Creative Force: A podcast with exceptional women

Creative Force Ep 2 Dr. Michelle Evans

April 08, 2024 Season 1 Episode 3
Creative Force Ep 2 Dr. Michelle Evans
Creative Force: A podcast with exceptional women
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Creative Force: A podcast with exceptional women
Creative Force Ep 2 Dr. Michelle Evans
Apr 08, 2024 Season 1 Episode 3

 Today we are heading to the banks of the Millewa (the murray River) in Albury on Wiradjuri Country to meet the creative force that is Indigenous scholar Michelle Evans Associate Professor of Leadership and Associate Dean, Indigenous at the University of Melbourne and Melbourne Business School, specialising in the areas of Indigenous leadership and entrepreneurship.

Michelle is the Director of the Dilin Duwa Centre for Indigenous Business Leadership and co-Founder of Australia’s number one Indigenous Business Master Class program, MURRA.

Prior to academia, Dr Evans was Founder of the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development at the Victorian College of Arts. Together with her research, this provides a unique combination of professional experience in management, community engagement and facilitation in Indigenous leadership and policy development. She has been consulted by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, OECD and other public institutions as well as leading Australian organisations.

 Michelle's latest research - the Indigenous Economic Power Project Snapshot 3.0.  An  overview of the Indigenous business ecosystem launches online Wednesday April 17th.

Dr Evans has been awarded five Australian Research Council competitive grants and a Fulbright Scholarship and is widely published in this space. She teaches predominantly at senior executive and postgraduate levels.

Find some of her work here:
Unpacking Indigenous Social Mobility: Entrepreneurs, Social Networks and Connections to Culture

The Dialectics of leadership identity construction: Case studies from Indigenous women leaders.

More partisans, than parachutes, more successful than not: Indigenous candidates of major Australian political parties.

I can’t wait for you to meet her.



#creative force was recorded on Wiradjuri Country in Bathurst, New South Wales.

Hosted by Kate Smith with Audio Engineer Tim Roebuck. Music by the magnificent Smith and Jones was recorded at Shelter Studios with Audio Engineer Rick Turnock.

Thanks for listening.

Show Notes

 Today we are heading to the banks of the Millewa (the murray River) in Albury on Wiradjuri Country to meet the creative force that is Indigenous scholar Michelle Evans Associate Professor of Leadership and Associate Dean, Indigenous at the University of Melbourne and Melbourne Business School, specialising in the areas of Indigenous leadership and entrepreneurship.

Michelle is the Director of the Dilin Duwa Centre for Indigenous Business Leadership and co-Founder of Australia’s number one Indigenous Business Master Class program, MURRA.

Prior to academia, Dr Evans was Founder of the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development at the Victorian College of Arts. Together with her research, this provides a unique combination of professional experience in management, community engagement and facilitation in Indigenous leadership and policy development. She has been consulted by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, OECD and other public institutions as well as leading Australian organisations.

 Michelle's latest research - the Indigenous Economic Power Project Snapshot 3.0.  An  overview of the Indigenous business ecosystem launches online Wednesday April 17th.

Dr Evans has been awarded five Australian Research Council competitive grants and a Fulbright Scholarship and is widely published in this space. She teaches predominantly at senior executive and postgraduate levels.

Find some of her work here:
Unpacking Indigenous Social Mobility: Entrepreneurs, Social Networks and Connections to Culture

The Dialectics of leadership identity construction: Case studies from Indigenous women leaders.

More partisans, than parachutes, more successful than not: Indigenous candidates of major Australian political parties.

I can’t wait for you to meet her.



#creative force was recorded on Wiradjuri Country in Bathurst, New South Wales.

Hosted by Kate Smith with Audio Engineer Tim Roebuck. Music by the magnificent Smith and Jones was recorded at Shelter Studios with Audio Engineer Rick Turnock.

Thanks for listening.