for hiring anyone who remotely touches strategy you should prioritize people who actually get culture, society, & human nuance.
strategy at its core is applied anthropology. if the person can’t decode vibes, trace behavior, & see how a tiktok dance, a local election, & a subway ad are all part of the same current, then... See more
signüllx.comfor hiring anyone who remotely touches strategy you should prioritize people who actually get culture, society, & human nuance. strategy at its core is applied anthropology. if the person can’t decode vibes, trace behavior, & see how a tiktok dance, a local election, & a subway ad are all part of the same current, then they’re just kinda doing an empty corporate dance.
culture beats strategy every time. In resilient organizations, culture drives transformation. In rigid ones, it inhibits it. If we care about the work, we’ll need to focus on the culture.
Seth Godin • The Song of Significance
A great deal of strategy work is trying to figure out what is going on. Not just deciding what to do, but the more fundamental problem of comprehending the situation
Graham Duncan Blog • What’s going on here, with this human?
competencies that align with your culture and strategy. As experienced leaders discover, it’s more important to hire for this kind of fit than for specific skills,