Because safety is created by people, at all levels, through meaning, relationships, and what they navigate every day.
Hi, I’m Daniel
I coach individuals who want to improve their ability to have conversations that matter, in groups or individually, from frontline supervisors to executive leaders.
I started out as a pilot, trained as a psychologist, and have spent the last two decades working with large, complex, high-risk organisations trying to understand why performance falls short of what people are actually capable of.
I've worked with leaders at Netflix, Laing O'Rourke, Qantas, and Digital Realty, spent six years as Chief Advisor Safety Innovation at New Zealand's national safety regulator, and sat with a lot of leadership teams trying to close the gap between how they think their organisation works and what's actually happening on the ground.
What I've learned is that performance challenges are almost always relational. Performance improves when leaders and the people doing the work understand each other better, not simply by tightening controls.
The book
An Invitation to Safety Conversations shows how dialogue creates organisations where truth can travel, partnership becomes possible, and performance improves, by closing the distance between leadership and the people doing the work.
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What readers say
“This is the book I wish I had when I was first getting started in my career.” - Ron Gantt, VP HSE, Beale Infrastructure
“This book challenges us to look beyond process and compliance, and to focus instead on the quality of our conversations and the relationships we build.” - Ruth Denyer, Senior Director Production Safety, Netflix
“If you want the people in your organisation to truly understand one another’s problems and step out of the constraints of the system this book is a must” - John Green, Safety Transformation and Leadership Consultant
“Through engaging stories, Daniel shows how conversations unfold when approached with curiosity, humility, and courage. The book offers practical, relatable ways to engage others respectfully at work — and reminds us that meaningful organisational change begins with changing ourselves.” - Paulo Gomes, EHS Systems and Assurance Lead, Boeing
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