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
439 articles occupational-safety
MSD Risk Triage: How to Build It in 30 Days
Build a 30-day MSD risk triage that ranks ergonomic exposure by discomfort signals, task demand, control quality, and supervisor action fast.
safety-leadership
Leadership Escalation Case: 250+ Projects
A Headline case study on why safety reporting fails unless leaders define escalation levels, decision owners, and field verification.
mental-health-at-work
Work Redesign vs Manager Training vs Peer Support: Which Mental Health Control Fits
Compare work redesign, manager training and peer support as workplace mental health controls for senior EHS, HR and operations leaders.
safety-leadership
Bad News Escalation: 5 Failures That Delay Safety Decisions
Bad news escalation is a leadership control, not a communication preference. These five failures show why weak signals reach executives too late.
occupational-safety
How Gary Pietro Thinks About Mine Safety Enforcement
Gary Pietro turns mine safety enforcement into a leadership test: whether known hazards become protected action before tragedy exposes the delay.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Safety Metric Denominators Explained: 4 Exposure Bases
Safety metric denominators define what a rate is really comparing, because hours, headcount, tasks, and fatal-risk exposure answer different governance questions.
risk-management
How to Run a What-If Review Before a Process Change
A practical Headline guide for using what-if analysis before a process change turns into a hidden management-of-change failure.
psychological-safety
8 checks from Episode 8 with Andrea Hernandez
Andrea Hernandez shows why psychological safety must reach the small team, where workers decide whether risk is spoken, hidden, or converted into controls.
safety-leadership
Leader Isolation: 9 Decisions That Distort Safety
Leader isolation makes safety dashboards look cleaner than the worksite. Learn 9 executive decisions that distort risk and how to reconnect leadership.
mental-health-at-work
Burnout vs Fatigue Explained: 4 Operational Differences
Burnout and fatigue are not the same safety risk, and supervisors need different controls when exhaustion changes task readiness in high-risk work.
