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
1079 articles psychological-safety
How Tim Page-Bottorff Thinks About Speaking Up Before Silence Looks Like Trust
Tim Page-Bottorff's Episode 10 conversation offers a practical test for psychological safety. Leaders should judge the quality of the response after a concern, not the apparent calm before anyone speaks.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
ANSI Z16.1 vs OSHA Recordkeeping: 4 Definitions That Change a Safety Rate
A safety rate and an OSHA recordkeeping classification answer different questions. This glossary explains four definitions leaders should separate before comparing sites.
risk-management
How to Verify a Temporary Bypass Before Operations Accepts the Risk
A temporary bypass can keep production moving while quietly removing a critical protection. This field guide shows how to define, authorize, monitor, and close the exception before it becomes the new normal.
safety-culture
How Clive Lloyd Thinks About Compliance Before Care Becomes a Slogan
Clive Lloyd's Episode 12 conversation offers a sharper test for safety culture than asking whether people follow the rules. Compliance can be forced, measured, and displayed while workers still experience pressure, silence, and low trust. Lloyd connects care, climate, culture, leadership behavior, and accountability to one practical question: does the system make the safer decision credible when work becomes difficult?
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Safety Metrics: 3 Tests That Separate Activity From Control Assurance
A safety metric becomes useful when it helps a leader decide whether exposure is controlled. This article presents three tests that separate activity counts from evidence of control assurance.
occupational-safety
Energy Isolation Explained: 4 Evidence Tests Before a Restart
Energy isolation is more than placing a lock on an energy-isolating device. This explainer defines four evidence tests that maintenance supervisors can use before restart, from identifying every energy source to confirming that the restored system is ready for people and equipment.
occupational-safety
How to Prove Mobile-Equipment Visibility Before the First Movement
Mobile-equipment visibility is not proven by a clean windshield or a functioning camera alone. This field guide helps supervisors verify the complete visibility system before movement, including blind spots, pedestrian routes, communication, lighting, alarms, and the decision to stop when the control cannot be trusted.
incident-investigation
Lac-Megantic: How a Securement Routine Became a System Failure
Lac-Megantic shows why a familiar securement routine can become a major safety failure when the organization does not verify the barrier, challenge assumptions, and assign ownership for unresolved risk.
safe-behavior
Safety Coaching vs Task Redesign vs Competence Verification: Which Intervention Fits Repeated Unsafe Behavior?
Repeated unsafe behavior can reflect misunderstanding, poor task design, or an unverified skill gap. This comparison helps supervisors select the intervention that matches the failed layer and verify whether the control works.
safe-behavior
Supervisor Workload: 5 Blind Spots That Make Safe Behavior Look Like a Training Problem
Recurring deviations do not always show a knowledge gap. They may reveal workload, interruption, production pressure, or decision conditions that make safe behavior difficult to perform.
