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
440 articles safety-leadership
Supervisor Span of Control: 5 Blind Spots That Weaken Safety Decisions
Supervisor span of control is a safety leadership control, not only an HR design choice. These five blind spots show where overloaded supervisors lose risk decisions before anyone notices.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
How to Build a Safety Metrics Dictionary in 30 Days
Use this 30-day method to build a safety metrics dictionary that aligns definitions, owners, formulas, evidence rules and executive decisions.
psychosocial-risks
How to Run a Reorganization Psychosocial Risk Review in 30 Days
Use this 30-day reorganization psychosocial risk review to test demand, control, role clarity, support and change fatigue before harm appears.
occupational-safety
How to Reassess Silica Exposure After a Process Change
Reassess silica exposure after process, control, staffing, or work-practice changes so the written plan reflects real dust exposure, not last year's assumptions.
occupational-safety
How to Build a Crane Exclusion Zone Plan Before a Critical Lift
Build a crane exclusion zone plan that controls the fall zone, swing radius, access points, spotters, communications, and lift authority before a critical lift starts.
safety-leadership
Safety Buy-In Case: Site Walk Before Slide Deck
A Headline case study on why resistant leaders change faster after a field walk than after another safety presentation.
occupational-safety
Fixed Guard vs Interlock vs Light Curtain: Which Fits
Compare fixed guards, interlocked guards, and light curtains for machine safety, with decision criteria for access, stopping time, and defeat risk.
incident-investigation
Incident Chain of Custody: 6 Distortions That Weaken Serious-Incident Findings
Incident chain of custody is not paperwork after a serious event. It is the evidence discipline that keeps investigation findings credible when pressure, memory, cleanup, and legal review start reshaping the story.
safety-culture
6 mistakes from Episode 12 with Clive Lloyd
Episode 12 with Clive Lloyd turns trust, forced compliance, and zero-harm ideology into 6 practical safety culture mistakes leaders should correct.
safe-behavior
Intervention Threshold Explained: 4 Levels Before Stop Work
Intervention threshold explains the 4 field decision levels supervisors should use before a weak signal turns into formal stop work.
