Safety Culture: From Theory to Practice
ISBN 6500447182
Workplace safety, safety culture, leadership and risk management, from an international perspective.
Por Andreza Araujo Global Safety Culture Specialist
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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.
ISBN 6500447182
Andreza Araújo
Andreza Araújo
Andreza Araújo
Andreza Araújo
Andreza Araújo
Andreza Araújo
Host and editorial lead of the English-language podcast, with conversations on safety leadership, EHS and organizational culture.
Host of the Portuguese-language podcast, with interviews and conversations on safety culture and EHS.
Host of this Portuguese spin-off, with debates and guidance on safety leadership and culture.
Manager succession can destroy psychological safety in weeks unless leaders protect voice, dissent and bad-news flow during the first 90 days.
What-If Analysis protects high-risk work only when each question tests degraded conditions, safeguards, ownership, and proof before exposure starts.
Emergency eyewash stations fail when leaders treat them as installed equipment instead of time-critical controls for corrosive chemical exposure.
Safety committee effectiveness depends on whether worker participation changes risk decisions, not on whether a monthly meeting produces minutes.
Sexual harassment investigation fails when HR treats the case as a private complaint while EHS ignores the psychosocial risk, retaliation pathway, and work-design signals.
Board safety oversight fails when directors review injury rates without testing whether serious-risk controls, escalation, and leadership decisions are working.
RIDDOR reporting protects workers only when leaders use it to classify risk clearly, preserve evidence, and correct weak controls before patterns repeat.
Critical control verification protects serious-risk work only when it tests whether the barrier works under normal pressure, not whether the audit file is complete.
A safety risk register prevents little when it only lists hazards, but it becomes useful when every row proves control ownership and residual risk.
Safety habits change when supervisors redesign cues, consequences, and field routines, not when teams hear another reminder to pay attention.