Jack Becker
Most organisations do not lack talent. They lack a shared, repeatable way to brief a plan, execute it under pressure, and debrief it honestly enough to close the gap the next time. When the cost of error is high and the tempo is fast, that missing discipline is what separates a team that performs once from a team that performs consistently.
Jack Becker is a former U.S. Navy F/A-18 fighter pilot and founder of Flight Level Solutions who teaches organisations the briefing, execution, and debrief disciplines used on aircraft carriers to cut error rates and raise team performance.
Full Profile
Why organisations work with Jack Becker
- He converts a specific carrier-deck method, Crew Resource Management, into an operating routine that safety, sales, and operations teams can run every week.
- His Brief-Execute-Debrief-Perfect process gives leaders a common language for accountability that does not rely on personality or tenure.
- He has run this playbook across all seven regions of GE Power and Water, with a reported 60 percent drop in OSHA recordable mishaps inside that footprint.
- As a former Landing Signals Officer, he brings a rare fluency in how to give and receive hard feedback in the moment without breaking trust.
- He speaks credibly to both the boardroom and the line: the same framework has been used with Truist Bank, American Heart Association, Allied Transportation, and BP.
Biography highlights
- Former U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet fighter pilot with over 2,000 supersonic flight hours
- Combat veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and former Landing Signals Officer aboard nuclear-powered aircraft carriers
- Graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, BS in Political Science with emphasis on organisational leadership
- Founder and CEO of Flight Level Solutions, Inc., a human performance and execution consultancy
- Keynote client roster includes GE, Truist Bank, American Heart Association, Allied Transportation, and BP
- Signature keynote franchise “Supersonic Success,” with adaptations for sales, safety, patient safety, and athletic performance
Biography
On a carrier deck, a small mistake becomes a fatal one in seconds. That environment produced the discipline at the centre of Jack Becker’s work: the Crew Resource Management routine that navy aviators use to brief every mission, execute it, then debrief it line by line before the next flight.
Becker flew the F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet in the U.S. Navy, including strike missions in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and served as a Landing Signals Officer responsible for waving fighter jets onto the deck of nuclear-powered carriers. He came out of that career with more than 2,000 supersonic flight hours and a conviction that what made his squadrons reliable was not talent but a repeatable operating rhythm.
Flight Level Solutions, the consultancy he founded and now runs as CEO, translates that rhythm into a corporate routine: Brief, Execute, Debrief, Perfect. Safety, sales, and operations leaders use it to tighten pre-work, force honest after-action conversations, and reduce the compounding cost of small errors. Named engagements include GE Power and Water, where the firm reports a 60 percent drop in OSHA recordable mishaps across its seven regions, as well as Truist Bank, American Heart Association, Allied Transportation, and BP.
The argument he brings to a stage is a practical one. High-consequence performance does not come from heroics; it comes from a team that briefs the same way every time, holds each other to the plan, and tells the truth in the debrief. That is the routine he trains leaders to install.
Key speaking topics
- Crew Resource Management for corporate teams
- Leadership and decision-making under pressure
- Briefing, execution, and debrief discipline
- Human error reduction and operational reliability
- Team communication and psychological safety
- Safety culture in high-consequence environments
- Sales execution and performance cadence
Ideal for
- Safety and operations leaders in industrial, energy, transport, and healthcare settings
- Sales leadership and revenue teams that need a shared execution cadence
- Executive development programmes focused on decision-making under pressure
- Patient safety, clinical operations, and quality leadership in healthcare systems
Audience outcomes
- A concrete four-part operating routine, Brief-Execute-Debrief-Perfect, that teams can run the week after the keynote
- A practical vocabulary for giving and receiving hard feedback in the moment, drawn from LSO practice
- Specific tactics used by fighter squadrons to cut avoidable error and tighten handoffs
- A clearer view of how psychological safety and accountability coexist inside high-performing crews
- Worked examples from carrier aviation mapped onto corporate settings in safety, sales, and operations
Talks
A keynote that translates fighter-pilot operating discipline into a repeatable corporate routine for execution and continuous improvement.
Key takeaways:
- How the Brief-Execute-Debrief-Perfect cycle reduces avoidable error
- How Crew Resource Management builds mutual accountability without hierarchy
- How to install a weekly debrief rhythm that leaders and teams will actually use
A sales-focused adaptation that treats every pitch and account cycle like a mission brief and debrief.
Key takeaways:
- How to brief a sales call the way a pilot briefs a sortie
- How to debrief wins and losses without blame or drift
- How to close the gap between top performers and the rest of the team
A keynote for safety and operations leaders in high-consequence industries.
Key takeaways:
- Why near-miss reporting fails and how carrier crews fix it
- How to run a pre-job brief that people actually follow
- How to convert incident learning into changed behaviour on the line
A healthcare adaptation used with clinical and quality leaders.
Key takeaways:
- How Crew Resource Management transfers to operating rooms and ward teams
- How to design handoffs that survive shift changes and interruptions
- How to build debrief habits that clinicians will adopt under time pressure