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
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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 safety-culture
How Andrea Hernandez Thinks About Safety Culture After Zero Harm
Andrea Hernandez's Headline Podcast conversation offers a practical interpretation of safety culture after Siemens moved beyond its Zero Harm program in 2020. Her argument is not that ambition should disappear. It is that safety strategy becomes credible when leaders start with the problem, design around people, and make speaking up possible in the small teams where work actually happens.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Metric Validity Explained: When a High Safety Score Hides Weak Evidence
A safety metric can be accurate and still be unfit for the decision in front of a leader. Metric validity asks whether the measure captures the exposure, behavior, and evidence that should change action before a serious event.
psychosocial-risks
How to Review a New Technology Rollout for Psychosocial Risk in 5 Decisions
A practical F2 guide for EHS leaders, project sponsors, and supervisors who need to identify psychosocial risk before a new technology changes how work is designed.
safe-behavior
How Michael Emery Thinks About Coaching Before Compliance Becomes the Ceiling
Episode 14 with Michael Emery makes a practical distinction between training, mentoring, and coaching. The companion explains how safety professionals can use questions, listening, and field verification without abandoning accountability or control standards.
safety-leadership
Shift Handover Risk: 6 Tests That Show Whether Safety Decisions Survive the Night
Risk ownership is tested when one crew leaves and another inherits unresolved exposure. These six shift-handover tests reveal whether controls, exceptions, and escalation decisions survive the changeover.
risk-management
Control Variance Explained: 4 Drift Patterns That Change the Risk Decision
A practical F7 explainer for supervisors, control owners, and EHS managers who need to recognize when field conditions change the safety decision.
incident-investigation
How to Preserve Incident Evidence Before the First Interview
An F2 guide for investigators, EHS managers, and line leaders who need to preserve reliable incident evidence before interviews and early theories reshape the story.
safety-culture
How 250+ Safety Culture Projects Exposed the Follow-Through Gap
Safety culture assessments often produce accurate findings that never change the work. Across more than 250 cultural transformation projects, Andreza Araujo’s experience points to a recurring case pattern: the gap is rarely diagnosis alone, but the ownership and follow-through after leaders see the evidence.
mental-health-at-work
Workload Review vs Stay Interview vs Work-Ability Assessment: Which Signal Should Trigger a Mental-Health Intervention?
Mental-health concerns at work do not all require the same first response. This comparison shows when a workload review, stay interview, or work-ability assessment is the right management signal, and why confusing them can delay practical protection.
risk-management
Risk Register Aging: 6 Distortions That Let Expired Assumptions Survive Executive Review
A critical F1 diagnostic for executives, risk owners, and EHS leaders who need to distinguish a populated risk register from a current decision picture.