Indigenous Leadership in Business Video Series
Welcome to our One Sydney, Many People (OSMP) funded Indigenous Leadership in Business Video Series. We have collaborated with Indigenous business leaders to create a video series to embed and centre Indigenous ways of leading, knowing and being into curriculum.
By centring Indigenous voices, students and educators can explore concepts and wisdom, such as insights on collective leadership, Indigenous stewardship, caretaking, reciprocity, relationships, interconnectedness, collectivism, communal benefit and cultural responsibility that amplify leadership from an Indigenous perspective. Such perspectives provide an alternative to traditional Western business models of linear extraction - steeped in shareholder primacy - that perpetuate global social inequality and the overshooting of climate and biodiversity planetary boundaries.
This OSMP project has potential to enrich curriculum, and the overall teaching and learning experience.
The Indigenous leaders featured in the video series include:
- Jennifer Barrett | Dunghutti | Pro-Vice Chancellor, Indigenous (Academic) and Professor of Museum and Heritage Studies | University of Sydney
- Heidi Bradshaw | Yorta Yorta/Wiradjuri | CEO | Narang Bir-rong Aboriginal Corporation
- Joshua Duke | Dunghutti | Deputy Chair/ Director of Indigenous Services | Bangarra Dance Theatre/Deloitte
- Nathan Jones | Bundjalung | Director of Aboriginal Health | Sydney Local Health District | South Western Sydney Local Health District
- Darryl Lyons | Maiawali | Chief Rainmaker and Co-Founder | Rainstick
- Carol Vale | Dunghutti | Co-Founder | Murawin
The Themes
Watch the full series above or select an individual theme.
Theme 1: Indigenous wisdom and collective leadership
This is the first thematic video in our six-part Indigenous Leadership in Business Video Series focused on an appreciation of the vastness of Indigenous ways of knowing and being when leading, that respects elders and tradition, that is based on principles of collective leadership.
Theme 2: Stewardship, caring and reciprocity
This is the second thematic video in our six-part Indigenous Leadership in Business Video Series focused on a willingness to act as stewards or guardians for country and for each other; a commitment to preserve and only take what is needed without harm.
Theme 3: Relationships and connection
This is the third thematic video in our six-part Indigenous Leadership in Business Video Series focused on a recognition of an intimate ‘cosmic’ relationship between people and nature based on principles of interconnectedness and interdependence; humans belong to the land and are indivisible from it.
Theme 4: Collectivism and community benefit now and in the future
This is the fourth thematic video in our six-part Indigenous Leadership in Business Video Series focused on sharing of resources for collective need and communal benefit, now and in the future. There are no individuals, only a collective.
Theme 5: Cultural responsibility, empowerment and leading change
This is the fifth thematic video in our six-part Indigenous Leadership in Business Video Series focused on empowering and enabling Indigenous leaders and communities to lead and decide how they develop and are governed in a way that is culturally responsible.
Education Guide
Walking Together: Education Guide for the Indigenous Leadership in Business Video Series
The ‘Walking Together’ Education Guide serves as a complimentary resource for educators to accompany the One Sydney, Many People (OSMP) funded Indigenous Leadership in Business Video Series.
- Download the Guide
- Use this Padlet space to share your stories and contribute case studies to help us deepen our collective understanding of Indigenising curricula.
Project team and contact
Dr Anna Young-Ferris
Ms Ellebana Tyson
Dr Amy McHugh
Dr Ranjit Voola
Thanks and acknowledgement
This project would not have been possible without the funding support of the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Indigenous Strategy and Services (DVC-ISS) and to the DVC-ISS media team for their work on the production of the video series. We are also grateful for the support provided by the Business School Associate Dean (Indigenous Strategy and Services), Associate Professor Danika Wright.