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
600 articles
mental-health-at-work
Presenteeism at Work: 5 Mistakes Managers Make
Presenteeism at work hides fatigue, depression, anxiety, and unsafe task readiness when managers reward attendance instead of recovery.
6 min
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Observation Quality: 6 Blind Spots in Safety Metrics
Observation quality exposes whether safety conversations are reducing risk or merely producing comfortable dashboards for leaders.
7 min
mental-health-at-work
Occupational Depression Explained: 4 Symptoms Managers Miss
A practical explainer for managers who need to distinguish occupational depression from ordinary fatigue, poor performance, or disengagement at work.
7 min
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.
7 min
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.
7 min
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.
8 min
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.
5 min
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.
8 min
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.
8 min
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.
7 min