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 incident-investigation
How Rodney Rocha Thinks About Technical Dissent Before an Incident
Rodney Rocha’s Headline Podcast conversation reframes technical dissent as an information-control discipline. Leaders protect safety when warnings retain their evidence, uncertainty, and requested decision as they move upward, instead of being softened into reassurance before anyone accountable has examined the risk.
psychosocial-risks
Recovery Debt Explained: 4 Conditions That Keep Fatigue From Becoming a Work-Design Risk
Fatigue is not only an individual health issue. Recovery debt grows when schedules, handoffs, staffing, and digital demands repeatedly consume the conditions that restore attention and judgment. This explainer shows what leaders can test before fatigue becomes a work-design risk.
occupational-safety
How to Audit a Compressed-Gas-Cylinder Staging Area Before Delivery in 9 Steps
A practical F2 guide for EHS practitioners, warehouse supervisors, and maintenance coordinators who need to verify a compressed-gas-cylinder staging area before delivery and movement begin.
safety-culture
Risk Communication Explained: 4 Questions That Keep Bad News Actionable
Risk communication protects people only when field evidence reaches decision authority and returns as a visible response. This explainer uses four questions to keep bad news actionable.
occupational-safety
Permit-to-Work: 5 Exceptions That Turn Authorization Into Exposure
A critical diagnostic for EHS leaders and operations managers who need to keep permit-to-work authorization connected to the conditions of real work.
safe-behavior
Operational Discipline Explained: 4 Conditions That Keep Procedures Alive in the Field
Operational discipline is the practical relationship between a written procedure and the decisions people make when work changes, production pressure rises, or the expected method no longer fits the field.
occupational-safety
How to Verify a New Work Package Before the First Shift in 8 Readiness Tests
A practical F2 guide for EHS practitioners, supervisors, and work-package owners who need to prove that a new job is ready before the first shift inherits its risks.
safety-leadership
How Longford Turned a Process Upset Into a Leadership Test
The Esso Longford gas-plant disaster began with a process upset and a catastrophic low-temperature failure, but the Royal Commission identified a wider leadership problem. This case study shows how hazard identification, engineering presence, alarm management, training, and management of change must work together before a high-consequence event.
occupational-safety
Tabletop vs Functional vs Full-Scale: Which Fits Contractors?
Tabletop, functional, and full-scale exercises do not test the same capability. This comparison helps leaders choose the right level for contractor interfaces, emergency decisions, communications, and field response without confusing rehearsal with readiness.
risk-management
Inherently Safer Design: 5 Trade-Offs That Keep Risk Built Into New Equipment
New equipment can meet its specification and still transfer too much risk to the operator. Inherently safer design asks what can be eliminated, simplified, separated, or made less hazardous before procedures and PPE become the main defense.
