Beyond Code: Improving Culture Wherever You Go
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Claim: top performers are givers (Adam Grant) and teams with two or more givers outperform others; evidence comes from experience across 12 teams. Practical interventions include running short surveys and one-on-ones, launching an anti-racism workshop, adding a LinkedIn name‑pronunciation feature as an inclusion win, enforcing documentation, improving hiring questions, and restoring focus time with Clockwise. Start with tiny actions like the five-minute help and measure impact through follow-up surveys and retention signals.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:58Your team
- 1:31Three types of people
- 3:02Who am I
- 3:32Outline
- 3:52What is Culture
- 4:14Why Care
- 6:20Operating Principles
- 7:40Empathy
- 9:12Curiosity
- 11:35Areas of improvement
- 16:08Start small
- 17:56Measure
- 19:03Questions
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