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
944 articles
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Underreporting in Safety: 7 Signals Your Metrics Are Too Clean
Underreporting in safety hides weak signals when dashboards reward clean numbers more than honest reporting, supervisor escalation, and control repair.
8 min
safety-leadership
Middle Management Safety: 7 Signals Leaders Send Without Noticing
Middle management safety fails when leaders ask supervisors for courage but reward speed, silence, clean dashboards, and painless production recovery.
8 min
occupational-safety
ATEX Zones: 7 Controls Before Ignition Sources Enter
ATEX zoning fails when leaders treat hazardous areas as labels instead of live controls for releases, ignition sources, maintenance, permits, and supervision.
9 min
psychosocial-risks
Impossible Deadlines: 7 Controls Before Workload Becomes Harm
Impossible deadlines are psychosocial risk signals when leaders accept the date but never redesign work, staffing, escalation, or stop rules.
7 min
psychological-safety
Psychological Safety Is Not Error Tolerance: 7 Boundaries Leaders Must Set
Psychological safety protects dissent, bad news, and early warnings, but it fails when leaders confuse voice with permission to bypass critical controls.
7 min
occupational-safety
Dropped Objects: 7 Controls Before Work Overhead Starts
Dropped object prevention fails when leaders treat falling tools and materials as housekeeping issues instead of line-of-fire exposure created by planning, layout, and supervision.
8 min
risk-management
Pre-Mortem Safety Review: 7 Questions Before High-Risk Work Starts
A pre-mortem safety review helps EHS managers expose weak controls, hidden assumptions, and decision gaps before high-risk work begins.
8 min
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Corrective Action Closure: 7 Metrics That Prove Risk Changed
Corrective action closure proves little unless EHS can show that controls changed, exposure fell, and leaders verified the result in the field.
7 min
safe-behavior
Safety Conversations: 7 Scripts That Change Behavior
Safety conversations change behavior only when supervisors discuss risk, pressure, and controls without turning observation into blame.
7 min
mental-health-at-work
Post-Traumatic Stress: 7 Controls After Critical Incidents
Post-traumatic stress in emergency responders needs work-design controls before debriefing becomes the only answer after critical incidents.
6 min