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 psychological-safety
How Tim Page-Bottorff Thinks About Storytelling When Safety Conversations Stall
Episode 10 with Tim Page-Bottorff presents storytelling as an operational entry point for psychological safety, provided the story leads to a clear concern, decision, and follow-up.
incident-investigation
Near-Miss Reviews: 6 Decisions That Turn Warnings Into Control Changes
A near miss is not useful because it was harmless. It is useful when leaders convert the warning into a specific control decision that changes work before the same exposure returns.
psychological-safety
Safety Voice Explained: 4 Conditions That Make Speaking Up Reach a Decision
Safety voice is more than the act of raising a concern. It is a working route from field observation to decision, response, and visible follow-up.
occupational-safety
How to Verify a Maintenance Handback Before Equipment Returns to Service in 6 Steps
A six-step field guide for verifying restored safeguards, isolation status, temporary conditions, and operating ownership before maintenance equipment returns to service.
occupational-safety
The 168-Distribution-Center Safety Case: Giving Local Leaders Clear Route-Risk Decisions
A safety network can share standards without pretending that every loading bay, route and shift carries the same exposure. This case from PepsiCo South America shows how local decision rights make route risk more visible across 168 distribution centers.
risk-management
Risk Register vs Exception Register vs Safety Decision Log: Which Record Should Govern High-Risk Work?
Risk registers describe exposure, exception registers contain deviations, and safety decision logs preserve the reasoning behind difficult calls. The right governance model uses all three without confusing their jobs.
safety-leadership
Safety Capital Allocation: 8 Blind Spots That Distort Board Decisions
Safety capital is not effective because the budget is larger. It is effective when each major allocation changes a material exposure, strengthens a dependable control, and remains governed after commissioning. This F1 diagnostic examines eight board-level blind spots that turn safety spending into activity without reliable risk reduction.
safety-leadership
6 Decisions from Episode 11 with Dr. Thomas Krause
Episode 11 of Headline Podcast argues that safety performance follows leadership quality, felt value, and the difficulty people face when they try to do work correctly.
mental-health-at-work
Presenteeism Explained: 4 Forms of Hidden Capacity Loss
Presenteeism is not simply being at work while ill. It is a measurable loss of usable capacity that managers often confuse with commitment, performance variation, or a normal response to pressure.
risk-management
How to Set a Risk Acceptance Expiry Date Before Temporary Work Begins in 10 Checks
A practical F2 guide for EHS and operations leaders who need to time-bound temporary risk acceptance, define restoration evidence and prevent workarounds from becoming routine exposure.
