Culture
Stories shape Culture, Culture builds Identity, Identity drives Teamwork.
Culture is the greatest asset of any economy.
It takes a village to raise a child
Subjects
Benefits
Strong culture facilitates:
- Communication: Open, clear, and frequent communication across all levels helps align everyone around key priorities and fosters collaboration.
- Collaboration: Breaking down silos and encouraging cross-functional teamwork leads to better ideas and more efficient execution.
- Coordination: Aligning efforts across teams and departments ensures resources are deployed effectively toward shared goals.
These elements combine to create community - a sense of shared purpose and belonging that motivates and engages employees. Deep connections within the community convert attention into loyalty.
Community
Created through activities that build social glue, which activities have the strongest influence on creating social glue the builds valuable culture and positive spirit?
Spirit
The Ghost in the Machine. Approach challenges with ANZAC Spirit.
- Mateship and Humour
- Innocent and Enthusiastic
- Stoical and Laconic
- Irreverent in the Face of Authority
- Naturally Egalitarian
- Disdainful of Class Differences
- Endurance and Courage
- Ingenuity
Cohesion
Social Glue builds cohesion for naturally coordinating to take the right collaborative action in the right moments.
| No. | Anchor | Practice | Mantra |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Character | Practice humility | Sweep the shed |
| 2 | Challenge | Take calculated risks | Go for the gap |
| 3 | Purpose | Ask why? clarify vision | Play with Purpose |
| 4 | Ownership | Leaders create leaders | Pass the Ball |
| 5 | Coach | Spark imagination | Leaders are teachers |
| 6 | Whanau | Belonging without ego | No Dickheads |
| 7 | Expectations | Embrace fear of failure | Aim for the highest cloud |
| 8 | Preparation | Train to win | Practice under pressure |
| 9 | Pressure | Control your attention | Keep a Blue Head |
| 10 | Authenticity | Know who you are | Be authentic |
| 11 | Sacrifice | Do work no-one will appreciate | Dig deep to rise high |
| 12 | Language | Evolve with stories | Sing your world into existence |
| 13 | Ritual | Build belief systems | Ritualize to actualize |
| 14 | Whakapapa | Be a good ancestor | Plant trees you'll never see |
| 15 | Legacy | See the big picture | Better people do better things |
Evolve cultural identity reminders around values stories that gather honest and able people and focus intentions and commit energy do the right thing at the right time for the right reasons.
Incentive Engineering
In the crypto and Web3 space, community and loyalty are especially crucial. Projects that build passionate communities with aligned incentives are more likely to succeed. Crypto enables new models of capital formation and value creation through:
The liquidity of ideas, energy, and capital within crypto communities can drive rapid innovation. However, this requires thoughtful design of tokenomics and community structures.
Ultimately, how an organization allocates its capital - financial, human, and social - to build culture and community through effective communication, collaboration, and coordination is critical to sustained success.