Safety Leadership and The Sense of Chronic Unease

<p>In high-hazard industries-where a single mistake can cost lives reputations or entire enterprises-safety leadership is not optional. It's a mindset. In <em>Safety Leadership and the Sense of Chronic Unease</em> Nelson Oliveros distills over three decades of global experience into a compelling guide for executives safety professionals and operational leaders who want to go beyond compliance and cultivate resilience.</p><p>Drawing on personal stories major industrial case studies and the latest research in human factors and organizational behavior this book presents a powerful argument: real safety begins with leadership that refuses to become complacent. Chronic unease-the persistent structured vigilance even when everything seems normal-is explored not as fear but as wisdom in action.</p><p>The book introduces practical frameworks for assessing and improving safety culture maturity building psychological safety integrating risk management with leadership systems and embedding a proactive safety mindset throughout the organization. From the boardroom to the rig floor readers learn how to close feedback loops empower frontliners and transform weak signals into decisive interventions.</p><p>Rich with examples from oil & gas shipbuilding petrochemicals and nuclear operations the book shows how catastrophic failures often begin with minor oversights-and how leaders who model chronic unease can change that trajectory. It also includes a supplemental chapter on mindfulness and resilience co-authored with Dr. Taehee Kim linking neuroscience with emotional regulation in safety-critical environments.</p><p>Part leadership guide part cultural roadmap and part ethical call to action <em>Safety Leadership and the Sense of Chronic Unease</em> invites leaders to adopt a new lens-not one that waits for incidents but one that questions success itself. The absence of accidents doesn't mean the presence of safety.</p>