• Elevating Intent Without Examining Experience: Organizational values are often rooted in inherited assumptions about how ...

It’s widely understood that organizational culture is an integral part of a successful business strategy. Yet, many senior leaders admit that their culture is not aligned with their vision or business ...

Hi there! My name is Marcus Collins, DBA, and I study culture and its influence and impact on human behavior at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Each week, this column will ...

When different organizational cultures—the proverbial “how we do things”—come together, tensions frequently arise. Working effectively with and across cultures is even more challenging when ...

Organizational culture is often described as “the way we do things around here.” But, in reality, culture is more than just behaviors. It’s the deeply embedded beliefs, values, and assumptions that ...

Frequently we frame cultural change in organizations as a necessary return to normalcy, discipline, and structure. A call to arms of what “right” looks like; it frequently pits new ways of thinking ...

With legacy media brands struggling to survive, let alone thrive, Dev Pragad has overseen one of the most remarkable ...

Theory on organizational culture posits that there are three layers of culture, each with their own distinctive definitions and meanings. Starting from the outside and moving inward, we first have the ...

The conversation around workplace culture has grown over the past years. From being considered a “nice to have,” a vague, intangible perk that lived on breakroom posters and corporate mission ...

A linguist discusses where business buzzwords come from, what purpose they serve, and their unintended consequences. Anne Curzan, English professor at the University of Michigan, studies the evolution ...

A woman recently told me she had been asked to be a trustee at the congregation where I am now an interim pastor. “I turned it down,” she said, “because I don’t like working with structures.” She ...