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
1075 articles occupational-safety
Inherently Safer Design Explained: 4 Principles That Remove Risk Before PPE
Inherently safer design changes the process, material, energy, or operating condition so that the hazard is reduced before workers depend on procedures or PPE. This F7 explainer shows four principles, how to compare design choices, and when a temporary administrative control needs escalation.
occupational-safety
How to Verify a Hot-Work Permit Before the First Spark
A practical supervisor procedure for checking the work area, isolation, fire controls, atmosphere, people, and stop conditions before hot work begins.
safety-leadership
Piper Alpha: 4 Leadership Decisions That Turned a Platform Fire Into a Governance Failure
The Piper Alpha disaster shows how four leadership decisions allowed a maintenance conflict, connected systems, and weak emergency assumptions to become a governance failure.
mental-health-at-work
Mental Health Signal vs Work-Design Problem vs Clinical Concern: Which Route Should a Manager Take First?
A practical comparison for managers who need to decide whether a workplace mental-health signal calls for a conversation, a work-design review, or qualified professional support.
incident-investigation
Root Cause Analysis After an Incident: 6 Traps That Turn System Failure Into Operator Blame
A root cause analysis fails when it stops at the person closest to the event. This F1 diagnostic shows six traps that convert system failure into operator blame and gives leaders a more defensible way to investigate.
safety-culture
4 Insights from Episode 12 with Clive Lloyd on Care and Trust
Clive Lloyd reframes care as an operating condition rather than a campaign. Four insights show how trust, compliance pressure, visible decisions, and leadership cost determine whether safety values become credible in daily work.
occupational-safety
Hierarchy of Controls Explained: 5 Protection Choices From Elimination to PPE
The hierarchy of controls is a decision aid for choosing protection in the order that reduces dependence on individual attention. This explainer defines five protection choices and shows how supervisors can distinguish a real control improvement from a new instruction layered onto the same exposure.
safety-leadership
Safety Warning Quality Explained: 4 Evidence Levels for Escalation
A safety warning is only useful when its evidence survives the move from the worksite to the decision room. This explainer defines four evidence levels that help senior leaders distinguish an observation, a verified exposure, a control failure, and an urgent escalation.
safety-culture
Davis-Besse: How a Reactor Vessel Warning Became a Safety-Culture Reset
The 2002 Davis-Besse reactor vessel head degradation did not become a reactor accident, but it exposed a decision system that had allowed warning signs to lose force. The NRC response shows how leaders can turn a serious near miss into a measurable reset of oversight, corrective action, and operating authority.
safe-behavior
Training Attendance vs Demonstrated Competence vs Field Transfer: Which Proof Should Safety Leaders Trust?
Attendance proves that instruction reached a person, demonstrated competence tests defined performance, and field transfer tests whether behavior survives real work. This comparison helps safety leaders choose the proof that fits the decision.
