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
634 articles risk-management
How to Run a Control-Owner Review Before a Critical Maintenance Window Opens
A maintenance window should not open because a permit is signed. This practical guide shows EHS managers, maintenance leaders, and supervisors how to confirm that each critical control has an owner, current evidence, and a clear response before work begins.
safety-culture
How Clive Lloyd Thinks About the Safety Climate-Culture Gap
Clive Lloyd's Episode 12 argument is that safety leaders should measure the distance between declared culture and lived climate through trust, response, and decision evidence.
safety-leadership
Safety Leadership: 4 Questions That Expose Weak Ownership
A leadership vacuum appears when people see risk but cannot identify who decides, supports escalation, or verifies the fix. Four questions test whether safety ownership is real.
safety-culture
DuPont 24 Elements Explained: 4 Questions for Leaders
The DuPont 24 Elements model helps safety leaders test whether culture is visible in decisions, field routines, accountability, and learning rather than only in policy.
psychosocial-risks
How to Build a Psychosocial Risk Escalation Workflow for an Industrial Plant
Build a 30-day psychosocial risk escalation workflow that gives plant leaders clear owners, response rules, protected conversations, and field verification.
incident-investigation
Columbia's Foam Strike: How a Technical Warning Became a Governance Failure
The Columbia case shows how recurring technical warnings can lose authority when organizations confuse familiarity with control. This incident-investigation analysis translates NASA's findings into decision rules for high-hazard operations.
mental-health-at-work
Burnout vs Occupational Anxiety vs Occupational Depression: Which Workplace Response Fits First?
A practical comparison for operations leaders, EHS managers, supervisors, HR, and occupational health teams who need to route workplace mental-health concerns without diagnosing workers or hiding work-design risks.
occupational-safety
Emergency Response: 5 Gaps That Turn a Rescue Plan Into a Paper Promise
Emergency response plans fail when leaders verify documents instead of capability. This F1 diagnostic shows how to test command, access, equipment, communication, practice, and restart decisions before a serious event exposes the gap.
mental-health-at-work
How Andrea Hernandez Thinks About Well-Being as a Safety Control
Episode 8 with Andrea Hernandez reframes well-being as a safety control. The practical test is whether strategy, team climate, and work design help people stay safe and speak up before pressure becomes exposure.
incident-investigation
Five Whys vs Fishbone Explained: 4 Decision Differences
Five Whys and Fishbone both support incident investigation, but they organize evidence differently. Use four decision differences to choose the right starting point.
