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
1081 articles safety-indicators-and-metrics
Safety Metrics Fail: 6 Ownership Gaps
Safety metrics fail when ownership is vague. These 6 gaps show how to assign one owner, one steward, and one decision rule before the next review.
psychological-safety
Psychological Safety Explained: 4 States of Candor
Psychological safety is the expectation that people can raise risk or doubt without embarrassment, and these four states show how candor appears or disappears.
mental-health-at-work
Night-Shift Fatigue Check-In: 6 Signals Managers Should Catch
A practical guide for managers who need a short night-shift fatigue check-in that turns sleep loss, overload, and recovery failure into a clear decision and a visible follow-up.
mental-health-at-work
Presenteeism explained: 4 forms of hidden capacity loss
A quick explainer on presenteeism for leaders who need to separate attendance from capacity before fatigue, distress, or illness turns into risk.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
How a 19-country operation changed the monthly safety review before the number moved
A 19-country case study showing how monthly safety reviews stopped rewarding the wrong number and started changing field decisions.
psychosocial-risks
Work redesign vs manager training vs employee support programs: which psychosocial-risk control actually lowers exposure?
Work redesign lowers psychosocial exposure at the source, manager training improves supervision, and support programs help recovery. The right order depends on where the risk sits.
safety-culture
Safety Culture: 5 Gaps That Make Compliance Look Like Control
Safety culture breaks when audits pass, training climbs, and metrics stay green while decision rights, response speed, and field verification stay weak.
psychological-safety
5 insights from Episode 7 with Rodney Rocha
Rodney Rocha's Episode 7 shows how reversed burden of proof, softened warnings, and retaliation against dissent turn safe enough into false comfort.
risk-management
Temporary Change Hold Point: 4 Signals Before Restart
A temporary change hold point stops work when a workaround, altered sequence, or shifted boundary no longer matches the approved plan.
psychosocial-risks
How Cam Stevens Thinks About Technology-Driven Psychosocial Risk
Cam Stevens shows that technology becomes useful only when leaders define the problem, assign ownership, and verify that the field actually changed.
