The Culture Advantage
Every organization has a culture, whether by design or by default. The real question is: does your culture give you an advantage… or hold you back?
Hosted by Dr. Michael Baran, cultural anthropologist, speaker, author, and consultant with 30 years of experience, The Culture Advantage helps leaders, teams, and professionals navigate the hidden forces that shape workplace success. From everyday interactions to organizational systems, Dr. Baran uncovers and shares how culture drives engagement, retention, innovation, performance, and well-being.
Each episode delivers practical strategies, compelling stories, and fresh insights to help you create a healthier, more inclusive, and higher-performing workplace. Whether you’re an executive, manager, or team member, you’ll gain the tools to transform your culture and unlock the full potential of your people.
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Latest Episodes
Rise and Resist in the Workplace, with Dr. Janice Gassam Asare
What lessons can we learn from past activists that can help us continue to create workplaces that are equitable and inclusive for all? What does it really mean when we advocate for decentering whiteness? How can the field of DEI better do the w...
The False Opposition Between Meritocracy and DEI, with Paolo Gaudiano and Cynthia Overton
What would it mean to have a true meritocracy at work? What does meritocracy really mean? How would we measure it? How would it improve the work that we are doing? In this episode, Dr. Michael Baran interviews co-authors Paolo Gaudi...
The Shape of Change, with Jennifer Brown
Sometimes life forces us to be more reflective, more expansive in our thinking. It breaks us out of patterned ways of working. Have you taken the time to step back and think about recent changes to the way we work? How has politics and technolo...
The Devil Emails at Midnight: Mita Mallick Talking Bad Bosses
Everyone has had bad bosses. But have you thoroughly considered the effect that they are having on our workplace cultures, our team productivity, or even our mental health?In this first episode of Season 2, Dr. Michael Baran interviews b...
Everyday Bias, Updated: Insights from Howard and Jake Ross
You’ve heard countless people talking about bias and how it impacts the workplace. But how often do you get to hear about bias from the author of perhaps the single-most influential book on the topic?In this wide-ranging and important ep...