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 occupational-safety
Control of Work Explained: 5 Tests for Job Readiness
Control of work is more than a permit. This explainer shows how supervisors and EHS leaders test scope, authority, barriers, change triggers, and recovery before releasing a job.
mental-health-at-work
Leader Vulnerability Explained: 4 Boundaries for Safe Disclosure
A practical F7 explainer for safety and operations leaders who need to distinguish bounded vulnerability from oversharing, emotional delegation, and untreated work-design risk.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
How to Calibrate a Leading Safety Indicator Before It Reaches the Board in 8 Steps
A practical F2 guide for EHS leaders and operations managers who need to test whether a leading safety indicator reflects field control before it reaches a board dashboard.
psychological-safety
How Michael Emery Thinks About Curiosity Before Coaching Becomes Correction
Episode 14 with Michael Emery argues that curiosity should precede correction, helping leaders understand the decision and work conditions before choosing training, coaching, or discipline.
safe-behavior
How to Run a Stop-Work Authority Drill Before High-Risk Work in 8 Steps
Stop-work authority is credible only when people can use it before exposure becomes harm. This eight-step guide helps safety leaders run a short drill that tests decision rights, response time, hierarchy, restart evidence, and the follow-through that makes authority real.
psychological-safety
How Farmington Turned Hazard Reporting Into a Career Risk
The Farmington case shows that a workplace can have equipment, procedures, and formal reporting channels while still being unsafe to speak up in. When raising a hazard leads to punishment, silence becomes a rational response and the organization loses its earliest warning system.
occupational-safety
Contractor Safety Governance: Which Model Holds?
Contractor safety fails at the boundaries between host and vendor. Compare client-led, joint-control, and contractor-owned governance to match accountability to exposure.
safety-culture
Safety Culture ROI: 4 Questions Behind a Weak Board Case
Safety culture earns board support when leaders connect culture evidence to operational decisions, financial exposure, and the controls that protect people.
safety-culture
How the COVID Safety-Culture Conversation Thinks About Recovery
The COVID safety-culture conversation is useful because recovery is not the same as returning to the old routine. A stronger recovery tests whether reporting, workload, supervision, and decision authority have improved since the disruption.
safety-leadership
Supervisor Decision Boundaries Explained: 4 Conditions That Require Escalation
A supervisor does not need to solve every safety problem alone. Decision boundaries define the conditions that require escalation, protect operational authority from overreach, and keep uncertainty from being hidden inside a routine shift decision.
