Safety Culture: From Theory to Practice
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Andreza Araújo
Safety Culture Expert | Senior EHS Executive
Andreza Araújo is a safety culture expert and senior EHS executive with more than 25 years of experience in environment, health and safety. She is a Civil Engineer and Occupational Safety Engineer from Unicamp, holds a Master's degree in Environmental Diplomacy from the University of Geneva, and completed sustainability studies at IMD Switzerland.
Andreza has served in Global Head of EHS roles in Fortune 500 environments, leading cultural transformation programs across multinational operations. She has represented Brazil as a speaker at the United Nations in Paris and has spoken at the International Labour Organization in Turin.
She is the author of more than 16 books on safety culture in Portuguese, Spanish, English and German. Her work has earned more than 10 EHS awards, including two recognitions from Indra Nooyi, former PepsiCo CEO.
Formal credentials
- Civil & Safety Engineer (Unicamp)
- M.A. Environmental Diplomacy (University of Geneva)
- Sustainability Cert (IMD Switzerland)
- People Management & Coaching (Ohio University)
- UN Paris speaker representative for Brazil
- ILO Turin speaker
- LinkedIn Top Voice
- Indra Nooyi PepsiCo CEO recognition (2x)
Selected books
Cultura de Segurança
Andreza Araújo
Liderança Antifrágil
Andreza Araújo
A Ilusão da Conformidade
Andreza Araújo
Sorte ou Capacidade
Andreza Araújo
Muito Além do Zero
Andreza Araújo
Antifragile Leadership
Andreza Araújo
Podcasts she hosts
Headline Podcast in English
Host and editorial lead of the English-language podcast, with conversations on safety leadership, EHS and organizational culture.
Headline Podcast in Portuguese
Host of the Portuguese-language podcast, with interviews and conversations on safety culture and EHS.
O Conselho de Segurança
Host of this Portuguese spin-off, with debates and guidance on safety leadership and culture.
Articles by this author
1019 articles
safety-leadership
TRIR vs Critical-Control Verification vs Exposure Review: Which Evidence Should a Board Trust?
TRIR, critical-control verification, and exposure review answer different safety questions. This board-level comparison shows when each evidence type should lead a governance decision and why a low injury rate cannot prove that serious risk is controlled.
8 min
occupational-safety
Chemical Change Control: 5 Evidence Gaps That Let New Hazards Enter Production
A critical F1 guide to the evidence gaps that make chemical substitutions look approved while exposure, emergency, and worker-understanding risks remain unresolved.
8 min
occupational-safety
Permit-to-Work Coordinator in 90 Days: What to Do in the First Quarter
A practical 90-day transition plan for a permit-to-work coordinator to make authorization, field verification, and escalation reliable before high-risk work begins.
6 min
psychological-safety
Crew Resource Management Explained: 5 Communication Disciplines for Safer Industrial Decisions
Crew Resource Management gives industrial teams a practical language for sharing information, challenging decisions, and coordinating under pressure. These five communication disciplines show how to adapt the framework without confusing psychological safety with unrestricted agreement.
7 min
psychological-safety
Bad News at Work: Receive It Without Killing the Messenger
A practical guide for supervisors and EHS leaders to receive bad news, separate evidence from blame, assign action, and prove that speaking up changes work.
7 min
safe-behavior
Bystander Effect at Work: 5 Myths That Keep Supervisors Waiting
The bystander effect can leave a visible hazard untouched while everyone waits for someone else to act. These five myths help supervisors build clearer intervention routes without turning safety conversations into blame.
9 min
psychological-safety
Technical Dissent in Safety: 4 Signals That Expertise Is Being Heard Too Late
Technical dissent is useful only when relevant expertise can alter a safety decision before exposure becomes irreversible. These four signals help leaders distinguish healthy challenge from a system that collects opinions after the important choice has already been made.
8 min
safety-leadership
Safety Override Explained: 4 Decision Checks Before a Control Is Bypassed
A safety override is a controlled departure from an automatic or engineered protection. These four checks help leaders distinguish a justified temporary action from an undocumented exposure.
4 min
occupational-safety
How to Verify a Temporary Work Platform Before First Use in 10 Steps
A temporary work platform can look complete while its load path, access, edge protection, and rescue arrangements remain unverified. This 10-step process helps a competent person and supervisor turn the platform inspection into a documented decision before anyone climbs onto it.
9 min
safety-leadership
Rana Plaza: When a Building Warning Became a Supply-Chain Safety Decision
The Rana Plaza collapse was not only a structural failure. It was a leadership failure in which warning evidence lost against production pressure. This case study shows how safety leaders can protect escalation, test supplier controls, and make stop-work decisions executable across a supply chain.
7 min