2026 Community of Human and Organizational Learning 32nd Annual Conference

Georgina Poole is a globally sought-after health and safety leader, keynote speaker, and doctoral researcher in Safety Science with 17+ years’ experience helping organisations improve safety and performance by changing what sits behind outcomes: decisions, trade-offs, and the systems that shape everyday work. She is the co-founder of Event Learning Australia and the host of Leading Safely—streamed in over 100 countries.

Known for thought-provoking, practical insights, Georgina challenges organisations to move beyond surface-level fixes and toward learning that is strong enough to change how work is designed, led, and supported. She works directly with world-leading Safety Science academics on multiple projects and is trusted for translating contemporary research into operational reality—without jargon, theatrics, or blame. Her work spans incident investigations and learning-focused reviews, embedded discovery in operational environments, training and capability uplift, facilitation, executive coaching and mentoring, and the design and improvement of safety documentation, standards, and management systems. She also provides clear, pragmatic advice to leaders navigating risk, assurance, and organisational change.

Georgina co-authored Random Noise – Measuring Your Company’s Safety Performance with Professor Sidney Dekker.