Safety Culture: From Theory to Practice
ISBN 6500447182
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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
Temporary Safety Controls: 5 Decisions That Keep a Short-Term Fix From Becoming Permanent
Temporary safety controls protect work only when leaders define the exposure, limit authority, fund the permanent correction, and verify performance before a workaround becomes the normal way to operate.
7 min
safety-culture
Safety Culture Explained: 4 Evidence Layers From Stated Values to Shift Decisions
Safety culture becomes visible when stated values, work design, field decisions, and post-event learning point in the same direction. This glossary explains four evidence layers leaders can compare without reducing culture to a survey score.
5 min
safe-behavior
How to Build a Safety Coaching Routine for New Supervisors in 18 Days
New supervisors often receive safety coaching duties before they have a reliable way to observe work, test understanding, and close the loop. This practical 18-day routine turns coaching into a repeatable field discipline without reducing it to a lecture or a score.
6 min
safety-leadership
How Alcoa's CEO Turned Safety Into an Operating System
Paul O'Neill's Alcoa case is remembered for a bold opening statement, but the durable transformation came from changing how safety information moved, who acted on it, and what leaders reviewed every day.
7 min
safety-culture
Culture Survey vs Leader Interviews vs Worksite Proof: 3 Diagnostic Lenses for a Plant Leader
A culture survey, a structured leader interview, and worksite proof answer different questions about safety culture. This comparison gives plant leaders a practical decision matrix for choosing evidence, cadence, ownership, and follow-through without confusing declared culture with the conditions people actually face.
9 min
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Exposure-Based Safety Metrics: 5 Decisions That Keep Serious Risk Visible
A dashboard can look disciplined while hiding the exposures that create life-changing harm. This F1 diagnostic shows five decisions leaders must make before safety metrics become executive theater.
6 min
safety-leadership
New EHS Director in 90 Days: What to Fix Before Changing the Strategy
A practical 90-day transition plan for a newly appointed EHS director who needs to see real exposure, clarify decision rights, and build trust before launching another safety campaign.
6 min
mental-health-at-work
Compassion Fatigue Explained: 3 Distinctions Managers Need to Make
Compassion fatigue is not burnout. This glossary separates three related experiences so managers can choose a safer response without turning care into surveillance.
3 min
safety-leadership
How to Build a Stop-Work Escalation Routine for Supervisors in 30 Days
A practical 30-day guide for supervisors who need a clear stop-work, escalation, response, and restart routine for high-risk work.
6 min
safety-culture
Safety Culture: 4 Contradictions That Make Field Exceptions Look Like Flexibility
A safety culture becomes unreliable when leaders call recurring field exceptions flexibility. These four contradictions show how declared values, production pressure, local workarounds, and leadership response can separate the culture people hear from the culture they experience.
6 min