Human Factors and Safety Culture - How can leaders influence behaviours for good. With Eduardo Munoz

In this episode, I sit down with Eduardo Blanco-Munoz, author of Human Factors and Safety Culture: How Leaders Can Influence Behaviours for Good, to unpack what “safety culture” really means in practice and what leaders can do that genuinely improves safety, performance, and learning.We explore human factors from a positive perspective (people as a source of safety, not the “weak link”), why attention and perception can’t be managed through slogans, how leadership behaviours shape culture day by day, and why many safety metrics fail to capture what matters most. We also discuss drift, psychological safety, and a practical leadership compass: “Having to, Being able to, and Doing.”If you work with safety, operations, reliability, construction, or industrial leadership, this conversation will help you move beyond bureaucracy and toward real-world influence on behaviour for good.Topics coveredWhat “safety culture” is (and what it isn’t)Human factors without blameAttention, perception, memory, training, and proceduresLeadership behaviours that shape beliefs and practicesManaged safety vs rule-based safetyDrift and early signalsThe problem with safety metrics and what to measure insteadA practical framework leaders can use on Monday morningGuest: Eduardo Blanco-MunozHost: Hugo Ribeiro (Segurança Diferente)If you enjoyed the episode, like, subscribe, and share with someone leading teams in high-risk work.Comment below: What leadership behaviour has the biggest impact on safety where you work?#HumanFactors #SafetyCulture #Leadership #HOP #SafetyManagement #OperationalExcellence #ResilienceEngineering #LearningTeams #PsychologicalSafety