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Decisions at 200 km/h

Skydivers make split-second decisions with real risk and real consequences. Since 2009 I've made them for a living, and taught others to make them. I talk to leadership teams and conferences about fear, preparation and focus: what holds up when the stakes are real, and what falls apart.

Julian Barthel

Talks

Keynote · 45 min

Seven layers: how incidents actually happen

The Swiss-cheese model from the sky to your organisation: why no single mistake causes an incident, and which layer your team is quietly skipping.

Workshop · half day

Managing fear: what skydiving students taught me about pressure

What fear does to attention and decisions, and the preparation that keeps people working when it arrives.

Keynote · 45 min

Why getting good slowly is faster

The downsizing progression as a model for skill: why skipping steps costs more time than it saves, in the sky and in any team.

Past stages: European Skydiving Symposium, Seville 2026 (800+) · ESS Warsaw 2022 · SafeX Madrid 2022 and 2025

Languages: English, German, Spanish

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