Confessions of a Traveling Zombie: Four Tools to Navigate to Great Human Performance

Have you ever stopped and watched what goes on around you in your surroundings? Whether it occurs in your neighborhood, at the airport or at a local sporting event, it’s bound to happen soon. People walking around like zombies. Everywhere! People wondering around aimlessly. People walking around and staring at their phones while they move with zero purpose. Zombies. The speaker for this session will share lessons from his adventures of traveling over 60-70 trips a year, which includes some of his mistakes and some of his observations. Some of what will be shared could have ultimately been fatal if the circumstances were right. Finally, the speaker will provide four tools to increase human performance and try to get rid of the zombie-like mindset much of us have adopted.

Attendee Takeaways:

1. Understand that no-one really is a zombie, but we all make zombie-like moves
2. Gain insight into why sharing mistakes is more important than hearing them
3. Become equipped with four tools to navigate poor human performance

Tim’s career in safety began as a marine in Operation Desert Storm, helping put out oil fires. After leaving the military, Tim became a full-time safety professional, speaker, author and eventually achieving the CSP designation. He has also received the prestigious Safety Professional of the Year (SPY) from the American Society of Safety Professionals and the National Safety Council’s 2018 Distinguished Service to Safety Award (DSSA), the first to be awarded both in the same year. Tim is the author of The Core of Four.