Leading Before The Incident: Why Executives Are Farther From Reality Than They Realize - Couverture souple

Brown, DeShon L

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ISBN 13 : 9798994932018

Editeur : D&S Portfolio Group Inc., 2026

Synopsis

Most preventable incidents do not begin with failure.

They begin with tolerance.

Long before an event makes the news, leadership decisions quietly reshape risk. Red conditions are reframed as gray. Safety raises concerns without the authority to act. Profitable operations are given more patience. Front-line workers learn when speaking up changes nothing—and silence follows.

When the incident finally occurs, executives are often surprised.

They shouldn’t be.

Leading Before the Incident examines why executives are often farther from operational reality than they realize—and how leadership distance, misplaced authority, and performance pressure normalize risk in plain sight.

This is not a safety manual.
It does not offer checklists or best practices.
It does not explain what to do after something goes wrong.

Instead, it explains why leadership decisions made before an incident matter more than any response after.

Written for executives, board members, and senior leaders, this book challenges readers to reconsider what they tolerate, how authority is exercised, and why prevention requires intervention long before proof appears.

Because the most important incident is the one you will never see.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

DeShon L. Brown is a governance and operational risk leader specializing in the intersection of safety, compliance, and executive decision-making within complex transportation and logistics environments. His work focuses on how leadership decisions shape risk long before incidents occur.He serves in senior leadership roles in transportation safety and regulatory compliance, with enterprise-level oversight across multi-site logistics operations in the United States. Brown is a member of the Board of Directors of the Texas Trucking Association and serves as a Commissioner on the City of Austin Urban Transportation Commission, contributing to industry governance, public infrastructure policy, and transportation oversight at both the state and municipal level.He is the founder of the PRAEVIS(TM) Standard, a governance framework designed to align safety, operations, and risk at the executive level. Brown is also an inventor and intellectual property developer, leading the creation of proprietary governance and operational frameworks through his work with D&S Portfolio Group Inc.His leadership and operational excellence have been recognized through national industry awards, including honors for fleet safety performance and operational leadership within the transportation sector.Brown is the author of the PRAEVIS(TM) Collection, a series of works exploring governance, leadership, and operational reality inside modern organizations.His writing is centered on a single principle: the conditions that lead to failure are often created long before the event itself-and leadership is where those conditions begin.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: D&S Portfolio Group Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798994932018
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 120
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg