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 occupational-safety
How to Run a Confined-Space Atmospheric Verification Before Entry: 8 Checks for Supervisors
A practical supervisor workflow for confirming that atmospheric testing, equipment readiness, and entry decisions remain connected before confined-space work begins.
psychological-safety
How Alanna Ball Thinks About Neurodiversity as a Psychological Safety Test
In Episode 13 of the Headline Podcast, Alanna Ball connects representation, trust, care, vulnerability, and neurodiversity to the way people experience work. This companion develops one operational thesis: if a team can only support one communication style, its psychological safety is narrower than its survey score suggests.
safe-behavior
Safe Behavior: 4 Proof Gaps That Hide Whether Procedures Transfer to the Field
Procedures protect work only when people can understand, execute, adapt, and verify them under real operating conditions. This diagnostic shows leaders how to distinguish document completion from evidence that a procedure has transferred to the field.
risk-management
Residual Risk Explained: 4 Decisions After Controls Are in Place
Residual risk is not the leftover number in a risk matrix. It is a decision condition that identifies what remains after controls, who owns the exposure, what evidence supports acceptance, and when the decision must be reopened.
occupational-safety
How to Build and Test a Confined-Space Rescue Plan
An eight-step method for supervisors and EHS leaders to turn a confined-space rescue plan into a tested operational control before entry begins.
mental-health-at-work
How Siemens Moved Well-Being From a Safety Program to Company Strategy
A Headline Podcast case study on Siemens’ decision to move well-being beyond the safety function. The article explains how a comparable four-question score can create shared leadership ownership without turning measurement into a substitute for better work design.
occupational-safety
OSHA 1910 vs 1926 vs MSHA Part 46: Which Rule Fits?
Compare OSHA 1910, OSHA 1926, and MSHA Part 46 so mixed-site EHS leaders can choose the right regulatory lens for each work package.
risk-management
LOPA in Occupational Safety: 4 Decisions That Expose Weak Protection Layers
Layer of Protection Analysis is more than a worksheet for process-safety specialists. Used with clear assumptions and accountable ownership, LOPA helps plant leaders test whether a serious-risk scenario is protected by independent layers that can be verified in real work.
occupational-safety
How Corrie Pitzer Thinks About Alarms That Turn Workers Into Passive Victims
Corrie Pitzer's Episode 9 argument is a warning about control dependence. An alarm can add protection, but if the design removes human verification, people may stop looking for changing conditions and become passive recipients of a signal that can arrive late or fail entirely.
psychosocial-risks
Psychosocial Risk Assessment Explained: 4 Layers of Evidence
A psychosocial risk assessment should connect workplace conditions to organizational decisions. This explainer presents four evidence layers that help leaders distinguish symptoms from preventable work-design and management problems.
