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Brandon Williams

  • Former US Air Force F-15E Fighter Pilot & Major Airline Captain
  • Human Factors Expert
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Brandon Williams is a highly sought-after keynote speaker, seasoned airline captain, human factors professor, and former U.S. Air Force Fighter Pilot, Lieutenant Colonel, and Aviation Safety Officer. With over two decades of experience operating and leading in high-risk, high-reliability environments, Brandon brings a unique blend of aviation science, human performance, and leadership practice to organizations...

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Brandon Williams is a highly sought-after keynote speaker, seasoned airline captain, human factors professor, and former U.S. Air Force Fighter Pilot, Lieutenant Colonel, and Aviation Safety Officer.
With over two decades of experience operating and leading in high-risk, high-reliability environments, Brandon brings a unique blend of aviation science, human performance, and leadership practice to organizations navigating complexity, uncertainty, and change.

Through dynamic storytelling and research-backed frameworks, Brandon equips leaders with practical tools to reduce human error, improve decision-making, and build High-Reliability Organizations (HROs) and High-Performance Teams—teams that are resilient, adaptable, and capable of sustained excellence.

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Human Factors Leadership: Advancing Human Performance in High-Stakes Environments
Drawing from over 20 years of experience in aviation safety, human factors instruction, and his experience as a fighter pilot and airline Captain, Brandon unpacks how safety and human performance principles from aviation can transform ...more
Drawing from over 20 years of experience in aviation safety, human factors instruction, and his experience as a fighter pilot and airline Captain, Brandon unpacks how safety and human performance principles from aviation can transform your organization’s culture. ...less
JUST CULTURE, HUMAN FACTORS, AND THE FUTURE OF SAFETY LEADERSHIP
his keynote explores Brandon’s experience leading safety efforts in military aviation, airline operations, and organizational human factors showing how Human Factors science combined with Just Culture principles can radically improve safety outcomes. Brandon reveals how ...more
his keynote explores Brandon’s experience leading safety efforts in military aviation, airline operations, and organizational human factors showing how Human Factors science combined with Just Culture principles can radically improve safety outcomes. Brandon reveals how the world’s most complex and high-risk teams lead with Just Culture principles to reduce risk, learn from error, and drive operational excellence. ...less
WORKSHOP — FLIGHT PLAN FOR SUCCESS: STRATEGIC PLANNING WITH HUMAN FACTORS LEADERSH
This interactive workshop helps teams develop plans that actually work in execution not just look good on paper. Using Brandon’s “Flight Plan framework, participants will learn how to align teams, identify vulnerabilities early, and execute ...more
This interactive workshop helps teams develop plans that actually work in execution not just look good on paper. Using Brandon’s “Flight Plan framework, participants will learn how to align teams, identify vulnerabilities early, and execute with greater clarity and coordination. ...less
WORKSHOP — DEBRIEF TO IMPROVE: EMBEDDING A CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY & LEARNING
This workshop teaches teams how to leverage a structured debrief process to uncover lessons, improve performance, and build a culture of continuous improvement. Participants will practice analyzing real projects, tasks, or initiatives using Brandon’s Debrief ...more
This workshop teaches teams how to leverage a structured debrief process to uncover lessons, improve performance, and build a culture of continuous improvement. Participants will practice analyzing real projects, tasks, or initiatives using Brandon’s Debrief Model to uncover Human Factors at play and identify concrete improvement actions ...less
WORKSHOP — THE HUMAN FACTORS TEAM CHALLENGE: EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING FOR SAFETY & PERFORMANCE
This highly engaging, team-based workshop puts Human Factors Leadership into practice through an experiential learning challenge. Participants will be forced to operate in dynamic, uncertain environments practicing clear communication, planning, mutual support, and rapid decision-making. ...more
This highly engaging, team-based workshop puts Human Factors Leadership into practice through an experiential learning challenge. Participants will be forced to operate in dynamic, uncertain environments practicing clear communication, planning, mutual support, and rapid decision-making. Then, using Brandon’s Debrief Model, teams will extract lessons applicable to their real-world environment. ...less

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It was an engaging session creating a parallel between something you may not know much about and your business! It made it much more fun and enjoyable to consider your own behavior with your team..

- Kaytlin Maddix

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