Andrew M. Leonard is a retired U.S. Army colonel and Human and Organizational Performance practitioner with nearly 32 years of experience leading and advising organizations operating in complex, high-consequence environments.
His military career included senior executive leadership within large defense and intelligence organizations, where he was responsible for organizational performance, operational effectiveness, and teams making consequential decisions under demanding conditions. That experience informs his approach to understanding how people work, how organizational systems influence their performance, and how leaders can create better conditions for success.
Today, his work spans Human and Organizational Performance, organizational learning, national security, and dive safety. He is a Senior Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and a Research Fellow at Arizona State University, and contributes to fatality and injury monitoring with Divers Alert Network (DAN) Research.
Specialized Experience in Diving and Human Factors
He is a PADI IDC Staff Instructor, Master Scuba Diver Trainer, Handicapped Scuba Association instructor, and DAN Instructor Trainer. He also teaches human factors in diving through The Human Diver, helping dive professionals and teams improve communication, decision-making, and organizational learning. His diving work includes human factors education, adaptive diving, and the application of learning-based approaches to diving operations and training.
Through Noetis Advisory, he brings together senior organizational leadership experience and practical human factors expertise to help clients understand how work actually happens, learn from both successful operations and incidents, and make meaningful improvements to safety and performance.
