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
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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
635 articles safety-culture
Compliance Theater Explained: 4 Signs Your Audit Is Measuring Performance, Not Protection
Compliance theater is what happens when a site can prove paperwork faster than it can prove field control, which leaves leaders with a polished file and an untested barrier.
safety-leadership
How to Run a Decision-Rights Check Before High-Risk Work Starts
Run a short field check that makes stop, restart, escalation, and acceptance rights visible before the crew starts high-risk work.
safety-leadership
How Dr. Thomas Krause Thinks About Leadership Quality Under Pressure
Episode 11 shows why leadership quality, not polished reporting, determines what an investigation can see and change.
risk-management
Risk Criteria: 5 Blind Spots Boards Miss
Risk criteria only work when they test consequence, control health, authority, time horizon, and local context before leaders accept exposure.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Safety Metric Freshness Explained: 4 Questions Boards Ask Too Late
Safety metric freshness shows whether a number still has enough life left to change a decision before the control window closes.
incident-investigation
How to Build an Evidence Confidence Log Before RCA Starts
An F2 guide for investigators and supervisors who need a clean way to separate confirmed evidence, inference, and missing inputs before RCA begins.
safety-culture
How a Pharmaceutical Site Turned Audit Closure Into Risk Ownership in 30 Days
A pharmaceutical safety culture case study showing how audit closure becomes risk ownership when leaders name decision owners, verify controls in the field, and escalate recurring exceptions.
psychosocial-risks
Workload Survey vs Manager Interview vs Absence Trend: Which Psychosocial-Risk Signal Should HR Trust First?
A comparison of workload surveys, manager interviews, and absence trends for psychosocial-risk detection, with a practical choice guide for HR and EHS.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Safety Metric Freshness: 5 Delays That Make Clean Numbers Lie
A clean safety dashboard can still be late. This article shows the five freshness delays that make leaders trust yesterday's control picture.
incident-investigation
5 myths about incident memory investigators still believe
Incident memory is not a transcript. Use 5 myths and a 24 to 72 hour workflow to keep investigations tied to evidence, not first impressions.
