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The Belonging Shift
by Mantej Singh
The Belonging Shift podcast has conversations about the leadership, community, place and the future of belonging. This is a podcast by Belonging Co – a social and cultural inclusion consultancy established and founded by Mantej Singh in 2025. He brings 20+ years’ experience in community engagement, placemaking and inclusion, focused on systemic change and community led outcomes. Belonging Co helps executive leaders and organisations to strengthen inclusion, engagement and participation outcomes across workplaces and communities — grounded in a unique belonging approach and a community perspective. Building a society, communities, public spaces, and institutions where everyone feels included and has a sense of belonging - is a critical need in today’s world. Belonging Co is committed to helping achieve this outcome. The Belonging Shift podcast is a key tool in driving this conversation forward in our communities, workplaces and societies.
Episodes
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Belonging, agile placemaking, citizen model and inventors mindset
In this episode of The Belonging Shift, host Mantej Singh speaks with David Engwight about why belonging cannot be delivered as a product and what changes when communities are trusted to create it together. We explore agile placemaking, the shift from a customer model to a citizen model, the…
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Belonging, Universal Design and welcoming
In this episode, host Mantej Singh speaks with Jane Bringolf, a long-time advocate, writer, and leader in universal design and inclusive practice, and a Churchill Fellow. They explore why universal design is not just about ramps, access standards, or compliance but about designing places…
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Belonging, placemaking and healthy people, places and planet
In this episode of The Belonging Shift, host Mantej Singh speaks with Gilbert Rochecouste, CEO and Founder of Village Well – a placemaking consultancy on belonging and healthy people, places and planet. Gilbert talks about a world facing a polycrisis of climate, economic, and social challenges…
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Belonging, Placemaking and doing
In this episode of The Belonging Shift, host Mantej Singh speaks with Dean Cracknell, Co-Founder of Doing Co and Creator of Placemaking Education, about community-led placemaking, belonging and the leadership shifts needed to create places where people feel connected, welcome and able to...
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Belonging, Social cohesion, local action and starting with a smile
In this episode of The Belonging Shift, host Mantej Singh speaks with Anthea Hancocks, CEO of the Scanlon Foundation Research Institute, about how Australia can strengthen belonging and social cohesion through trust, dignity, reciprocity and everyday local action. Anthea explains why belonging is...
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Belonging, worklace inclusion and systems thinking
In this episode of The Belonging Shift, host Mantej Singh speaks with Dr Varina Michaels, CEO and Founder of Paisley Group about the importance of focusing on systems and structural work across policies, processes, strategies, and leadership rather than performative and tokenistic diversity,...
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Belonging, inclusion and business impact
In this episode of The Belonging Shift, host Mantej Singh speaks with Joseph Santana, Chairman, CDO Powercircle from the United States. Joseph shares his journey from a business executive to a diversity and inclusion advocate, emphasizing the importance of aligning diversity and inclusion...
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Belonging, workplace inclusion and daring to reimagine it
In this episode of The Belonging Shift, host Mantej Singh explores a daring approach to transforming workplace inclusion by shifting from conventional models to a systemic, belonging-centred design. He presents five innovative shifts that actively embed belonging into organisational culture,...
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Belonging, Social Cohesion and Fair Go
In this episode of The Belonging Shift podcast, host Mantej Singh speaks with Aleem Ali, CEO, Welcoming Australia on social cohesion and belonging. Aleem says that at its core, it's about the strength of relationships within a society. So how well people trust each other, how much they feel like...
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Belonging, migration and settlement
In this episode of The Belonging Shift podcast, host Mantej Singh speaks with Melissa Monteiro about belonging, migration, and settlement. Melissa Monteiro is Chief Executive Officer of the Community Migrant Resource Centre and Chair of the Settlement Council of Australia (SCOA). The conversation...
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Real belonging and community development beyond buzzwords
In this episode of The Belonging Shift podcast, host Mantej Singh speaks with Zizi Charida, Founder, Zahia Pty Ltd., about belonging, community development, and going past surface-level tokenistic approaches. Zizi shares her insights on community development, the concept of belonging, and the...
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Community engagement and Belonging for a diverse Australia
In this episode of The Belonging Shift, host Mantej Singh speaks with Lucy Cole Edelstein, founder of Kadima Training, about what it takes to build genuine belonging through community engagement. She shares practical shifts for leaders: get on the ground, listen firsthand, treat engagement as…
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Episode 1: Why Belonging is the new standard for communities, businesses, and leaders
In this inaugural episode of The Belonging Shift podcast, host Mantej Singh highlights why Belonging is the new standard for communities, businesses, and leaders. He explores why cultivating a mindset of belonging is essential — not just for inclusion’s sake, but for tangible impacts on community...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Belonging Shift podcast has conversations about the leadership, community, place and the future of belonging.
This is a podcast by Belonging Co – a social and cultural inclusion consultancy established and founded by Mantej Singh in 2025. He brings 20+ years’ experience in community engagement, placemaking and inclusion, focused on systemic change and community led outcomes.
Belonging Co helps executive leaders and organisations to strengthen inclusion, engagement and participation outcomes across workplaces and communities — grounded in a unique belonging approach and a community perspective.
Building a society, communities, public spaces, and institutions where everyone feels included and has a sense of belonging - is a critical need in today’s world. Belonging Co is committed to helping achieve this outcome. The Belonging Shift podcast is a key tool in driving this conversation forward in our communities, workplaces and societies.
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Mantej Singh
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The Belonging Shift podcast has conversations about the leadership, community, place and the future of belonging. This is a podcast by Belonging Co – a social and cultural inclusion consultancy established and founded by Mantej Singh in 2025. He brings 20+ years’ experience in community engagement,...
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The Belonging Shift is created and hosted by Mantej Singh.
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