If you want to change your corporate culture or core values for the better you are likely to cause more harm than good. Although common wisdom and mainstream management advice suggests that an organizational culture is an object at our disposal, our daily experience should teach us what solid social science has known for decades: You can't manufacture a corporate culture.

0:00 - Intro

3:45 - Corporate culture: Some background information on the topic

6:49 - Introduction to the article that promotes the idea of manufacturing corporate culture

14:40 - The false assumption the article is making about company culture

19:28 - How culture emerges and what shapes corporate values

22:55 - Why proclaiming core values often leads to harm

27:20 - What can you do instead of trying to change the corporate culture?

30:22 - Wrapping up the episode

Article by Jim Schleckser: https://www.inc.com/jim-schleckser/why-your-company-needs-values-not-a-rulebook.html

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