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In the ever-shifting cultural landscape the consistency of the organization can take center stage at many businesses, corporations, and non-profit organizations. This can become so prevalent that the organization takes on an identity. However, the people in the company are the story that is being told. When the people tell the story, the purpose of the company crystalizes.
Building culture starts by recognizing your story.
Culture is an unwritten set of rules codified by language that helps us determine how to act and informs us of who we are. Culture defines who we are as a family, how we practice our relationships, and what kind of people we are. It happens whether you are intentional or not. We can harness its power or let it control our decisions, policies, and work relationships.
"If we’re lucky in our relationships, we also feel nourished, supported, and restored as we look into the face and eyes of the other. Our culture teaches us to focus on personal uniqueness, but at a deeper level we barely exist as individual organisms. Our brains are built to help us function as members of a tribe." — Bessel Van Der Kolk
Defining a thing can be helpful by seeing what it is not. We can clarify what a thing is by seeing what it is not. This can bring great clarity to what kind of people we are and what kind of culture we embody.
Ex. – We are not an anxious people with an anxious work environment.
Ex. – Our culture is not competition.
In this worksheet, define 6 things your culture is not and discuss the positive behaviour each statement points toward.