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The State of Safety Leadership Masterclass with Ellis Jones, Mike Carroll, and Dave Rath - clean professional design

The State of Safety Leadership

Most organizations invest heavily in safety yet incidents persist, programs plateau, and leaders are left wondering why. The answer isn't more tools or tighter compliance. It's a fundamental gap in how safety leadership is built, measured, and sustained.

In this expert-led masterclass, our panel cuts through the noise to reveal what separates safety programs that continuously improve from those that quietly stall and what leaders at every level can do differently starting now.

Learn how governance and accountability turn safety strategy into results.

What You'll Learn: 

  • Why top-performing organizations stop chasing new tools and instead align leadership around a clear operating model.
  • How winning safety organizations govern decisions through strategy, structure, and accountability, not programs alone.
  • The critical difference between managing safety activity and running safety as an operating system.
  • How high-performing leaders create culture by defining what “winning” looks like and aligning the organization around it.
  • How judgment, governance, and technology work together to simplify complexity and drive reliable performance.

Your Expert Presenters

Meet the Leaders Redefining Safety Performance in Complex Organizations

Ellis jones

Ellis Jones 
Executive Director, Safety Innovation, Rhythm Innovations

Ellis is a seasoned safety and operations leader with deep experience across manufacturing, EHS, sustainability, and business continuity. Formerly VP & Chief Sustainability Officer at Goodyear, he led enterprise safety culture transformation, sustainability integration, and crisis leadership during COVID-19. Ellis is known for driving operational excellence, eliminating serious injuries, and delivering measurable business improvement.

 
Mike Carroll

Mike Carroll
Chief Strategy & Operations Officer, Trek.AI | Strategic Advisor & Fellow, LNS Research

Mike is an industrial strategy leader with decades of experience guiding transformation across global manufacturing organizations. With executive roles spanning Georgia-Pacific, Mead, and McTech Group, Mike specializes in aligning AI, analytics, and operating discipline with leadership decision-making and governance systems to deliver real-world impact.
Nathaniel Miller (1)

 Nathaniel Miller 
Vice President, Vice President, Center of Excellence, Rhythm Innovations

Nathaniel “Safety Nate” Miller, U.S. Navy veteran, is a transformational safety and risk executive with three decades of experience aligning culture and technology to strengthen resilience and deliver measurable business value.