Culture Without Excuses - Culture is not an HR problem, it's a leadership one

Most organisations say culture is an HR responsibility. That belief is comfortable and dangerously wrong.

In this episode of People & Platforms, Carlo-Marcel Dube dismantles one of the most persistent myths in organisational life: that culture is created by HR policies, engagement surveys, and values statements.

Culture is shaped by leadership behaviour, power dynamics, and what gets tolerated when results are delivered under pressure. It lives in promotions, protection, silence, and consequences not in posters on the wall. This episode explores why culture follows power, not policy and how leadership behaviour teaches people what is safe and what is risky. This is the first episode in the Culture Without Excuses three-part series. If you are a leader, manager, HR professional, or board member, this conversation will challenge how you think about culture, accountability, and responsibility.