In this episode, Marcus and Amanda reflect on an interview with Bing Chen - American entrepreneur, former YouTube executive, and co-founder of Gold House. They explore what it truly means to build a culture of abundance.

From leadership and performance standards to identity, representation, and resilience, Bing shares how an abundance mindset can reshape organizations, careers, and communities. The conversation moves beyond business strategy into personal growth, faith, and redefining success in a world that often defaults to scarcity.

In this episode of From The Culture, Marcus and Amanda explore what culture really is beyond the invisible system that helps us make meaning of the world. They are joined by Lenore Skenazy — American speaker, syndicated columnist, author and leading voice behind the free-range parenting movement. The conversation moves into identity, engagement, attention, and the modern struggle to create meaning in a world where we are never bored and rarely still. If culture shapes how we interpret reality, then organisational culture shapes how we think, behave, and decide...often without realizing it.

The discussion goes beyond parenting. It’s about fear, trust, cultural norms, and how shared beliefs, often unquestioned can influence the systems we build and the freedoms we allow.

Where does creativity really come from? Is it talent, discipline, inspiration… or something else entirely? In this episode, Marcus and Amanda explore the hidden conditions that allow creativity to emerge alongside Alejandro Chavetta (Brand Executive Creative Director at Adobe). From mental space and environment to boredom, constraint, and deep focus, they unpack the psychology and neuroscience behind original thinking. Creativity isn't just for creatives, it’s a cognitive process that fuels innovation, problem-solving, entrepreneurship, and meaningful work. Whether you are a creator, founder, leader, or simply trying to think more clearly, this episode will challenge how you understand the magic or monotony of the creative process.

In this episode of From The Culture, Marcus Collins and Amanda Slavin dig into one of the most deceptively complicated forces inside every organization: change.

Change isn’t just a strategy, or a punchline, it’s emotional, messy, cultural, and deeply human. They explore trust, resistance, and the role values and shared meaning play in shaping behavior. The conversation also draws on insights from Javier Farfan, a seasoned marketing executive and current strategic advisor at J Wolf Advisors, who’s helped brands like the NFL, McDonald’s, Miller Coors, New Balance, and TIDAL navigate culture, entertainment, and technology to build impactful and lasting relevance.

In this episode, Marcus and Amanda reflect and explore big questions, real experiences, and the deeper meaning behind the work we do and why sometimes, it can't be separated from the lives we live. In this episode, Amanda interviews Tariq Hassan, one of the industry’s most recognized marketing leaders, on how legacy culture impacts modern organizations. With over two decades of global marketing, communications, and brand leadership — including leading marketing at McDonald’s USA — Hassan shares practical insights on navigating change and building brands that stay relevant.

In this episode of From The Culture, Marcus and Amanda interview Nadia Kokni a leading Business & Marketing Leader (PUMA, Hugo Boss and JD Sports). They discuss why the most important truths about work, culture, and organizations are often hiding in plain sight. They unpack how “obvious” ideas can become invisible, why teams overlook the fundamentals that actually drive performance, and how shared assumptions quietly shape the way organizations think and behave.

Ultimately, this is a conversation about learning to see again — and how noticing what we usually ignore can unlock healthier cultures, better work, and more meaningful collective outcomes.

In episode two of 'From The Culture', Marcus and Amanda reflecting on their conversation with former IBM CMO Jon Iwata. Drawing on Iwata’s experience interviewing more than 100 founders and entrepreneurs—and his work as a lecturer at Yale School of Management—they explore how business culture is shaped. The discussion digs into the role of values, examining how a company’s culture often initially mirrors its founder, particularly in the context of legacy brands however, over time and through natural business leadership values can and in some cases need to change.

Marcus and Amanda begin their deep dive into the divergent forms of culture and its continual powerful influence by exploring the organizational culture of work. They open season one by delving into the manner by which organizations come together and collaborate which can often take on a mesmeric force amongst the people that buy into it, yet it can often be difficult to discern or define.

From The Culture is a podcast that explores the inner workings of organizational culture, the x-factor that enables companies to thrive, teams to win, and brands to succeed. If culture eats strategy for breakfast then this is the most important conversation in business that you aren't having.