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
1020 articles
incident-investigation
Piper Alpha: How a Permit Handoff Became a Catastrophic Loss
The Piper Alpha disaster shows why permit-to-work systems fail when handovers preserve paperwork but lose operational meaning. This case study connects the Cullen Report to restart decisions, barrier evidence, and practical control checks for high-hazard operations.
6 min
occupational-safety
JSA vs Bow-Tie vs Critical-Control Verification: Which Evidence Should a Supervisor Trust Before High-Risk Work?
JSA, Bow-Tie analysis, and critical-control verification answer different safety questions. This comparison shows which method should lead before high-risk work, what evidence each method can prove, and where supervisors are most likely to mistake paperwork for control.
9 min
safety-leadership
Safety Leadership: 8 Signals That Escalation Is Too Slow
A practical diagnostic for leaders who need to detect slow safety escalation before unresolved exposure becomes an operational decision made under pressure.
8 min
psychosocial-risks
Fatigue Risk Coordinator in 60 Days: First Decisions
A practical 60-day transition plan for a new fatigue risk coordinator to identify work-design pressures, test weak signals, assign owners, and turn fatigue concerns into safer operating decisions.
5 min
occupational-safety
Energy Isolation Explained: 3 Safety States
Energy isolation is more than a lock on a switch. Learn the three states teams must separate before maintenance, testing, or entry into hazardous equipment.
4 min
psychological-safety
How to Turn a Speak-Up Concern Into a Verified Control Change in 21 Days
This ten-step guide helps supervisors, EHS leaders, and operations managers convert a worker concern into a documented decision, an assigned control change, and field evidence that the exposure has actually improved.
7 min
psychological-safety
5 Myths About Receiving Bad News That Managers Still Defend
Managers often say they want early warnings, yet defend habits that make people soften, delay, or reroute bad news. This mythbusting guide shows how to respond without confusing psychological safety with unrestricted tolerance.
8 min
mental-health-at-work
24-Hour Mental Health Lines: 4 Gaps Behind Delayed Care
A 24-hour mental health line can widen access, but it does not replace prevention, triage, confidentiality, or follow-through when work-related distress becomes urgent.
7 min
risk-management
Hazard vs Risk Explained: Four Distinctions That Change the Decision
Hazard is a source of potential harm, while risk describes the likelihood and consequence of harm in a defined exposure. This glossary explains four distinctions that prevent risk assessments from becoming labels and helps leaders choose controls, owners, and escalation rules.
6 min
risk-management
Risk Acceptance: 5 Conditions That Keep Executive Approval From Becoming Risk Transfer
Risk acceptance is often treated as a signature at the end of a risk review. That shortcut hides ownership, time limits, and evidence requirements. This F1 diagnostic shows how EHS leaders and executives can make acceptance a bounded decision that keeps residual exposure visible instead of transferring it to the frontline.
7 min