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
638 articles mental-health-at-work
How 250+ Projects Turned Fatigue Signals Into Work Design Decisions
A case study on how 250+ projects shifted fatigue from a wellness concern into a work design decision with faster escalation and clearer supervision.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
TRIR vs LTIFR vs DART: which metric should the executive review use?
Compare TRIR, LTIFR, and DART so executives use the right lagging metric for recordkeeping, work disruption, and case impact.
risk-management
Barrier Assurance Explained: 4 Proof States That Show Whether Controls Still Hold
Barrier assurance is the discipline that keeps a control real in the field, not just in a register. Learn the 4 proof states and the checks that separate paper proof from live protection.
incident-investigation
Witness Statement Drift Explained: 4 Ways Memory Changes the Record
Witness statement drift is the gap between the first account, the follow-up interview and the final record, so investigators need a clean way to spot when memory has started to move the facts.
risk-management
How to Run a Field Proof Walk in 8 Steps
Use a field proof walk to verify one critical control at the point of exposure and decide whether senior leaders should trust the dashboard.
safety-leadership
Post-Acquisition Plant Manager in 90 Days: What to Do in the First Quarter
A practical 90-day plan for plant managers who inherit a site after acquisition and need to stabilize controls, decision rights, and escalation before integration turns cosmetic.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Safety Decision Latency: 6 Failures That Make Clean Metrics Arrive Too Late
Safety decision latency is the gap between a signal appearing and a leader changing the work. Stale cadence and weak ownership turn dashboards into late decisions.
psychosocial-risks
Workload Calibration Explained: 4 States of Demand, Control, and Recovery
Workload calibration keeps demand, control, and recovery aligned before psychosocial risk turns into drift.
safety-culture
How to Diagnose Compliance Theater Before the Next Audit in 30 Minutes
A practical safety-culture routine for leaders who want to find out whether audit readiness is real or only appears when someone announces a visit.
safety-leadership
How 250+ Projects Turned Executive Sponsorship Into Decision Discipline
A Headline Podcast F5 case study on how executive sponsorship became a field decision discipline, using Andreza Araujo's 250+ project record and a PepsiCo South America example.
