If you’re on the quest for your next career opportunity, you should learn as much as you can about the culture of the company you want to work for. The type of culture should be as important to you as any other benefit offered. …

Everyone loves a good foosball table story, so here’s mine. I was at a conference a few years ago conducting some research for a project. My team and I sought out business leaders and asked them questions about their company culture. We were hoping to gain some insight on how…

CEOs love to brag about their company culture. In researching your next career opportunity, you’re likely to discover that fact. Here’s the thing though, you can safely ignore everything a CEO says about their company culture. …

I’ve been thinking a lot about what contributes to the contamination of a company culture. Why do so many companies have misguided approaches to fostering culture? Of course, there are a lot of reasons why that happens. However today I want to talk about just one. …

Competitive Vs Inclusive Culture A company will more than likely describe their culture to the outside world in one of two ways; competitive, “we only let the special people in” or inclusive, “we’re a melting pot, good people can come from anywhere.” These two approaches are designed to do the same thing, attract and…

Since the beginning of the App Store, Apple has been cautious about how money exchanged hands between the app developers and their customers. At first, Apple didn’t offer any compensation, beyond the sale of the actual app. After that, Apple offered In-App Purchases and lightened up some of the restrictions…

Mandated Behavior Culture Vs Influenced Behavior Culture What value does a healthy culture have within a company? For me, culture has always been a shortcut for good behavior. If I foster a healthy culture, my team shouldn’t have to ask me how to behave, the culture should inform good behavior that is critical to the success of…

Recently the makers of Ulysses, a popular Mac writing app, announced that they were switching from a one-time paid pricing model to a subscription-only purchasing model and, well, let’s just say some people didn’t take the news too well. As David Sparks pointed on his blog, within a few days…

I am a confident person. I wasn’t always, but I can honestly say that I can commit to my current level of confidence today. When I think about how such confidence was achieved in my life, I often arrive at a memory of a conversation I had with my older…