Strategic Cultural Advisory That Delivers Measurable Outcomes

Meyrani Consulting partners with organisations to build systemic cultural capability through AI-enabled diagnostics, organisational roadmaps, and relational accountability frameworks — led by Aboriginal authority and lived experience.

John Byrne

100% Aboriginal Owned & Operated

Meyrani Consulting is proudly Aboriginal owned and led, bringing authentic perspectives, deep cultural knowledge, and AI-enabled systems to deliver strategic cultural advisory.

"Meyrani: (Dharawal) The first, or best"

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Our Story & Approach

Founded by John Byrne, a proud Aboriginal man with decades of international experience in cultural change and organisational transformation, Meyrani Consulting was created to address the gap in authentic, Aboriginal-led strategic advisory that drives systemic integration and relational accountability.

We combine cultural authority, high-level facilitation, and AI-enabled assessment tools to deliver data-driven insights that go far beyond surface-level awareness. Our approach creates the conditions for deep, robust two-way engagement that builds real understanding and lasting structural change.

We partner with corporations and organisations across Australia to build genuine cultural capability through organisational roadmaps, diagnostic assessments, and accountability frameworks that deliver measurable outcomes.

  Proudly operating on Aboriginal land across Australia

Cultural Capability Diagnostic

The strategic starting point for organisations serious about systemic cultural integration.

AI-Enabled Organisational Assessment

Our proprietary Cultural Capability Diagnostic uses an AI-enabled assessment platform to map your organisation's cultural maturity across key dimensions — delivering deeper insights, faster than any manual process.

The result is a comprehensive Relational Practice Organisational Assessment Report: a data-driven roadmap that identifies gaps, strengths, and priority actions for systemic integration.

From day one, your organisation gains a strategic partner embedded in the transformation journey — ensuring insights translate into sustained, accountable action.

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What You Receive

Organisational Assessment Report

A professional, data-driven report benchmarking your cultural capability across multiple dimensions

Strategic Organisational Roadmap

A prioritised action plan with clear milestones for systemic cultural integration

Leadership Debrief

A facilitated session with your leadership team to walk through findings and agree on next steps

AI-Enabled Analysis

Faster processing and deeper pattern recognition than traditional manual assessments

Sample Report Available

Request a redacted sample of our Relational Practice Organisational Assessment Report to see the level of professional, data-driven insight your organisation will receive.

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The LEAP Program™

Building cultural integrity through relational accountability, not just awareness. Learn what our certification badges mean →

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A values-driven strategic engagement designed for corporate leaders, managers, and frontline staff who want to move beyond performative diversity work and embed systemic cultural integration with relational accountability at every level.

The Reciprocity Model™

Recognition

Facing the truth of history, place, and power

Relationship

Building trust through humility and commitment

Responsibility

Turning good intentions into courageous action

Reciprocity

Embedding mutual benefit and long-term respect

Executive Strategic Engagement

Ideal for executive teams or departments seeking a focused strategic engagement with immediate organisational relevance. (6-7 hours)

  • Conversational, interactive, challenging but supportive
  • Personal, relational, reflective approach
  • Online or in-person delivery
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Deep-Dive Organisational Engagement

Ideal for deeper organisational transformation and leadership accountability setting. (12-14 hours including breaks)

  • Extended group discussions and systemic analysis
  • Role-based reflection and organisational case studies
  • Leadership accountability and commitment setting
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Key Outcomes

Participants will:

Understand how colonial systems continue to shape workplace culture and organisational structures

Engage with First Nations perspectives through a framework of relational accountability

Identify systemic gaps between organisational values and practice

Develop a foundation of leadership accountability — not just cultural awareness

Create an organisational roadmap grounded in responsibility, reciprocity, and measurable outcomes

Program Modules

Recognition Module

Understanding what we've inherited - shared history, corporate legacy, systems and structures, and the myth of neutrality

Relationship Module

Listening, humility, and trust-building - moving from performative to personal through relational accountability

Responsibility Module

From awareness to action - empowering every team member to lead responsibly and navigate common challenges

Reciprocity Module

Mutual benefit and sustained commitment - embedding reciprocal practice in organisational culture

Systemic Integration Module

Putting it all together — mapping relational strengths and tensions, identifying barriers and enablers across the organisation

Commitment Module

From engagement to workplace — leadership accountability statements and organisational culture transformation

Staying Strong™: Building Resilience from Vicarious Trauma

Caring for others starts with caring for yourself.

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The Staying Strong™ program is designed for volunteers, frontline workers, and community members who support people through crisis—especially in the wake of natural disasters. It provides practical strategies to prevent burnout, manage vicarious trauma, and maintain long-term wellbeing.

This engaging, interactive training helps you recognise the impact of trauma, set healthy boundaries, and build personal resilience. By the end of the program, you'll walk away with your own personalised wellbeing plan and the tools to stay strong while supporting others.

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Half-Day Program

3.5-4 hours

  • Interactive and engaging
  • Personalised wellbeing plan
  • Practical tools and strategies

What You'll Learn

The program is structured around key areas that matter most to helpers:

Understanding Vicarious Trauma

Learn how hearing others' stories of pain and loss affects your own mind, body, and emotions. Distinguish between vicarious trauma, burnout, and compassion fatigue.

Natural Disaster Trauma

Explore the unique challenges disasters bring—loss of place, disrupted connection, and the overwhelming impact on whole communities.

Recognising the Signs in Yourself

Identify early warning signs across physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioural domains.

Boundaries and Self-Protection

Practise setting healthy boundaries so you can care without carrying more than you can manage.

Tools for Managing Vicarious Trauma

Use the FUN Model (Focus, Uplift, Nurture) to choose effective self-care activities, supported by grounding and energy-recovery techniques.

Creating Your Personal Wellbeing Plan

Develop a tailored roadmap of daily, weekly, and emergency self-care practices, backed by your support network.

Knowing When to Seek Support

Recognise red flags, explore available professional resources, and strengthen your peer and community support systems.

Sustaining Your Practice

Commit to small, consistent actions that build resilience, ensuring you can continue your important work without sacrificing your own wellbeing.

Why This Program Matters

Helping others through trauma can take a hidden toll. Staying Strong™ equips you with knowledge, practical tools, and ongoing strategies so that you can continue to serve your community with strength, clarity, and compassion—without losing yourself in the process.

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Supporting Reconciliation

Are you nervous about giving an Acknowledgement of Country?

You don't have to be, ever again!

With our FREE Acknowledgement of Country creator web-app, you can give a beautiful, sincere acknowledgement wherever you are in Australia. The app uses your location (or you can type your location in, if you're planning ahead), and the app will craft an Acknowledgement that you can edit, print, copy, or email to yourself.

(The app is very accurate in finding the Traditional Owners to acknowledge, but for safety's sake, always check your acknowledgement to ensure that it is correct)

Be fearless and get it right every time.

Try the App

The app is FREE to use (limited 10 uses each day), works on mobile or desktop, and simply requires you to register once with your email address.

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Impact Stories

How our engagements create structural change and leadership accountability.

"Beautiful training from a beautiful soul. Beautiful!"

Reina

Reina

Psychologist, Community Sector

"Thank you for the training over the past couple of days. I really appreciated your friendly and gentle approach—it made the sessions engaging and insightful"

Emily

Emily

General Manager

"John is an outstanding facilitator-so knowledgeable, engaging, inclusive and compassionate-brilliant in every way!"

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Participant

Community Sector

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Ready to begin your organisation's transformation journey? Contact us today.

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Contact Details

Location

Based in Sydney, delivering advisory services nationwide

Business Hours

Monday - Friday: 9am - 5pm AEST

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