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
597 articles
occupational-safety
Confined Space Rescue: 7 Controls Before Entry
Confined space rescue only protects workers when the permit, atmosphere testing, equipment and rescue team are verified before entry begins.
6 min
safety-culture
Safety Training: 7 Times It Is Not the Answer
Safety training fails when leaders use it to repair weak systems, unclear controls or production pressure that keeps defeating correct behavior.
7 min
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Severity Rate: 6 Decisions It Cannot Make Alone
Severity Rate helps leaders see injury consequence, but it becomes dangerous when executives use it as a proxy for serious risk control.
5 min
safety-leadership
Stop-Work Authority: 7 Leadership Tests Before It Fails
Stop-work authority fails when leaders announce permission but punish delay, embarrassment or bad news in daily operations.
7 min
psychosocial-risks
Psychosocial Risk Controls: 7 Work Design Decisions
Psychosocial risk controls only work when HR, EHS and operations change the job conditions that create overload, conflict and chronic pressure.
8 min
safety-culture
Contractor Safety Culture: 7 Gaps Leaders Must Close
Contractor safety culture fails when host companies audit paperwork but ignore influence, supervision, voice, and real integration on site today.
7 min
safe-behavior
Normalization of Deviance: 6 Warning Signs
A field guide for spotting normalized shortcuts before they become SIF precursors, with supervisor actions, indicators, and culture traps.
6 min
occupational-safety
Hot Work Permit: 7 Controls Before Ignition
A practical guide for EHS managers and supervisors to turn hot work permits into real fire and explosion barriers before ignition starts.
7 min
mental-health-at-work
Shift Work Sleep Disorders: 7 Controls for EHS
Shift work sleep disorders require schedule design, confidential support, fatigue indicators and supervisor action, not sleep-hygiene training alone.
7 min
incident-investigation
Five Whys for SIFs: 6 Investigation Traps
Five Whys can support SIF investigations only when leaders test barriers, latent conditions and action quality beyond the first human act.
8 min