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Aug 26, 2020

How to implement a ‘hybrid office’ (without tripping up)

I’ve heard a lot of people promoting the ‘hybrid office’ as ‘the answer’ recently, with research by companies like Hubble finding it to be a vote winner amongst employees and CEO’s alike. …

WFH

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How to implement a ‘hybrid office’ (without tripping up)
How to implement a ‘hybrid office’ (without tripping up)
WFH

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May 24, 2020

The Butt Naked CEO

As Warren Buffet said, “You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.” The majority of CEOs who ran office-based businesses before the pandemic are currently butt naked. …

Remote Work

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The Butt Naked CEO
The Butt Naked CEO
Remote Work

3 min read


Apr 15, 2020

How 165 Startups Are Adapting To Work-From-Home

How long will the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis last? What will ‘business as usual’ look like when the pandemic is over? Nobody knows — so we surveyed 165 startup CEOs to find out — and the results were surprising. If company culture is defined as “the way we work around here”…

Remote Working

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How 165 Startups Are Adapting To Work-From-Home
How 165 Startups Are Adapting To Work-From-Home
Remote Working

8 min read


Aug 7, 2019

The Venture Capital Blind Spot

Who gets it? The world of venture capital is strange. A few thousand individuals invest hundreds of billions of dollars into ventures large and small (Hampleton Partners report that in 2018, $185bn was invested worldwide). These dollars provide entrepreneurs with the resources and runway they need to create companies that…

Venture Capital

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The Venture Capital Blind Spot
The Venture Capital Blind Spot
Venture Capital

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Apr 10, 2019

Why You Must Foster Trust If You Are To Create A Compelling Company Culture

THE CRITICAL FACTOR THAT DETERMINES THE EXTENT TO WHICH A TEAM WILL BE HIGH PERFORMERS: PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY ‍Google’s multi-year study to understand how to build the perfect team yielded some surprising results. An elite group of statisticians, psychologists, sociologists and data scientists came together to review half a century’s worth of academic studies of groups and teams and then attempted to map the composition of the teams…

Leadership

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Why You Must Foster Trust If You Are To Create A Compelling Company Culture
Why You Must Foster Trust If You Are To Create A Compelling Company Culture
Leadership

7 min read


Feb 25, 2019

Startup due diligence begins with your cofounder(s)

Deciding to start a business is a momentous decision. Any entrepreneur will tell you that in the early years — with no guarantee of long-term success — you will pour more blood, sweat and tears into your venture than you even knew possible. …

Startup

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Startup due diligence begins with your cofounder(s)
Startup due diligence begins with your cofounder(s)
Startup

2 min read


Nov 16, 2018

The book that every startup founder, CEO and VC should read

Your company’s culture is either a strategic asset or a potential liability. Canny leaders invest in defining, embedding and reinforcing their culture. They do so because they understand that it is the only sustainable competitive advantage in their business that they could have complete control over. …

Startup

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The book that every CEO and VC should read (spoiler alert: I wrote it)
The book that every CEO and VC should read (spoiler alert: I wrote it)
Startup

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·Jul 26, 2018

13 steps to developing a cult-like company culture

Not many people know where the phrase “drinking the Kool-Aid” originates from. On November 18, 1978 Jim Jones, the founder and leader of the People’s Temple cult, convinced his followers that the end of the world was upon them and 909 men, women and children committed mass suicide by drinking…

Startup

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13 steps to developing a cult-like company culture
13 steps to developing a cult-like company culture
Startup

4 min read


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The Startup

·Jul 16, 2018

If Usain Bolt was a Company: Behind the Scenes at Next Jump, a Deliberately Developmental Organisation

In 2016, a team of Harvard professors published An Everyone Culture citing Next Jump as 1 of 3 companies globally that represent the future of work — what they call: Deliberately Developmental Organizations (or DDOs for short). The Usain Bolt of Organisations: Behind the Scenes at Next Jump, a Deliberately…

Hiring

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If Usain Bolt was a Company: Behind the Scenes at Next Jump, a Deliberately Developmental…
If Usain Bolt was a Company: Behind the Scenes at Next Jump, a Deliberately Developmental…
Hiring

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The Startup

·Jul 3, 2018

Get $3 Billion Big By Staying Small (Part III)

In this final instalment of our three-part series on W.L Gore Associates, we’ll look at how management and leadership work in a company known and lauded globally for its culture. …

Leadership

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Get $3 Billion Big By Staying Small (Part III)
Get $3 Billion Big By Staying Small (Part III)
Leadership

9 min read

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Bretton Putter

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Founder @ CultureGene & Author of Culture Decks Decoded www.culturegene.ai/books

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