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Back to the iceberg: What most of us see most of the time is a fraction of what has actually happened, or what’s going on inside people’s heads. And it’s stripped of all the hard parts. Most things are harder than they look and not as fun as they seem.
Morgan Housel • Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
most founders tend to remain high-level when the topic of culture comes up. For starters, there are tons of reads on why culture matters, but strikingly few on how to actually architect it. “We all understand what it means to some extent, but it's rarely defined or broken down. There are frameworks for product/market fit or founder-led sales, but w... See more
Run This Diagnostic to Thoughtfully Build Company Culture
Culture is the deepest moat one can create.
When we’re focusing on what goes on in our heads, we’re thinking about the very bottom of Emergence Tower—the ground-floor slice—which is the realm of individual psychology.
Tim Urban • Page Not Found — Wait But Why
Influence trickles down: you need the people at the highest point in the company to be the most avid disciples of your cultural values.
Steven Bartlett • The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life
In many organizations, we can become bogged down by the short-term and the actions with instrumental value: what does this task require and what will it get us? Or each employee simply becomes so busy or specialized that they do not have the bandwidth to explore more broadly at an individual level.
arbesman.substack.com • ☞ Outlier Roles in Venture Capital (and other Organizations)
Instead, such cultural intelligence should be
leading
R&D, innovation and executive strategy.
We’re spending millions
too late
.
We’ve reversed the figure and the ground: We’re spending more time, energy and money on the attempted harmonization of an offering and culture, than we are ensuring whatever’s being produced is
even desired
and produc... See more
leading
R&D, innovation and executive strategy.
We’re spending millions
too late
.
We’ve reversed the figure and the ground: We’re spending more time, energy and money on the attempted harmonization of an offering and culture, than we are ensuring whatever’s being produced is
even desired
and produc... See more
Matt Klein • Marketing Won't Save You. Your Consumers Will.
To make sense of all this, we need to discuss the critical, invisible force that ties all of the loaf’s slices together: culture.