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
risk-management
Residual Risk Explained: 4 Acceptance Conditions Before Work Starts
Residual risk is the exposure that remains after controls are selected and verified. This explainer defines four acceptance conditions that prevent a risk matrix from turning an unresolved decision into permission to proceed.
5 min
psychosocial-risks
How to Run a Psychosocial Workload Review in 14 Days
This eight-step review helps plant managers, HR leaders, and EHS teams test whether workload, staffing, interruptions, recovery, and decision rights are creating psychosocial risk in the work itself.
3 min
psychological-safety
Challenger Decision: 3 Breakdowns That Buried a Warning
The Challenger case shows why speaking up is not enough when technical warnings cannot change a high-risk decision before harm occurs.
7 min
risk-management
JSA vs Risk Matrix vs Field Verification: Which Evidence Should a Supervisor Trust Before Non-Routine Work?
A job safety analysis, risk matrix, and field verification answer different questions. This comparison shows which one a supervisor should trust first, what each method misses, and how to combine them without creating paperwork that substitutes for control.
8 min
safety-culture
Safety Culture: 6 Blind Spots That Make Operational Change Unsafe
Operational change can weaken safety without producing an obvious policy violation. These six blind spots help EHS managers and operations leaders test whether a change preserves critical controls, decision rights, and field evidence after the project plan is approved.
6 min
safety-leadership
New Shift Manager in 45 Days: Build a Safer Handover
A 45-day role plan for a new shift manager to turn handover, control verification, worker voice, and escalation into decisions that hold under pressure.
7 min
safety-indicators-and-metrics
SIF Exposure Explained: 4 Consequence Checks That Keep Fatal Risk Visible
SIF exposure describes work that could produce a serious injury or fatality even when the recent incident count is low. These four consequence checks help EHS leaders distinguish ordinary event frequency from the controls that protect people from the worst credible outcome.
3 min
occupational-safety
How to Verify an Excavation and Trenching Plan Before Entry in 60 Minutes
A signed excavation plan is only a starting point. This eight-step field review helps a competent person, supervisor, or EHS manager confirm that soil conditions, utilities, protective systems, access, plant movement, and rescue decisions match the work about to begin.
6 min
safety-leadership
Safety Decision-Making: 5 Myths That Make Speed Look Like Leadership
Fast decisions are not automatically strong safety leadership. This mythbusting guide shows how urgency, escalation, authority, evidence, and follow-through determine whether a safety decision reduces exposure or merely creates the appearance of control.
7 min
occupational-safety
Safety-Critical Procurement: 5 Decisions That Stop a Low-Bid Purchase From Becoming a Field Exposure
A purchase order can satisfy a commercial process while leaving the real exposure unchanged. This F1 diagnostic shows how EHS, engineering, operations, and procurement leaders can test whether a safety-critical purchase will still protect people after delivery, installation, handover, and maintenance.
7 min