Culture matters
"Organizational Culture and Leadership" by Ed Schein: “Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of culture as a concept is that it points us to phenomena that are below the surface, that are powerful in their impact but invisible and to a considerable degree unconscious. In that sense, culture is to a group what personality or character is to an in
... See moreBen Thompson • The Curse of Culture
Harbridge knew, however, that no matter her intentions, if she measured the results the same way as others, the same awful behavior would result. So she came up with an entirely new way to incentivize her people. She found a way to measure WHY. At Bridgeport Financial, bonuses were not given for
Simon Sinek • Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
When shaping an organization in practice, your work decomposes into manipulating three levers: structure, incentives, and culture. Organization designers know they must consider the interplay between all three elements. For example, companies organized into business units tend to have different cultures at the unit level, but strong company culture... See more
Cedric Chin • Org Structure Isn’t Everything in Org Design
various types of roles have widely varied metrics and information by which they are commonly incentivized