- The psychology of technologists
Cat Hicks shares her research into how social learning and psychological factors have a significant impact developers' well-being and productivity - How to avoid bad startup culture
"A culture grows like plants in a garden. You cannot stop the life from growing, but you can decide how and where it grows. Left unattended, weeds will grow alongside the flowers. The key is recognising this and putting in the work to shape it." — Chris Parsons - On values
"What we care about costs us" — Carter Baxter - Culture fit
Maria Campbell reflects on the term 'culture fit' and how being concrete about this can help with hiring - Effective obfuscation
Molly White picks apart "Effective altruism" - Encouraging a culture of learning across your organisation
"Workshops are a great way of developing skills and sharing knowledge within your organisation, and they also encourage a culture of learning together." — Jenny Duckett - Five years, building a culture, and handing it off.
Kellan Elliott-McCrea's reflection on the culture that they built over 5 years at Etsy - What I didn’t know about great engineering culture
Liza Daly's reflections on what makes a good engineering culture - The tyranny of stucturelessness
Jo Freeman highlights the dangers that apparent structurelessness hide and make more difficult to challenge the structures by which decisions are made in organisations. - Let's stop making each other feel stupid
Clare Sudbery with some great advice on removing barriers to learning in your work (and making it a far better place at the same time) - Notes on The Culture Map
Pat Kua's notes on Erin Meyer's book about cultural differences - The danger of avoiding conflict
Patrick Lencioni reminds us that we can't have commmitment without conflict - Learn. Reflect. Repeat.
Melinda Seckington shares lots of ideas for creating a culture of learning in your team - BICEPS
Paloma Medina outlines a model of 6 core needs that can help you explore and understand people's motivations - Encouraging a culture of learning across your organisation
"Workshops are a great way of developing skills and sharing knowledge within your organisation, and they also encourage a culture of learning together." — Jenny Duckett
Recommended links about culture
Recommended books, articles, sites, talks and podcasts about culture.