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
safety-leadership
Safety Walks: 7 Pitfalls That Hide Real Risk
A field guide for leaders who want safety walks to verify barriers, expose weak signals and change decisions, instead of creating visibility theater.
7 min
risk-management
Bow-Tie Analysis: 7 Critical Control Gaps
Bow-Tie Analysis works only when leaders verify critical controls, owners, degradation factors, and SIF exposure in the field before failure.
7 min
risk-management
Pre-Task Risk Assessment: 7 Supervisor Checks
A practical guide for supervisors who need PTRA forms to expose real field risk before high-risk work becomes another signed ritual on site.
7 min
occupational-safety
Working at Height Rescue Plan: 7 Controls
A practical guide for EHS managers who need working at height rescue plans to become permit-to-work controls, not emergency-folder paperwork.
7 min
psychological-safety
Post-Incident Meetings: 7 Signals That Silence Teams
Post-incident meetings decide whether teams speak honestly after risk events or retreat into silence, hierarchy, and weak corrective actions.
6 min
mental-health-at-work
Return to Work After Mental-Health Absence: 7 Rules
A safe return to work after mental-health absence needs role clarity, workload control, supervisor discipline and early warning indicators.
7 min
safety-indicators-and-metrics
DART Rate: 6 Distortions Leaders Must Fix
DART rate helps compare injury impact, but leaders must pair it with SIF potential, speak-up data, and corrective-action quality.
6 min
safe-behavior
Behavioral Observation: 7 BBS Failures to Fix
Behavioral observation fails when BBS counts cards instead of reducing exposure. See seven failures and how supervisors can fix them.
6 min
psychological-safety
Speak-up Metrics: 6 Signals Leaders Should Track
Speak-up metrics reveal whether people can question risk before harm occurs, giving EHS and plant leaders a sharper view than TRIR alone in daily work.
8 min
occupational-safety
LOTO Verification: 7 Checks Before Restart
LOTO verification only protects maintenance teams when every energy source, stored hazard, handover, and restart step is proven in the field.
6 min