Who we are
About the JustMinds Institute
Grounded by neuroscience. guided by responsibility.
Our mission
is
to protect
human
performance
and
responsibility
in safety-critical
work
as AI
reshapes
how
decisions
are
made,
governed
and
justified
in practice.
Maximise Human Performance, Minimise Errors
JustMinds designs and strengthens human performance systems in safety-critical environments. We analyse how fatigue, workload, task complexity, automation, and organisational decision-making shape operational performance in real conditions. Drawing on psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and human factors, we identify where system demands exceed human capability and where governance structures require redesign.
Our work spans Human Performance Management Systems, fatigue and cognitive load management, socio-technical system design, safety culture and assurance, and human-centric AI governance.
We also provide aviation psychology services, supporting mental health, wellbeing, and sustainable performance in high-demand environments. We deliver specialist training, executive education, safety assurance frameworks, user-centred design, maturity assessments, and policy and strategy development with implementation and change management support.
The result is measurable, defensible improvement in safety, performance, and resilience and achieved by designing systems that properly support the people within them.
Our work spans Human Performance Management Systems, fatigue and cognitive load management, socio-technical system design, safety culture and assurance, and human-centric AI governance.
We also provide aviation psychology services, supporting mental health, wellbeing, and sustainable performance in high-demand environments. We deliver specialist training, executive education, safety assurance frameworks, user-centred design, maturity assessments, and policy and strategy development with implementation and change management support.
The result is measurable, defensible improvement in safety, performance, and resilience and achieved by designing systems that properly support the people within them.
Meet the founder: Lea Trampitsch-Vink
Lea Sophie Trampitsch-Vink is a chartered clinical, work & organisational, and aviation psychologist with almost 20 years of experience spanning operational command, applied research, and human performance in safety-critical systems. She is also a human factors specialist with a focus on safety assurance of humans.
Her career began in 2006 as a navigating and warfare officer in the Royal New Zealand Navy, where she held command roles and deployed globally, from Antarctica to Somalia, circumnavigating the Pacific and Indian Oceans. This operational foundation shaped her philosophy: human performance must be understood from the inside, not theorised from a distance. After almost a decade at sea, Lea transitioned into human factors, joining NATS (UK) as a senior human factors specialist. She led research and design and safety assurance initiatives for remote towers, oceanic airspace, and advanced automation, contributing to major SESAR programmes across Europe.
In 2019, she became Head of Human Performance and Human Factors at Austro Control, where she built an integrated Human Performance Management System, strengthened just culture frameworks, and advanced fatigue risk management across the aviation sector. From 2022 until 2026, Lea led the CANSO Human Performance Management Working Group and in 2024 became Deputy Chairwoman of the European Commission’s Expert Group on the Human Dimension in Aviation.
Justminds was founded in 2022 as a small consultancy, but in 2026, Lea has launched the Institute full time to support organisations navigating the intersection of human performance, automation, and AI governance, combining cognitive neuroscience with operational realism. In addition, Lea is a visiting professor of cognitive psychology at several universities in Europe.
She is completing a PhD in Cognitive Neuropsychology and holds degrees in clinical and work & organisational psychology, and is a certified member of the BPS (UK), BÖP (AU) and EAAP (EU).
Lea loves to write and has published multiple journals and books. For a full list, see the resources page.
Lea speaks English and German.
Her career began in 2006 as a navigating and warfare officer in the Royal New Zealand Navy, where she held command roles and deployed globally, from Antarctica to Somalia, circumnavigating the Pacific and Indian Oceans. This operational foundation shaped her philosophy: human performance must be understood from the inside, not theorised from a distance. After almost a decade at sea, Lea transitioned into human factors, joining NATS (UK) as a senior human factors specialist. She led research and design and safety assurance initiatives for remote towers, oceanic airspace, and advanced automation, contributing to major SESAR programmes across Europe.
In 2019, she became Head of Human Performance and Human Factors at Austro Control, where she built an integrated Human Performance Management System, strengthened just culture frameworks, and advanced fatigue risk management across the aviation sector. From 2022 until 2026, Lea led the CANSO Human Performance Management Working Group and in 2024 became Deputy Chairwoman of the European Commission’s Expert Group on the Human Dimension in Aviation.
Justminds was founded in 2022 as a small consultancy, but in 2026, Lea has launched the Institute full time to support organisations navigating the intersection of human performance, automation, and AI governance, combining cognitive neuroscience with operational realism. In addition, Lea is a visiting professor of cognitive psychology at several universities in Europe.
She is completing a PhD in Cognitive Neuropsychology and holds degrees in clinical and work & organisational psychology, and is a certified member of the BPS (UK), BÖP (AU) and EAAP (EU).
Lea loves to write and has published multiple journals and books. For a full list, see the resources page.
Lea speaks English and German.
Ready for your pushback?