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
435 articles risk-management
LOPA: 7 Questions Leaders Should Ask
Use LOPA to test whether protection layers are independent, proven, owned, and still valid before leaders trust them for fatal risk control.
occupational-safety
Hot Work Permits: 7 Tests Before Ignition
A practical guide for EHS managers who need hot work permits that test real ignition risk before welding, cutting, grinding or brazing starts.
psychosocial-risks
Job Demands-Control Model Explained: 6 Safety Uses
Use the job demands-control model to find psychosocial risk, redesign work, and prevent leaders from treating stress as a personal weakness.
safe-behavior
Decision Fatigue: 7 Safety Signals Leaders Miss
Decision fatigue weakens supervisor judgment before exhaustion is visible. Learn seven safety signals leaders should redesign before incidents occur.
safety-culture
Safety Posters: 7 Myths That Hide Culture Gaps
Safety posters can prompt attention, but they hide culture gaps when leaders use campaigns instead of supervision, feedback, and barrier removal.
mental-health-at-work
EAP Design: 7 Questions Leaders Should Ask
An Employee Assistance Program only protects mental health when leaders test access, trust, workload signals, crisis response, and follow-up.
safety-leadership
Antifragile Leadership: 7 Signals of Real Strength
Antifragile leadership turns pressure into stronger safety decisions, better weak-signal use, and governance that learns before harm escalates.
incident-investigation
Corrective Action Closure: 7 Signals Investigations Are Not Learning
Corrective action closure only proves learning when actions change controls, owners verify effectiveness, and repeat exposure becomes harder to recreate.
psychological-safety
Technical Dissent: 7 Signals Leaders Need
Technical dissent keeps serious risk visible when hierarchy, speed, and politeness would otherwise push weak signals out of the room.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Near-Miss Quality: 7 Signals Your Metrics Are Lying
Near-miss volume can hide serious risk when reports lack energy, exposure, credible severity, barrier analysis, and verified control change.
