Safety Culture: From Theory to Practice
ISBN 6500447182
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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
436 articles occupational-safety
How to Run a Multi-Gas Detector Bump Test Before Entry in 10 Minutes
A practical confined-space routine for supervisors and EHS technicians who need proof that a gas detector responds before anyone enters.
risk-management
Permit Exception Case: How 250+ Projects Turned Deviations Into Risk Controls
A case-study view of how permit exceptions can become risk-control evidence instead of hidden field improvisation.
occupational-safety
Guardrail vs Safety Net vs Fall Arrest: Which Layer Fits Work at Height
A practical comparison of guardrails, safety nets, and personal fall arrest systems for work-at-height decisions, focused on control strength, verification, rescue, and field reliability.
risk-management
Alarm Dependency: 5 Blind Spots Leaders Miss
Automated alarms can protect crews, but leaders create new exposure when they let warning systems replace field judgment, verification and escalation.
risk-management
How Cam Stevens Thinks About Problem-First Technology
Cam Stevens argues that safety technology only improves risk decisions when leaders define the problem, the evidence and the field action first.
psychosocial-risks
Effort-Reward Imbalance Explained: Recognition, Fairness, and Recovery Signals
Effort-reward imbalance is a psychosocial risk pattern in which high demand, low recognition, weak fairness, or poor recovery starts to damage safety judgment and trust.
psychological-safety
How to Build a Safety Concern Escalation Ladder in 14 Days
Build a safety concern escalation ladder that moves weak signals, urgent hazards and rejected concerns to the right decision owner before silence becomes normal.
occupational-safety
How Gary Pietro Thinks About Mine Safety Enforcement
Gary Pietro's Farmington panel argument shows why mine safety enforcement fails when inspections become advice instead of authority on site.
occupational-safety
How to Run an Arc-Flash Boundary Briefing
Use this arc-flash boundary briefing to verify energized-work justification, labels, PPE, access control, stop triggers, and adjacent work.
safe-behavior
How to Run a Pre-Task Risk Briefing in 12 Minutes
A practical 12-minute pre-task risk briefing for supervisors who need crews to catch changed conditions before work starts.
