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
safety-culture
Safety Culture: 4 Friction Points That Make Stop-Work Authority Symbolic
Stop-work authority is not proven by a policy statement or a training module. It is proven by what happens after someone raises a concern, including who decides, how work is changed, and whether the person receives a clear response.
8 min
safety-culture
Bradley Curve Explained: 4 Stages and the Decision Each One Reveals
The Bradley Curve describes four stages of safety culture maturity, from reactive dependence on rules to interdependent ownership. This guide explains what each stage reveals and why the label must be tested against real decisions.
4 min
mental-health-at-work
How to Prepare a Mental-Health Return-to-Work Conversation in 8 Steps
A return-to-work conversation after mental-health absence should focus on work capacity, support, adjustments, and review rather than diagnosis or private treatment. This eight-step guide helps managers prepare a humane, operationally useful plan.
4 min
incident-investigation
How BP Texas City Exposed the Cost of Measuring Safety by the Wrong Signals
The BP Texas City case shows why injury totals and completed programs can hide process-safety exposure when warning evidence never changes a decision.
7 min
safety-leadership
Safety Governance: Board vs Executive vs Field Review
Safety governance works when boards, executives, and field leaders make different decisions from the same risk evidence. This comparison shows who should review what and when.
7 min
risk-management
Risk Matrices: 9 Distortions That Make Critical Hazards Look Acceptable
A risk matrix can support a decision, but it can also make serious exposure look controlled. This diagnostic shows plant managers and EHS leaders where matrix logic fails and how to compare the score with field evidence.
8 min
safety-leadership
New Reliability Manager in 45 Days: How to Turn Deferred Maintenance Into a Safety Escalation Plan
A new reliability manager should not begin with a larger backlog report. This 45-day plan connects deferred maintenance, critical controls, escalation rights, and field evidence.
8 min
mental-health-at-work
The Sandwich-Generation Manager Explained: 4 Pressures That Shape Safer Decisions
Middle managers often carry pressure from senior leaders, frontline teams, and personal recovery at once. This explainer shows four pressure zones that can change safer decisions.
3 min
risk-management
How to Run a Safety-Critical Change Review Before Startup in 14 Days
A safety-critical change can create new exposure even when the project appears complete. This guide gives plant managers, engineering leads, and EHS professionals an eight-step review that connects the change to hazards, controls, training, emergency readiness, and field verification before startup.
6 min
risk-management
Management of Change: 5 Myths That Let Temporary Decisions Outlive Risk Review
Management of change is often treated as an approval form, yet temporary decisions can alter critical controls, handovers, staffing, and emergency readiness long after the original urgency has passed. This article challenges five common myths and gives risk leaders a practical standard for keeping changed conditions visible, owned, verified, and either restored or formally adopted.
8 min