Dr Jay Harf
VP EHS
Xylem
The Human Side of Data: Leveraging Care, AI, and Business Acumen for High-Impact Safety Performance
Co-presented with Autumn Crum
In today’s complex operational landscape, safety leaders must go beyond mere compliance to achieve meaningful, sustainable results. This presentation merges human-centered leadership with modern tools and proven principles to improve occupational safety performance. Discover how integrating care, trust, standard work, and business acumen with the 80/20 rule and emerging Artificial Intelligence tools can unlock transformative safety outcomes.
Learn the high-impact behaviors that motivate teams, simplify complexity, and foster lasting safety excellence in a rapidly evolving environment. The result is a virtuous cycle where safe operations drive operational excellence, operational excellence builds customer trust, and customer trust fuels sustainable growth. This is the new language of safety — and it’s the blueprint for the companies that will thrive in the next decade.
Jay is a value-based inspirational leader with a strong sense of purpose. His enthusiastic mindset fosters a collaborative culture of enablement. He serves as a role model, demonstrating the right behaviors to be successful as a business leader. Empathy is Jay’s superpower and he is keen to mentor and coach other professionals.
Jay considers everyone with kindness and his emotional intelligence endears him to all levels of organizations, from operations to executives. His sense of caring and “people first” attitudes are indisputable, which facilitates a high level of trust, engagement, empowerment, and performance.