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Ideas, frameworks, and stories on building culture that actually works.

Interview

Beyond the Book: What Culture Authors Changed After Publication

The people who wrote the culture playbooks have spent years watching them get implemented badly. Here's what they'd revise, abandon, or double down on today.

Aug 18, 2026 · 8 min read

Framework

The 15-Minute Ritual That Changes How a Team Works

Weekly appreciations, customer-story shares, decision debriefs. Small rituals shift behavior faster than programs — if you test them like experiments instead of launching them like initiatives.

Aug 14, 2026 · 7 min read

Case Study

Culture Turnaround: The Behaviors Behind the Breakthrough

A 180-person operations business cut voluntary turnover from 34% to 14% in eighteen months. They didn't change their values. They changed four observable behaviors.

Aug 10, 2026 · 9 min read

Framework

Your Meetings Are Your Culture

Who speaks first, how dissent lands, whether decisions get written down — your meetings broadcast your real power dynamics every week. Here's how to audit them, plus a meeting constitution you can adapt today.

Aug 6, 2026 · 9 min read

Framework

Rituals Worth Keeping: A Practical Culture Audit

Run every onboarding tradition, recognition moment, and team check-in through three tests — purpose, participation, and impact — then decide what to strengthen, redesign, or retire.

Aug 2, 2026 · 8 min read

Case Study

From Poster to Practice: What One Value Looks Like All Week

Follow a single value — 'we tell the truth early' — through hiring, prioritization, feedback, customer decisions, and recognition. Then use the same template on one of your own.

Jul 28, 2026 · 9 min read

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