How we talk about Engineering Culture at Phase Nick Budden — CEO @ Phase phase.com || nick@phase.com

phase.com || nick@phase.com culture noun cul·ture | \ ˈkəl-chər \ what “company culture” means to us What it is not " What it is Theory: i.e. Posters on Wall Prescriptive Shared By Majority Practice: i.e. it’s real Descriptive Shared By Everyone (100%) Posters on Wall vs. Real What We Want vs. We Have If 4/5 Members Share Culture, It Will Still Fail Download Doc ⇢ https://bit.ly/2lN1zpr (this is a small “L”)

company culture our engineering culture is a subset of our company culture ┉ Why We’re Here ┉ Deep Work ┉ Face Everything ┉ Speak Up ┉ Live Well ┉ Ego is the Enemy ┉ Adaptive Thinking ┉ Evolve ┉ Deliberate Practice ┉ Learn Out Loud ┉ Whole Elephants ┉ Proactive Responsibility We Make This Real With: Deliberate Practice Download Doc ⇢ https://bit.ly/2lN1zpr (this is a small “L”)

Download Doc ⇢ https://bit.ly/2lN1zpr (this is a small “L”) Our Document Good Sr Engineer, Bad Sr Engineer is an implementation of our culture for engineering (we do the same for all roles in Phase)

phase.com || nick@phase.com Download Doc ⇢ https://bit.ly/2lN1zpr (this is a small “L”) Example: How We Talk About Code, Implements ┉ Speak Up ┉ Ego is the Enemy

phase.com || nick@phase.com Download Doc ⇢ https://bit.ly/2lN1zpr (this is a small “L”) Example: How We Research/Plan, Implements ┉ Deep Work ┉ Whole Elephants

phase.com || nick@phase.com Download Doc ⇢ https://bit.ly/2lN1zpr (this is a small “L”) Example: How We Handle Problems, Implements ┉ Face Everything ┉ Proactive Responsibility

phase.com || nick@phase.com Download Doc ⇢ https://bit.ly/2lN1zpr (this is a small “L”) Example: How We Share Learning, Implements ┉ Learn Out Loud

phase.com || nick@phase.com Download Doc ⇢ https://bit.ly/2lN1zpr (this is a small “L”) These Practices Have Helped Make Our Culture Real

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