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Brian Fielkow, nationally recognized business leader, speaker, and former logistics, waste and recycling executive, has released his newest book, Making Safety Happen: The Roadmap to a Safe, Productive, and Profitable Business. Drawing on decades of leadership experience, including transforming performance in the waste and recycling industry, the book offers a practical framework for building organizations where safety, operational excellence, and business performance reinforce one another. Throughout his career, Fielkow witnessed the devastating human and business consequences of serious injuries and fatalities. Those experiences convinced him that the most effective organizations do not rely on compliance or luck—they intentionally design systems, develop leaders, and engage employees to prevent failures before they occur. Making Safety Happen translates those lessons into practical strategies that boards, executives, managers, and safety professionals can apply immediately. Making Safety Happen is organized around five core principles: a new way of thinking about safety, leader-driven commitment, employee ownership, unconditional respect for process, and accountability. Together, these principles help organizations build cultures where safe, productive work becomes the expected way of operating. Although applicable across virtually every industry, the lessons are especially relevant to waste and recycling organizations, where employees routinely face complex driving environments, heavy equipment, dynamic worksites, and other high-consequence hazards. The book provides actionable strategies to strengthen culture, improve operational performance, increase employee engagement, and reduce injuries before they occur. Astronaut Mike Mullane praised the book, saying, “Making Safety Happen should be the ‘safety bible’ for every company.” Making Safety Happen is available in hardcover, e-book, and audiobook formats through major booksellers and online retailers and serves as a practical resource for organizations seeking to build safety into the way they lead, operate, and succeed every day. For more information or for bulk orders, contact [email protected].