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Mission & Vision: Cornerstones of Strong Company Culture

Dashe & Thomson

A few years later, in 1976, Los Altos, CA fostered the birth of a small computer business—run out of a garage—that has since become the first stock to reach $3 trillion in market cap under the infamous ticker symbol APPL (Apple Inc.). billion in annual revenue. Nearly 50 years later, Tesla Inc.

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Culture Eats Strategy

The Performance Improvement Blog

Ford signals willingness to change to boost stock price ( USA Today ). This reminds us of the warning attributed to Peter Drucker : “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” It’s more about developing the right culture than implementing the right strategy. How do we create a culture that will be sustainable and successful?

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Reprise: Do You Have a Learning Culture? (Part Two)

The Performance Improvement Blog

In "Part One" of this post, I presented some situations in which espoused values (not necessarily values in use) play a role and examples of instinctive reactions that indicate either the presence or absence of a learning culture. . Both reactions are reasonable, but one is indicative of a learning culture and the other is not.

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Culture Change is More Than Skin Deep

The Performance Improvement Blog

The new Pope appears to have made culture change top on his list of priorities. However, the action may have been part of Mayer’s plan to change the culture of a company that was losing market share and stock value. Bob Flexon , Dynergy CEO since July 2011, has instituted many new policies to change the culture of this $1.3

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Do You Have a Learning Culture? (Part Two)

The Performance Improvement Blog

In "Part One" of this post, I presented some situations in which espoused values (not necessarily values in use) play a role and examples of instinctive reactions that indicate either the presence or absence of a learning culture. . Both reactions are reasonable, but one is indicative of a learning culture and the other is not.

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10 Reasons to Use Illustrations Instead of Stock Photography in Learning

eLearningMind

The grinning woman eating a salad; the perfectly multicultural meeting; the man with a headset: these are the standards for stock photography. And while it definitely has its place, stock photography isn’t the gold standard when it comes to learning. Less pop culture specific. They aren’t just for kids anymore.

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An office manager with a hybrid office: Keeping the culture alive

Rustici Software

I couldn’t keep the office culture going for fully remote coworkers without the help of a few secret weapons. I honestly don’t know what we’d do without Slack, so much so that I think I should have bought stock in it years ago. And it always makes me smile a bit and feel included when a random package shows up.” – Josh White.

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