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
How to Convert a Shift-Start Risk Briefing Into a Work-Plan Decision in 8 Checks
A shift-start briefing becomes a safety control only when it can change the work plan. This eight-check guide helps supervisors define the task, test current conditions, assign control ownership, record unresolved exposure, and verify the final decision.
occupational-safety
Operational Readiness Explained: 5 Proofs That Show New Work Can Start
Operational readiness is not a launch meeting or a signed checklist. It is the evidence that a new task, process, asset, or shift can begin without transferring unresolved risk to the people closest to the work.
occupational-safety
Emergency Evacuation Drills: 5 Failures That Make Response Time Misleading
Emergency evacuation drills are useful only when they test the decisions and barriers that protect people under pressure. This F1 diagnostic examines five failures that make response time look better than readiness, then gives leaders a field test for stronger evidence.
mental-health-at-work
Workplace Recovery Explained: 4 Conditions That Keep Fatigue From Becoming a Safety Exposure
Workplace recovery is the capacity to regain enough physical and mental readiness for the next work period. It depends on rest opportunity, workload boundaries, schedule predictability, and a practical route for raising fatigue before it changes a safety-critical decision.
mental-health-at-work
How to Prepare a Supervisor for a Safe Return After Mental-Health Leave in 9 Steps
A safe return after mental-health leave depends on work design, privacy, and supervisor discipline. This nine-step guide shows how to prepare the conversation, confirm work conditions, coordinate support, and verify that the arrangement remains workable without turning the supervisor into a clinician.
safety-culture
When Culture Scores Rise but Field Decisions Do Not: Lessons From 250+ Projects
A safety culture score can improve while the work stays unchanged. This case study from more than 250 cultural transformation projects shows how Andreza Araujo distinguishes positive sentiment from changed field decisions, stronger controls, and visible leadership follow-up.
psychological-safety
Anonymous Channel vs Direct Conversation vs Team Review: Which Route Protects Safety Voice?
Safety voice fails when every concern is forced through the same route. This comparison explains when anonymous channels, direct conversations, and team reviews work best, and how leaders can protect trust while still creating visible action.
incident-investigation
Incident Investigation: 4 Evidence Handoffs That Break the Chain Before RCA Starts
An incident investigation can be technically thorough and still reach a weak conclusion when evidence changes between the scene, witnesses, analysts, and action owners. This F1 diagnostic shows safety leaders how to protect the evidence chain before RCA starts.
occupational-safety
Safety-Critical Tasks Explained: 4 Conditions That Change the Control Plan
A safety-critical task is not defined only by its name or by the presence of a permit. It is a task whose credible failure can create severe harm, which means the control plan must respond to changing energy, uncertainty, competence, and recovery conditions.
occupational-safety
How to Test a Safety-Critical Alarm Before Startup in 20 Minutes
A safety-critical alarm is only a useful control when the signal reaches the right person, triggers a defined response, and works under the conditions that matter. This 20-minute pre-start routine helps supervisors test the full path before production begins.
