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
1021 articles
incident-investigation
Incident Investigation: 6 distortions that make corrective actions look complete
A polished incident report can close the action list without changing the exposure. These six distortions show how investigations lose causal accuracy and how leaders can verify that the work is safer.
7 min
psychological-safety
Psychological Safety Explained: 4 Operating Conditions That Make Speaking Up Safer
Psychological safety at work means people can raise a concern, admit uncertainty, or challenge a decision without expecting humiliation or retaliation. This explainer shows the four operating conditions leaders must build around that behavior.
5 min
incident-investigation
How to Build an Incident-Investigation Readiness Drill in 21 Days
A practical 21-day method for testing whether your organization can protect people, preserve evidence, and make sound decisions after a serious incident.
7 min
incident-investigation
How NASA Turned the Columbia Findings Into a Safety Governance Reset
The Columbia case shows how an investigation can move beyond a failed component and expose the governance conditions that let warning signals remain acceptable.
6 min
safe-behavior
Safety Coaching vs Behavioral Observation vs Task Authorization: Which Conversation Fits the Risk?
Safety coaching, behavioral observation, and task authorization are different management conversations. This comparison shows which one fits the decision, timing, evidence, and level of risk in front of a supervisor.
8 min
psychosocial-risks
Toxic Leadership: 8 Warning Signs of Psychosocial Risk
Toxic leadership turns authority into psychosocial risk when people hide bad news, accept impossible demands, and wait for permission instead of protecting the work.
8 min
safety-leadership
New Plant Manager in 90 Days: How to Make Safety Decisions Visible
A practical 90-day role guide for a new plant manager who needs to connect serious risk, operating trade-offs, control verification, and visible safety leadership.
8 min
risk-management
Control Reliability Explained: 4 Evidence Tests Before Leaders Trust a Safety Barrier
A safety control is reliable only when its design fits the hazard, the resources are available, people can execute it under pressure, and leaders verify the result in the field. This explainer separates control reliability from paperwork compliance and gives EHS managers four evidence tests for better risk decisions.
7 min
occupational-safety
How to Validate Confined-Space Rescue Team Readiness After a Roster Change in 14 Days
A rescue plan can remain unchanged while the team that must execute it has changed completely. This guide gives EHS leaders, operations managers, and permit owners an eight-step, 14-day review for validating confined-space rescue readiness after a roster change.
6 min
safety-culture
Hearts and Minds in Practice: 5 Traps That Turn Culture Maturity Into a Label
Hearts and Minds can help leaders discuss safety culture maturity, but the label becomes misleading when it replaces field evidence. These five traps show how plant leaders can use a maturity lens without confusing language with changed decisions.
6 min