August 8, 2016
Part 6: 4 Different Perspectives On Culture
Complexity Company culture is much more complex than is often written about. For example, this Forbes article concludes that culture…
July 25, 2016
Part 5: Culture Is What You Don’t Do. Your Taboos
We’re now at part 5 of our series on company culture. In this article, we continue the exploration of the…
July 18, 2016
Part 4: Promotions Are The Key To Understanding Status
This is part 4 of our series on understanding company culture. Over the last 2 articles, we’ve looked at four…
July 10, 2016
Part 3: Culture Creates Rituals
In part 2 of our series of articles on company culture, we explored language as the first cue for reading…
July 4, 2016
Part 2: Language Reveals Company Culture
Language The First Clue In this article, I’ll begin introducing a framework for observing and understanding company culture, starting with…
April 17, 2016
The Danger Of Being An Accidental Coach
TL;DR? Watch the 1 minute summary below.A tech company CTO, Dinesh, recently asked me whether he should fire a product…
February 21, 2016
14 Concepts For A New Manager
There are a lot of books and articles about "how to be a manager". Being an effective manager doesn't have…
February 20, 2016
Cultivating The 4 Types Of Transparency In Business
We're tackling the topic of transparency within a team or organization. Part one concluded by arguing that transparency is hard because…
February 2, 2016
Conversations To Create A KPI
Brad is a Technical Recruiter for a staffing and professional services company. He works in business development and sales, connecting…