Company Culture
Introduction to Company Culture
- The NFX Company Culture Scorecard and Manual
This is perhaps the most comprehensive article on company culture you can find, covering: How to Find Your Company Values How to Ship Your Company Values How to Program Your Culture How to Measure and Iterate
How to Find Your Company Values
- Culture: Drafting your team’s Constitution
Yan-David describes a practical tactic he used over 6 weeks to interview 15 out of 40 team members at his company and use the content to define their company's culture.
- 80% of Your Culture is Your Founder
This article provides a case study on how Facebook defined their culture, from Facebook's Manager of Culture. She details how Mark Zuckerburg's personality and founding story deeply impacted the company.
- Tweetstorm on Head/Heart/Hands Culture Framework
Andrew provides a simple framework for the three primary components of company culture - the head (analysis), heart (mission), and hands (speed), which can often be in conflict with one another.
How to Communicate Your Company Values
- How to Build Culture That Lasts
Tyler shares and explains Patreon's Culture deck, which includes their mission, core behaviors, manager expectations, spending, compensation, and more.
How to Program Your Culture
- World Class Talent in Hyper Growth – What’s the Role of Company Culture?
Katarina talks about company culture from a European perspective and focuses on how to program your company culture based on her experience at Spotify.
- What it’s like to work for Stripe
Alex provides a number of examples of rituals and processes Stripe used to live their values, including: email transparency, all-hands meetings, group activities, and having everyone pitch in on customer support.
How to Iterate on Your Culture
- Revamping our Cultural Operating System
Michael tells a profound story of how mParticle's company culture broke down as they grew, and what they did to reshape it.
- The Curse of Culture
Ben describes how company culture can change over time, even at large companies, using examples from Microsoft and Apple.