Description

Fatigue is one of the most common yet least understood risks in modern workplaces.

Across industries such as mining, transport, healthcare and emergency services, workers are expected to remain alert while operating complex systems, making critical decisions and managing significant hazards. Yet fatigue quietly erodes concentration, judgement and reaction time. The consequences can be severe.

Fatigue: The Science, Risks and the Leadership Challenge examines fatigue through the lens of science, safety and leadership. Drawing on research from sleep science, neuroscience and occupational health, the book explains how fatigue affects the brain, why sleep disruption undermines decision making, and how shift work, extended hours and work design compound the risk.

Beyond the science, the book addresses the leadership challenge: why fatigue risk is routinely underestimated, how organisations can build genuine fatigue risk management systems, and what leaders at every level need to understand and do differently.

For safety professionals, managers, and anyone responsible for people working in high-demand environments, this is a clear, evidence-based guide to one of the most persistent and preventable hazards in the modern workplace.