Level 1: The Nametag Culture

When people show up but never buy in, and the clock is already running. In We’re All In, I described several case studies where cultures had decayed to the point of causing serious harm — not just to their bottom lines, but to real people. One of them was Barclays Bank. Barclays was among the leading … Read more

Compliance or Commitment: Understanding the Cultural Breakpoint

One gets people to show up. The other gets them “All in”. I grew up in a Culture of Compliance. As a young West Point cadet in the early 1970s, I had only a vague notion of what culture even was. We had a set way of doing things called “the military way.” Compliance was … Read more