Culture: Creating Company Culture

CEO and co-founder of Stripe, Patrick Collison shares with me what he wishes he learned earlier as a 28-year-old leader of an almost 900-person company.

Listen to this episode from Rework on Spotify. In a bonus conversation with Sarah Park of MeetEdgar, she talks about making the company handbook public and why they have a policy of opening up meetings and conversations to everyone.

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Listen to this episode from Rework on Spotify. "Happy Pacifists," our episode about violent rhetoric (and its opposite) in business - 00:24"Big Integer," our episode about how Basecamp managed a major outage - 00:30"Spark Joy with DHH," our episode about applying Marie Kondo's tidying-up principles to business - 00:38Liz Fosslien's website. Mollie West Duffy's website. Their joint website. - 1:22No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions At Work - 1:28IDEO - 1:54Humu - 2:08Gretchen Rubin - 12:09The Shultz Hour, named after former Secretary of State George Shultz - 19:25Liz and Mollie on Instagram - 35:42The Book Table - 36:00"Independent Women," the episode of our previous podcast about Women & Children First bookstore - 36:03

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Let’s look past the buzzword and define the key elements of organizational culture.   “Culture” has become the ultimate buzzword these days. Everyone wants to “improve their company culture.” I see the word frequently littered

Brace yourself for the main event // Name a rapper that I ain’t influenced!

A better company culture can start with you – not just the CEO. “Culture starts from the top,” it’s often said. But is that really true? Surely, it is easier to influence company culture when you’re at

How do you help create the positive workplace culture you’re looking for? Start here. “How do you actually influence company culture?” This is the big, hairy question I often get asked by CEOs, managers, and employees

Use the Performance-Values Matrix to build an Outstanding Culture

In all my years in business, I have yet to hear someone say: “I love corporate politics.” On the other hand, I meet plenty of people who complain bitterly about corporate politics—sometimes even in the companies they run. So, if nobody…

Getting ready for our next semester’s class, I asked my Teaching Assistant why I hadn’t seen the posters for our new class around campus.  Hearing the litany of excuses that followed –“It was raini…