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
417 articles mental-health-at-work
How to Run a Fit-for-Work Review Before High-Risk Tasks
A fit-for-work review protects high-risk tasks when supervisors check fatigue, medication effects, distress, and task exposure before work starts.
psychosocial-risks
Toxic Leadership: 6 Traps EHS Must Challenge
Challenge six common traps that turn toxic leadership into unmanaged psychosocial risk, with practical controls for EHS managers and HR.
occupational-safety
Workplace Traffic Plan: 9 Steps for Mixed Sites
Build a workplace traffic plan that separates pedestrians and vehicles, verifies controls, and turns route risk into a supervised 30-day system.
risk-management
Hierarchy of Controls Explained: 5 Levels for Risk Reduction
The hierarchy of controls ranks five risk-reduction levels from elimination to PPE, but it only protects people when leaders fund stronger controls before relying on behavior.
psychological-safety
Safety Climate Survey vs Psychological Safety Survey vs Speak-Up Metrics: Which to Use
Safety climate surveys, psychological safety surveys, and speak-up metrics answer different questions. Leaders need the right instrument before silence is misread as control.
safety-culture
Safety Climate Surveys: 8 Blind Spots That Keep Culture Cosmetic
Safety climate surveys mislead leaders when high scores, averages, weak questions, and poor follow-up replace field evidence.
psychological-safety
New Supervisor in 90 Days: Psychological Safety Plan
A field-ready 90-day plan for new supervisors to protect voice, receive bad news, and turn psychological safety into visible safety behavior.
incident-investigation
Barrier Analysis Explained: 5 Checks Before RCA
Barrier analysis helps investigators test failed controls before RCA turns into blame, weak retraining, or a tidy action plan that changes little.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
How to Audit Safety KPIs for False Confidence in 30 Days
Audit safety KPIs in 30 days by testing decision use, leading indicator quality, serious-risk exposure, reporting incentives, and denominator discipline.
incident-investigation
Operator Blame: 5 Myths That Keep RCA Shallow
Learn why operator blame weakens incident investigation and how EHS managers can redirect RCA toward conditions, barriers, and decisions.
