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
1077 articles psychological-safety
How to Run a Speak-Up Check-In That Surfaces Safety-Critical Information
Use an eight-step speak-up check-in to help safety-critical teams surface uncertainty, test controls, and assign decisions before work begins.
safety-leadership
How Andrea Hernandez Thinks About Context Before Compliance in Safety
Andrea Hernandez's Episode 8 argument is not that standards, technology, or goals are unnecessary. It is that safety leadership becomes credible only when leaders start with the local problem, design with the people who face it, and test whether the team can speak before a formal metric moves.
occupational-safety
PPE Programs: 5 Decisions That Stop the Last Barrier From Becoming the Only Barrier
Personal protective equipment matters, but a PPE program becomes fragile when it carries a hazard that should have been removed, engineered out, or controlled through work design. This diagnostic gives EHS and operations leaders five decisions that keep PPE in its proper role while exposing the gaps that make the last barrier carry the whole system.
mental-health-at-work
Sleep Disorders in Shift Workers Explained: 4 Work-Design Distinctions
A practical explainer that separates sleep symptoms, circadian disruption, recovery failure, and fatigue-related performance impairment in shift work.
safety-leadership
How to Prepare a Safety Decision Memo for a Capital Project in 8 Review Moves
A practical method for project leaders to turn safety concerns, design choices, and control ownership into a decision memo that executives can approve, challenge, and verify.
safety-leadership
Boeing 737 MAX: How Production Pressure Outran Safety Governance
The Boeing 737 MAX crashes were not only a technical failure. They exposed a governance problem in which commercial urgency, delegated authority, incomplete challenge, and insufficient visibility of safety-critical decisions allowed risk to move faster than leadership oversight.
safety-leadership
Control Owner vs Permit Issuer vs Area Authority
Control owners, permit issuers, and area authorities protect different parts of high-risk work. Compare their decision rights and choose the right stop-work route.
risk-management
Engineering Controls vs PPE: 5 Gaps That Keep Exposure on the Worker
PPE can reduce residual exposure, but it cannot replace a stronger control that removes or separates the hazard. This F1 diagnostic identifies five gaps that make a weak engineering-versus-PPE decision look complete.
safe-behavior
How Michael Emery Thinks About Training, Coaching, and Mentoring in Safety
Michael Emery argues that coaching in safety is not a softer version of enforcement. It is a disciplined questioning and listening practice that helps a safety professional understand the decision behind a deviation, separate training needs from system friction, and improve the next choice without turning the conversation into a compliance performance.
incident-investigation
Evidence Chain Explained: 4 Links That Keep Safety Investigations Decision-Ready
A safety investigation is only decision-ready when its evidence connects the event to the conditions, control, and action that must change. This explainer presents four links for building that chain.
