The Next Level: How HOP Helps Us Learn from Work to Improve Safety

By Mauricio Louzada

There is a quiet distance between the safety we plan and the safety that actually happens every day.

In The Next Level, Maur cio Louzada invites the reader to explore that distance - not as a problem to be eliminated, but as an opportunity for learning. Throughout the book, safety stops being only about control and becomes about understanding: of people, of context, and of work as it really is.

Inspired by the principles of HOP - Human and Organizational Performance - the book proposes a shift in perspective. Instead of focusing solely on error, attention expands to everything that makes work succeed - every day, even amid variability and real-world challenges.

More than presenting concepts, this is a journey of reflection and growth. An invitation to question certainties, broaden perspectives, and develop a more human, practical, and effective approach to safety and organizational performance.

Because evolving is not about abandoning what we already know. It is about learning to see more clearly what has always been right in front of us.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6502101038
• ISBN13: 9786502101032
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Safety University
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"