Culture Capital

Want this conversation before anyone else? Become a BlakCast Patreon member for early access to new episodes, ad free listening, and exclusive bonus content. Join at Patreon.com/BlakCastNetwork Fascism never lasts forever. Because there's nothing there to sustain it. Just anger. In this episode of Culture Capital, Mundanara Bayles and Prabha Nandagopal sit down with one of the most important cultu...

Want this conversation before anyone else? Become a BlakCast Patreon member for early access to new episodes, ad free listening, and exclusive bonus content. Join at Patreon.com/BlakCastNetwork He leads Australia's national fight against racism and he's not afraid to say the system was built to exclude people like him. Giridharan Sivaraman became Race Discrimination Commissioner months after the V...

James Phillis is Chief Executive of SJ Group's global Infrastructure and Energy Business Line and one of Australia's most respected voices on gender equity in male-dominated industries. With over 35 years leading complex engineering businesses, he brings a refreshingly direct perspective to a conversation many CEOs still sidestep. In this episode of Culture Capital, he sits down with Mundanara Bay...

When a workplace scandal hits the headlines, leaders are quick to blame a few bad apples. But what if the rot goes all the way to the roots? In this powerful episode, Prabha and Mundanara sit down with one of Australia's most respected experts in organisational culture and integrity for a candid, unflinching conversation about what's really going on inside our workplaces. With over two decades lea...

Aubrey Blanche is an ethical technology executive, director at the Ethics Centre, and founder of The MathPath — and she's not here to sell you on AI. She's here to tell you what no one in a sponsored webinar ever will. In this episode, Aubrey unpacks why the pressure to adopt AI fast is largely a marketing play, how people and culture leaders are being put in the firing line without the trai...

This episode of Culture Capital is proudly supported by BlackCard — 60,000 years of history and knowledge, alive in the present. BlackCard is a 100% Aboriginal-owned cultural capability consultancy, co-founded by Mundanara Bayles and Dr Lilla Watson, and grounded in Elder knowledge. Their eLearning platform makes culturally grounded learning accessible to individuals and organisations across...

In this episode of Culture Capital , we sit down with the Honourable Linda Burney, former Australian Minister for Indigenous Australians, to explore what leadership looks like inside one of the country’s most powerful institutions. Drawing on over two decades in politics, Linda reflects on workplace culture within Parliament, the realities of power, and the behaviours that would never be acc...

What happens when leadership is forged in environments where authority is absolute — and later tested in workplaces where culture is far more complex? In this first guest episode of Culture Capital , Mundanara Bayles and Prabha Nandagopal are joined by cybersecurity leader and former military officer Jacqui Kernot. Drawing on nearly three decades across defence, intelligence, technology and...

What really makes or breaks culture in the workplace? In the very first episode of Culture Capital , hosts Prabha Nandagopal and Mundanara Bayles introduce the ideas, experiences, and leadership moments that will shape this podcast. Together, they explore why culture is not a set of corporate slogans or values on a wall — but something revealed when leadership is tested. Through personal sto...

Where leadership meets lived experience. Prabha Nandagopal & Mundanara Bayles speak with the thinkers shaping the future - political leaders, changemakers, cultural icons and business innovators. Culture Capital explores power, influence and the people moving Australia forward with courage, nuance and deep cultural grounding. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.