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Wow. The fact people are downvoting this just goes to show there are people in the world who get their rocks off on defining cultures--as if anyone has the auth

• etchalon 4y ago
  As a business owner, I have the authority to define what the culture of my company is. I get to print up manuals and make people sign them and everything.
  • guhidalg 4y ago
    Manuals are rulesets, you can evaluate if they’re being followed or not. How do you do that for culture?
    • etchalon 4y ago
      What do you believe the difference is in evaluating whether someone is following the rule of "Be kind" and whether someone is contributing to a culture of kindness?
      • guhidalg 4y ago
        I think both are equally ambiguous, and I don't think a "Be kind" clause in a contract would hold up in court.
        • etchalon 4y ago
          Are you under the impression that, every time someone is fired for violating a rule in an employee manual, lawyers get involved?
  • drewbug01 4y ago
    It’s not possible to define what your company’s culture “is”. Culture is an emergent thing, that arises in the innumerable interactions between and among people. At best, you can hope to influence it. But you can never control it.