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
1020 articles
incident-investigation
How Flixborough Exposed the Cost of Treating Design Change as a Local Fix
The Flixborough disaster was not only a story about a failed pipe. It was a case study in how a local design change can outrun engineering control, review, and organizational authority.
6 min
risk-management
HAZOP vs FMEA vs What-If Analysis: Choosing the Right Lens for a Process Change
HAZOP, FMEA, and What-If Analysis answer different risk questions. This comparison helps EHS managers and process leaders choose the method that fits the change instead of selecting the most familiar workshop format.
6 min
safety-leadership
Safety Leadership: 5 Decisions That Turn a Weekly Plan Into Visible Care
A weekly safety plan becomes useful when it assigns decisions, owners, evidence, and escalation instead of listing activities. These five decisions help EHS managers and operational leaders turn leadership intent into visible care at the point of work.
7 min
incident-investigation
New Incident Investigator in 60 Days: What to Do in the First Investigation Cycle
A practical 60-day transition plan for a newly appointed incident investigator who needs to protect evidence, earn trust, and turn findings into stronger controls.
6 min
risk-management
ISO 17776 Explained: 4 Decisions for Offshore Major-Hazard Design
ISO 17776:2016 gives offshore design teams a structured way to manage major accident hazards before the installation is built. Its value depends on four decisions that connect hazard identification, prevention, consequence reduction, and design evidence.
3 min
occupational-safety
How to Run a Lockout/Tagout Verification Walkdown Before Maintenance
A field-ready LOTO walkdown for maintenance supervisors who need to confirm energy isolation, stored-energy control, worker understanding, and restart readiness before servicing begins.
7 min
psychological-safety
5 Myths About Speak-Up Culture That Safety Leaders Still Believe
Speak-up culture is not created by an open-door slogan or a survey score. These five myths show how leaders can mistake silence for trust and what operational conditions make concerns safer to raise.
5 min
safety-culture
Safety Culture: 3 Distortions That Make Compliance Look Like Control
Safety culture becomes misleading when completed activities are treated as proof that critical controls work. This F1 diagnostic shows three distortions that hide weak protection and gives EHS leaders a field test for restoring credible control.
7 min
safe-behavior
Normalization of Deviance Explained: 4 Stages of Operational Drift
Normalization of deviance describes how repeated exceptions become accepted as normal work. This explainer shows four stages of operational drift and the evidence leaders should test before a serious event.
3 min
incident-investigation
How to Build an Incident Investigation Charter Before Interviews Begin
A short investigation charter gives the team a shared scope, evidence standard, decision owner, and interview sequence before early assumptions harden. This eight-step guide shows supervisors, EHS managers, and incident leads how to build one without turning the investigation into paperwork.
6 min