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Why Company Culture Matters [Podcast]

Why does company culture matter? because it can make or break your organization and your success.

When I talk about “company culture”, for me it is the same as corporate or organizational culture, so I’ll use them interchangeably.

Every organization has a company culture. Even 1-person organizations.

Difference Between National Culture and Organizational Culture

National culture talks about the values a nation, country or culture has.

Organizational culture does not (!) talk about values, but rather “how things are being done here”. Which is significantly different than values.

The 7S Model

The 7S Model (pictured) clearly explains the essence of what influences a company culture; with “Shared Vision” in the middle representing the corporate culture.

How to Change a Company Culture

Contrary to National culture, company culture can be changed. How?

• Start with the slow variables (purple)
• Know your starting point
• Choose the path of least resistance

Podcast Links

Here are the links mentioned in this podcast:

• NYT article on Amazon’s corporate culture
• Article on Why Company Culture Matters

Build Your Cultural Competence

In the Culture Matters podcast, we interview real people with real stories.

Every other week there is a guest with broad international experience and lots of cultural insights. I interview real people with real stories.

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Finally

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this far, and to listen to my Podcast.

I hope you will be back for the next episode of the Culture Matters Podcast!

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Chris Smit

Chris is passionate about Cultural Differences. He has been helping organizations save time and money when they work Internationally for the last 20+ years. While doing this he had the fortunate opportunity to hold lectures, workshops, and consulting projects on this subject World Wide. It has made him understand his own culture much better and appreciate the differences around the world.
His education is in Organisational Psychology and he has lived in the USA, the Netherlands, and currently lives in Belgium.

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