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
safety-leadership
Risk Communication Explained: 4 Translation Layers That Keep Decisions Intact
Risk communication is the disciplined translation of exposure, control limits, decisions, and ownership between the people who see a hazard and the people who authorize work. This explainer defines four translation layers that keep a safety message actionable instead of merely accurate.
5 min
safe-behavior
How to Run a Behavioral Observation Conversation That Changes the Next Task
A behavioral observation is useful only when the conversation reveals why the task made sense to the worker and produces one verified change before the next shift.
5 min
incident-investigation
Buncefield: How a Tank-Overfill Warning Became a Major-Accident Pathway
The Buncefield explosion was not only a story about a failed instrument. The 2005 investigation shows how a stuck level gauge, an independent high-level switch that did not stop the filling process, weak testing, and delayed recognition combined into a major-accident pathway. The case gives EHS leaders a practical way to examine whether warnings can still protect work when routine assumptions fail.
6 min
psychosocial-risks
Workload Survey vs Manager Interviews vs Work-Design Review: Which Psychosocial Risk Evidence Should Leaders Trust?
A workload survey shows patterns, manager interviews explain local decisions, and a work-design review tests the conditions that generate strain. This comparison helps leaders choose the evidence that matches the decision they need to make.
7 min
risk-management
Risk Treatment: 5 Blind Spots That Leave High-Consequence Exposure Unmanaged
A risk register can look complete while a serious exposure remains active. This diagnostic examines five blind spots that weaken risk treatment, from vague ownership and untested barriers to residual-risk decisions that never reach the people who control the work.
6 min
safety-leadership
New Safety Training Manager in 75 Days: Turn Completion Data Into Competence Decisions
A new safety training manager should not begin by expanding the course catalogue. This 75-day role profile shows how to connect training demand with operational risk, verify competence in the field, and give leaders evidence for better decisions.
7 min
safety-culture
Safety Climate Explained: 5 Tests That Reveal Whether Safety Is Operated or Just Declared
Safety climate is the shared perception of how seriously an organization treats safety in daily work. This explainer defines the concept and gives leaders five practical tests for comparing stated values with decisions, resources, escalation, and field experience.
4 min
risk-management
How to Run a Field Risk Escalation Huddle Before High-Risk Work Starts
A field risk escalation huddle turns uncertainty into an explicit operating decision. This eight-step guide helps supervisors and risk owners describe the actual exposure, test critical controls, define escalation authority, rehearse failure response, and verify the first execution in the field.
7 min
safety-leadership
Safety Leadership: 4 Myths About Field Presence That Keep Leaders Decorative
A leader can be physically present and operationally absent. These four myths explain why safety walks become decorative, then show how field presence can expose weak controls, clarify ownership, and change decisions before serious risk escalates.
5 min
mental-health-at-work
Leader Mental Health: 5 Blind Spots in Safety Decisions
Leader mental health shapes safety decisions long before burnout is visible. These five blind spots show how workload and recovery affect risk governance.
7 min