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While the article is a well written summary on what corporate culture can be based on, I fail to see where the "myth" is. Is it that just having culture is all
by nwienert 14y ago
While the article is a well written summary on what corporate culture can be based on, I fail to see where the "myth" is. Is it that just having culture is all thats needed? I don't think that was ever a misconception. In fact, Delivering Happiness covers most of his points already (re: hiring for culture, openness & feedback).
I think a better and less link-baity title would have been "What culture should and shouldnt be". He didn't really disprove any specific "myth" and only really stated an opinion on how to implement culture. His two unsupported illustrations of bad culture ("Nerf guns and toy helicopters" leading to it being "hollow") were IMO not really myths at all just a setup for the rest of the article.
- tehviking 14y agoTo my shame, sometimes I write the headline of a draft of a post weeks before actually finish it. I'd actually planned to change it, but basically spaced it during my furious 2AM writing session. Please note I didn't submit it to HN or anything, and I typically bristle at linkbait headlines. But if there's any meat to the "myth" moniker, it's in the growing notion that culture can be cargo-culted by bringing in no-track vacation policies or nerf guns.
- InclinedPlane 14y agoThe myth is the idea that you can fake corporate culture. That allowing and encouraging nerf battles, casual attire, and whatnot represents "corporate culture". Corporate culture is how people are treated, how work gets done, how communication happens, etc. You can pretend to have an open and "fun" corporate culture by faking it with bouncy castle parties every month, but at the end of the day if you still have a culture of scapegoating, blame, and problem avoidance then that's your true culture, not the fun and open facade.