From Cockpit to Worksite: The Brief & Debrief Framework for High-Performing Safety Teams
Bring combat aviation's communication discipline to your next shift.
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Most safety teams already run pre-task talks and post-incident reviews, yet the same risks keep showing up, and the same lessons keep getting lost.
Why?
Because the conversations themselves aren't structured to surface what really matters.
In combat aviation, the structured brief and debrief is non-negotiable. It's the mechanism that keeps fighter pilot teams aligned, surfaces risk before it becomes an incident, and builds a culture where honest lessons-learned conversations actually stick.
Until now, that discipline has rarely made it into HSEQ.
In this free session, ex-fighter pilots Sam Gladman and Mike Mason from On Target Teaming walks you through the brief and debrief framework they teach to industry leaders, and show you how to apply it from the very next shift onward.
Key takeaways
- Understand why teams leave performance on the table without a structured pre- and post-operation framework
- Discover what an effective brief looks like — and why most pre/post-task toolbox talks miss the mark
- Learn how to extract insight from normal, routine operations (not just incidents)
- Apply the anatomy of a debrief that creates real psychological safety and actionable learnings
- Leave with a practical, ready-to-use framework any safety leader can implement immediately
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Sam Gladman
Squadron Leader Sam “Whippet” Gladman served for over 15 years in the Royal Australian Air Force operating the F/A-18F Super Hornet for over 1400 hours in peacetime and conflict. Whippet finished his flying career as an instructor-of-instructors on ‘Supers’ and was well reputed for his tailored and passionate Non Technical Skills (NTS) and Human Factors (HF) training. His recognised NTS expertise saw Whippet appointed as an Aircraft Accident Investigator in his final military role before leaving the Defence Force Now, as the Chief Operations Officer for an international unmanned aerial systems (Drone) company, and a former Human Factors Consultant, Whippet ‘walks the walk’, applying and espousing the HF and NTS principles that On Target will teach you, to his own corporate teams.
Mike Mason
Squadron Leader Mike Mason served for 20 years in the Royal Air Force flying the Harrier Jump Jet, the Eurofighter Typhoon and the F-18 Hornet and finished his career as a senior leader on a frontline fighter squadron. He now serves as an instructor with the Royal Australian Air Force, teaching the next generation of fighter pilots. He has amassed well over 3000 flying hours; flown from aircraft carriers; and deployed to multiple different combat zones. As Mike progressed through his career, he became more and more aware that technology and equipment can only get you so far. To be the best you can be, Mike knows it is vital to consider the ‘Human Factor’. As well as using Human Factors in the flying world, both with the military and now in the business world with On Target, he also provides training to scuba divers to help improve their performance and safety.
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