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
433 articles occupational-safety
Safety Audits Miss Temporary Changes: 6 Blind Spots That Keep Field Risk Alive
A diagnostic article on why audits miss temporary changes, where field verification fails, and how leaders stop short-lived workarounds from becoming permanent risk.
mental-health-at-work
Recovery at Work Explained: 4 Experiences That Restore Capacity
Work recovery is more than time away from work, because detachment, relaxation, mastery and control decide whether rest restores capacity.
safety-leadership
How to Run a Safety Listening Tour in Your First 30 Days as a New Plant Leader
A first-month listening routine for new plant leaders who need to hear real field risk, not polished summaries, before they start changing the safety system.
occupational-safety
Procedure Usability vs Training vs Supervision: Which Control Changes Field Risk?
Compare procedure usability, training, and supervision to see which control actually changes field risk when crews work under pressure.
occupational-safety
Heat Stress: 5 Blind Spots That Turn Summer Exposure Into a Rescue Problem
Heat stress becomes a rescue problem when leaders treat acclimatization, workload, PPE, and escalation as paperwork instead of field controls.
occupational-safety
Facilities Manager in 60 Days: what to do in the first two months
A 60-day role plan for facilities managers who need to control access, maintenance drift, temporary changes, and emergency readiness before small failures become normal.
psychological-safety
Technical Dissent Threshold Explained: 4 Response Levels for Safety-Critical Decisions
A technical dissent threshold defines when a safety objection must trigger clarification, verification, escalation or a pause before exposure continues.
psychosocial-risks
How to Run a Workload Calibration Meeting for Psychosocial Risk in 45 Minutes
A practical forty-five-minute workflow for EHS, HR and operations leaders who need to compare workload demand with capacity before psychosocial risk becomes safety exposure.
safety-culture
How Alanna Ball Thinks About Safety Networks
Alanna Ball frames safety networks as practical infrastructure for trust, sponsorship, visibility, and earlier risk escalation across the profession.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Safety KPI Weighting: 5 Traps Boards Miss
Safety KPI weighting can hide fatal exposure when recordables, activity counts, closure speed, stale data, and averages outrank control proof.
