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 safety-leadership
How Cam Stevens Thinks About Defining the Safety Problem Before Choosing Technology
Episode 15 with Cam Stevens argues that safety technology becomes useful only after leaders define the work problem, the decision it must improve, and the field evidence that will prove the change.
occupational-safety
Exposure Monitoring: 5 Blind Spots That Turn Clean Samples Into False Reassurance
A compliant exposure sample is evidence, not a safety verdict. This diagnostic guide shows EHS managers and operational leaders how sampling design, timing, control verification, and work changes can turn a clean result into false reassurance.
risk-management
Risk Normalization Explained: 4 Signals That Routine Work Has Become Invisible Risk
Risk normalization occurs when repeated exposure feels safe because it is familiar. This explainer shows four signals that routine work has lost decision discipline and how leaders can restore visible control.
safe-behavior
How to Handle a Difficult Safety Conversation After a Control Challenge in 8 Moves
A difficult safety conversation should not be a persuasion contest. This eight-move routine helps supervisors understand the challenge, protect the immediate exposure, and verify whether the control still fits the work.
mental-health-at-work
How Siemens Moved Well-Being From Safety Program to Company Strategy
A Headline Podcast case study on how Siemens moved well-being beyond a specialist safety program by using a four-question score, shared ownership, and field verification.
risk-management
Risk Acceptance vs Risk Reduction vs Risk Transfer: Which Decision Belongs to the Board?
Boards do not need to approve every control, but they do need to know which residual risks the organization is accepting, reducing, or transferring. This comparison shows how to make that decision visible without turning risk governance into paperwork.
mental-health-at-work
Moral Injury at Work: 4 Frictions That Push Safety Leaders Toward Silence
Moral injury at work is not only an individual wellbeing concern. In safety-critical operations, it can emerge when leaders are repeatedly asked to accept preventable exposure without the authority, time, or support needed to change the condition.
risk-management
How Corrie Pitzer Thinks About Risk Competence When Controls Become Comfortable
Corrie Pitzer’s Episode 9 argument is practical and uncomfortable: a control can reduce exposure while also reducing attention. Risk competence keeps people ready to recognize changing conditions instead of waiting for a system to warn them.
psychosocial-risks
Workplace Incivility Explained: 4 Patterns That Turn Friction Into Psychosocial Risk
Workplace incivility is not limited to rude language. Repeated interruptions, selective information, public correction, and unequal access to support can change how people report risk, ask for help, and perform demanding work.
psychosocial-risks
How to Run a Supervisor Workload Reset Before Peak Production: 6 Control Decisions
A supervisor workload reset is a short operating review that tests whether staffing, pace, priorities, recovery, and escalation still match the work before peak production begins.
