Trying to change company culture is a fool's errand

Trying to change company culture is a fool’s errand @SamiHonkonen
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What’s your company culture like?

is amorphous ! and vague So how do you change
it?

Culture is like cake To make better cake you change
the recipe

System conditions are the recipe for company culture

• lighting • decorations • feeding rhythm • mixture of
fish • freshness of water System conditions in an aquarium

• internal policies • processes • compensation • incentives •
organizational structure • tools • …. System conditions in organizations

System condition: cubicles Culture: individual performance

System condition: limited WIP Culture: focus on finishing

System condition: incentives on team performance Culture: teams compete, no
collaboration between teams

System conditions: learning from failures applauded + slack embedded Culture:
innovative

Trying to change company culture is a fool’s errand DIRECTLY

To change company culture you must change system conditions

Syste Culture eats strategy for breakfast -Drucker System eats culture
for lunch -me

1. Envision an ideal culture ! 2. What are the
system conditions you assume would enable the ideal? ! 3. Experiment How to change company culture

What are the system conditions that generate your company culture?

Thank you! @SamiHonkonen samihonkonen.com

Sami Honkonen