Human Factors and Safety Culture: Understanding Human Behavior and Leadership in the Workplace

This title explores human behavior in the context of workplace safety and risk management. Focused on understanding how people respond to danger and how leaders can put safety at the heart of their organizations’ culture, it draws on the latest scientific insights from neuroscience, psychology, and behavioral economics.

Eduardo Blanco-Muñoz is an occupational health and safety practitioner, professor and author based in Paris, France. He has been working in HSE functions for a quarter of a century. His career started in the chemicals industry, as QHSE Officer, then Manager in several Seveso ＂upper threshold＂ sites, which evolved to a role in senior management positions in a series of large multinational groups in sectors as diverse and challenging as optics and medical devices, energy, aerospace, logistics and transportation, and construction and civil engineering. His scientific and technical training began in Spain, continued in the UK and was completed in France: he holds three Masters’ degrees in Environmental Sciences, Environmental Engineering and Risk Management. He is a regular key speaker at conferences and corporate events and, after teaching behavioral safety and safety culture at Sorbonne Paris Nord University, he is an affiliated professor at the French Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers.