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
434 articles safety-leadership
Board Safety Oversight: 7 Questions Directors Need
Seven board safety oversight questions that expose fatal-risk blind spots, weak dashboards, contractor gaps, and cultural silence before crisis.
risk-management
Bow-Tie Analysis: 7 Barrier Questions Leaders Should Ask
A leadership-focused guide to Bow-Tie analysis for fatal-risk governance, with seven questions that test barrier quality, ownership, degradation, and field evidence.
occupational-safety
Confined Space Rescue: 7 Tests Before Entry
A practical leadership guide to testing confined space rescue plans before entry, with emphasis on timing, retrieval, contractors, drills, and command.
safe-behavior
Stop-Work Authority: 7 Design Failures Leaders Should Catch
Stop-Work Authority fails when it is treated as a slogan instead of an operating rule with timing, protection, restart logic, and supervisor accountability.
psychosocial-risks
Psychosocial Risk Assessment: 7 Questions for Leaders
Psychosocial risk assessment works when leaders move beyond surveys and change workload, role conflict, reporting, and work design controls.
incident-investigation
Fatality Communication: A 72-Hour Executive Playbook
A practical 72-hour playbook for executive leaders after a workplace fatality or serious incident, focused on facts, families, workers, regulators, and culture.
mental-health-at-work
Shift Work Sleep: 7 Signals Leaders Miss
Shift work sleep risk hides in recovery windows, near misses and overtime patterns before it appears in injury metrics or absence data.
psychosocial-risks
Workplace Harassment: 7 Governance Tests for 2026
A governance guide for preventing workplace harassment as a psychosocial safety risk, not only an HR complaint after harm is reported.
safety-leadership
Fearless Influence: 6 Moves Safety Leaders Need
Fearless influence turns technical safety truth into executive decisions before weak signals become serious events.
psychological-safety
Receiving Bad News at Work: 6 Leadership Moves That Keep Speak-Up Alive
Receiving bad news well is a leadership skill. These six moves help supervisors and EHS managers protect speak-up, preserve facts, and turn weak signals into safer decisions.
