
Chris Harkness
President of SafeSplash Swim School, the largest swim school franchisor in the US, and a former US Navy submarine lieutenant with two decades in franchise operations.
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Sep 7, 2026
Deep Dive: An Interview with Chris Harkness
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5:42Margaret WrightHOST
But I still think it's limiting, right? And then the question is, how often is it measured? Do we know how long those lessons were given? Do they come back? Is it all the time? Where's the commitment? And then what does the child feel maybe a year later? I mean, that's research down the road, but I think it's important in understanding because there's no standardized in the government that says we need to teach these basic things for water survival education.

Chris HarknessGUEST
We provide a test where we look at very specific skills and the ability of the child or the adult to to, to demonstrate those skills and say, we say, yes, you passed today inside of our pool.

Chris HarknessGUEST
And so that's really next step, you know, for us, as we think about this business is how do you have the right safety checks in place and bring, you know, bring people in when we, when you, You know, you bring up a broader conversation about people's access to water.
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25:03Margaret WrightHOST
So I want to talk about how your program, the swimmer promise around specific skills and outcomes and what problems were you trying to solve with this development?