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Culture is Infrastructure Not A Checkbox
Episode 22: Culture is Infrastructure, Not a Checkbox!
Description: We treat Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) as a compliance exercise—a set of optics to be managed in annual reports and strategy decks. But while the language of inclusion has become familiar, trust in our institutions is at an all-time low.
In this episode of Builders of the Broken Bazaar, Dr. Tabish Zaman is joined by Sunaina Kohli, a Global Inclusion Strategist who has lived and worked across six countries and four continents. Sunaina challenges the standard DEI narrative, reframing culture not as a benefit, but as the essential infrastructure of any sustainable organization.
Together, they discuss the Zulu philosophy of Ubuntu ("I am because you are"), the reality of the "trap door" for women in leadership, and Sunaina's unique "Professional Auntie" approach to radical truth-telling. This is an invitation to move beyond checkboxes and toward a leadership style grounded in humanity, safety, and the courage to unlearn the narratives of power.
🎙 “Organizations don’t have a diversity problem; they have a leadership and cultural problem.”
👉 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@buildersofthebrokenbazaar
Host: Dr. Tabish Zaman
Guest: Sunaina Kohli (a Global Inclusion Strategist)
Editor: Liam Gadsby
Research and Impact Officers: Mohammad Alauthman and Sanskriti Sharma
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By Dr. Tabish ZamanEpisode 22: Culture is Infrastructure, Not a Checkbox!
Description: We treat Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) as a compliance exercise—a set of optics to be managed in annual reports and strategy decks. But while the language of inclusion has become familiar, trust in our institutions is at an all-time low.
In this episode of Builders of the Broken Bazaar, Dr. Tabish Zaman is joined by Sunaina Kohli, a Global Inclusion Strategist who has lived and worked across six countries and four continents. Sunaina challenges the standard DEI narrative, reframing culture not as a benefit, but as the essential infrastructure of any sustainable organization.
Together, they discuss the Zulu philosophy of Ubuntu ("I am because you are"), the reality of the "trap door" for women in leadership, and Sunaina's unique "Professional Auntie" approach to radical truth-telling. This is an invitation to move beyond checkboxes and toward a leadership style grounded in humanity, safety, and the courage to unlearn the narratives of power.
🎙 “Organizations don’t have a diversity problem; they have a leadership and cultural problem.”
👉 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@buildersofthebrokenbazaar
Host: Dr. Tabish Zaman
Guest: Sunaina Kohli (a Global Inclusion Strategist)
Editor: Liam Gadsby
Research and Impact Officers: Mohammad Alauthman and Sanskriti Sharma