Smart Culture
building bigger, better & brighter people For the last 8 years, I have worked with over 50 different organisations and believe Smart Culture is foundational to developing great teams, families, and organizations. From the affluent streets of Sydney to the developing streets of Phnom Penh. From corporate biggies, small business, partner companies, not for profits, NGO’s, churches, community organizations, sports clubs, and teams. My experience has revealed 3 culture killers that are guaranteed to impact the growth of your organization. These are identity, conflict, and exclusion. On a sliding scale, the higher these three culture killers are in an organization, the higher the levels of toxicity, ineffectiveness, stress and misalignment.
Smart Culture is focused on building bigger, better and brighter people and not just structures, systems and processes. The process is usually well thought out, but the people who are running the systems are neglected. Smart Culture people are less insecure and more focused, less offended and more intentional, less hesitant and more effective, less fearful and more creative, less pushy and more proactive, less misaligned and more loyal. In Brene Brown's new book, Dare to Lead, she identifies ten behaviours and cultural issues that get in the way of organizations.
The research from her book is incredibly aligned with my own On the flip side, if an organization can experience and belief about the effectively learn to manage these importance of equipping people with challenges, they will experience the skills to nurture emotionally higher levels of engagement and healthy cultures where people productivity. flourish. This is what I refer to as Smart Culture. Page 20
In her book, Brene says,
“If we want people to fully show up, to bring their whole selves including their unarmoured, whole hearts - so that we can innovate, solve problems, and serve people - we have to be vigilant about creating a culture in which people feel safe, seen, heard, and respected.�
