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CULTURE CLASSROOM

We’re always working to produce tools, insights, and resources to help you build your culture design toolkit. Whether it’s a deep dive into a particular subject in an online course, our popular quick-start worksheets, or guides to help you prepare for an upcoming workshop, you’ll find what you need here.

THE CULTURE DESIGN CANVAS

The Culture Design Canvas pulls together all the components of culture from my book, Great Mondays. Each chapter explains the elements along with how to apply them. There are even exercises to help get you started.

 

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The Culture Design canvas from Josh's book, Great Mondays, which pulls together all components of culture

INTERVIEWS AND TALKS

QUICK-START EXERCISES

Purpose is the first of the six components of culture featured in Great Mondays.

Uncover your company's purpose by defining why it should be remembered.

Values is the second of the six compenents of culture featured in Great Mondays.

Let the best people of your culture help define your values.

Behaviors is the third of the six compenents of culture featured in Great Mondays.

Identify which behaviors are good for your culture and which ones aren't.

Recognition is the fourth of the six components of culture featured in Great Mondays.

Inspire values-driven behaviors by designing an ecosystem of recognition programs.

Rituals are the fifth of the six components of culture featured in Great Mondays.

Identify which relationship-building rituals already exist and which need to be created.

Cues is the sixth of the six components of culture featured in Great Mondays.

Keep employees connected to the future by creating physical and behavioral cues.

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REFERENCES

Introduction
1. https://www.glassdoor.com/research/studies/does-company-culture-pay-off-analyzing-stock-performance-of-best-places-to-work-companies/.

Chapter 1
1. http://www.refinery29.com/2016/02/103896/zenefits-sex-in-stairwells.


2. https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2016/02/inside-githubs
-culture-war-thats-ripping-the-us2-billion-startup-apart/.
 

3. https://gizmodo.com/mark-zuckerberg-asks-racist-facebook-employees-to-stop-1761272768.
 

4. https://www.greatplacetowork.com/best-workplaces/100-best/2017.
 

5. https://medium.com/@MaiaJo/how-to-understand-the-roi-of-investing-in-people-b0049e006a84.
 

6. Schein, Edgar H. Organizational Culture and Leadership (TheJossey- Bass Business & Management Series), 5th ed. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2016.
 

7. Stiehm, Judith Hicks. The U.S. Army War College: Military Education in a Democracy. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2002, p. 6.
 

8. https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/human-capital
/articles/introduction-human-capital-trends.html.
 

9. https://hbr.org/2017/05/onboarding-isnt-enough.
 

10. http://blog.bersin.com/bersin-launches-new-recognition
-research-a-hidden-secret-to-talent-management/.
 

11. “State of the American Workplace.” 2017. https://news.gallup.com/reports /199961/7.aspx?utmsource=SOAW&utm_campaign =StateofAmericanWorkplace&utmmedium=2013SOAWreport.

Chapter 2
1. https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/john_mackey_697678.
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedman_doctrine.

Chapter 4
1. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/199911/were-all-copycats.

Chapter 6

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Size_of_groups,_organizations,
and_communities#Intimate_communities.
 

2. Stambor, Zak. apa.org. (April 2006, Vol. 37, No. 4). Bonding
over others’ business. https://www.apa.org/monitor/apr06
/bonding.aspx.
 

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Dunbar2.
 

4. http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/.
 

5. http://www.guidetoallyship.com/.

Chapter 7
1. Salesforce.org.

Chapter 8
1. https://www.glassdoor.com/press/twothirds-people-diversity
-important-deciding-work-glassdoor-survey-2/.
 

2. http://www.hult.edu/blog/benefits-challenges-cultural
-diversity-workplace/.
 

3. https://hbr.org/2013/12/how-diversity-can-drive-innovation.
 

4. https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization
/our-insights/is-there-a-payoff-from-top-team-diversity.
 

5. http://longnow.org/seminars/02008/jan/11/embracing
-uncertainty-the-secret-to-effective-forecasting/.
 

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