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
1019 articles
safety-leadership
Safety Committee vs Safety Council vs Line Leadership: Which Governance Model Fits a Growing Plant?
A growing plant can add safety meetings without adding safety governance. This comparison explains how a safety committee, a safety council, and line-led ownership differ, where each model works, and why decision rights matter more than meeting volume.
7 min
safety-culture
Safety Culture at Shift Handover: 4 Questions That Expose Whether Risk Ownership Survives the Transfer
A shift handover can preserve risk ownership or quietly reset it. This diagnostic shows safety leaders how to test whether critical controls, unresolved concerns, and stop-work authority survive the transfer between crews.
7 min
safe-behavior
New Safety Dialogue Facilitator in 60 Days: Build Conversations That Change Work
A new safety dialogue facilitator should not begin by scheduling more observation rounds. This 60-day role profile shows how to turn frontline conversations into clearer decisions, usable controls, and evidence that the work changed after the discussion.
8 min
safe-behavior
Habit vs Behavior Explained: 3 Differences That Change Safety Conversations
A habit is a repeated response that runs with little conscious effort, while behavior is the broader action a person takes in a specific context. The distinction helps safety leaders choose better questions, coaching, and controls.
3 min
risk-management
How to Build a Risk Acceptance Gate for Frontline Supervisors in 14 Days
A risk acceptance gate helps frontline supervisors make an explicit decision when a control is incomplete or conditions change. This 14-day guide shows how to define the red line, assign authority, verify evidence, and prevent temporary acceptance from becoming permanent exposure.
6 min
occupational-safety
PPE at Work: 6 Myths That Keep Higher-Level Controls Off the Table
PPE is essential in many tasks, but it becomes a management shortcut when visible compliance replaces exposure reduction. This mythbusting guide shows EHS leaders how six common assumptions can keep higher-level controls from being designed, funded, and verified.
7 min
occupational-safety
Temporary Workforce Safety: 8 Failures That Make Onboarding Look Complete While Exposure Remains
A temporary worker can complete orientation, sign a checklist, and still be unprepared for the exposure created by the actual task. This diagnostic separates onboarding paperwork from operational readiness and shows EHS leaders where temporary workforce controls usually fail.
6 min
psychological-safety
Psychological Safety Explained: 4 Response Layers That Turn Speaking Up Into Safer Decisions
Psychological safety at work is not only the freedom to raise a concern. It also depends on what happens after the concern is voiced. This explainer defines four response layers that help supervisors turn speaking up into visible, timely, and safer decisions.
4 min
safety-leadership
How to Run a Weekly Safety Review That Closes Risk Gaps
A practical 45-minute method for plant managers, EHS leaders, and supervisors to turn weekly safety reviews into owned decisions, verified controls, and clear escalation.
6 min
occupational-safety
West, Texas: When Inventory Control Became a Life-Safety Decision
The 2013 West Fertilizer explosion was not only a storage failure. The CSB investigation shows how hazardous inventory, emergency planning, land-use decisions, and weak ownership can combine until a routine fire becomes a community-scale loss.
5 min