• INDUSTRY CONFERENCES