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
1022 articles
safety-leadership
Safety Walks: 6 Questions That Reveal Whether Leaders See the Real Work
A safety walk is useful only when it tests how work is actually performed. These six questions help leaders distinguish field evidence from staged compliance and turn observations into control decisions.
7 min
mental-health-at-work
General Symptom Index Explained: 4 Interpretation Tests for Workplace Well-Being Data
The General Symptom Index can help EHS and HR teams detect patterns in reported distress, but a score is not a diagnosis or a substitute for work-design analysis. This guide explains four tests that keep well-being data useful and responsible.
6 min
psychological-safety
Supervisor Curiosity: 8 Steps to a Safer Shift Routine
Build supervisor curiosity into an eight-step shift routine that tests controls, makes technical dissent usable, and turns questions into clear safety decisions.
7 min
safety-indicators-and-metrics
How 250+ Safety Culture Projects Changed What Leaders Count as Improvement
Across more than 250 safety culture transformation projects, Andreza Araujo has seen the same measurement error repeat. Leaders count training, observations, and closed actions as improvement before checking whether the work became easier to control. This case-based article follows the shift from activity reporting to field evidence.
5 min
safety-indicators-and-metrics
TRIR vs SIF Exposure vs Control Effectiveness: Which Metric Should a C-Suite Trust?
TRIR, SIF exposure, and control effectiveness answer different executive questions. This comparison shows which signal should guide accountability, prioritization, and assurance.
8 min
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Safety Performance Reviews: 4 Signals That Show When Data Arrives Too Late for Risk Decisions
Safety data can be accurate and still arrive too late for risk decisions. This F1 diagnostic shows leaders how to identify decision latency, assign operational ownership, preserve near-miss context, and verify that closed actions changed the work.
8 min
occupational-safety
New Occupational Safety Committee Chair in 60 Days: How to Turn Concerns Into Control Decisions
A safety committee chair is not elected to collect complaints or repeat policy language. The role is to help the committee turn worker experience into decisions that remove exposure, clarify ownership, and show whether controls work in ordinary operations.
6 min
mental-health-at-work
Workload Recovery Explained: 4 Management Signals That Protect Safer Decisions
Workload recovery is not a wellness slogan or a request for people to cope better. It is the management capacity to notice when work intensity, shift design, and low control are reducing the attention needed for safe decisions.
6 min
safe-behavior
How to Run a Task Authorization Conversation Before High-Risk Work in 8 Checks
A task authorization conversation tests whether the person, plan, controls, and decision authority are aligned before high-risk work begins. These eight checks help supervisors replace a routine briefing with a reliable field decision.
5 min
incident-investigation
Incident Investigation: 4 Myths That Make Root Cause Analysis Look Complete
A root cause analysis can be polished, approved, and still leave the same exposure in the work. These four myths show where incident investigations become complete on paper before they become useful in the field.
6 min