In our (David and my) compelling but terribly dry literature review on organisational culture theories we write about the concepts trust and motivation. Alignment & Autonomy A great matrix from Spotify available on YouTube if you search for “engineering culture”. Thanks to Alastair Taylor of Booking.com for providing the signposts to it. Does your organisation give lots of freedom but with little communication or…

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As the first one into a company, you get the fun task of attempting to win clients’ hearts-and-minds, as well as turning your hand to the drier tasks of writing a #business plan and a culture deck. I jest, that’s actually alright too. Taking a page out of Netflix ‘s book for a few things when defining “the mostly…

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