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You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way to a Great Corporate Culture

Harmonious Workplaces

The executives, who huddled behind closed doors in the corner office, anticipated the typical buzz of energy with the promise of free pizza. Subsequently, stacks of uneaten pizza remained on the break room table for hours — a stale reminder of a stale culture. Around 10:30 a.m., However, when the lunch arrived, few partook.

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HR Guide to Company Culture: 5 Tangible Leverage Points

LSA Global

An HR Guide to Company Culture and Your Organizational DNA When it comes to people and organizational dynamics, the concept of company culture can seem nebulous and less vital when compared company strategies, systems, people, or finances. A company’s culture defines its identity and drives organizational behaviors.

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Do you think culture and collaboration require an office? Think Again

Brimstone Consulting

Why we need to stop believing that culture and collaboration sit within the four walls of an office. While they recognize that the great work-from-home experiment was surprisingly effective they also believe that it hurt organizational culture and belonging and that it does not support collaboration and innovation. The reason?

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Managing Meetings: How to Drive Productivity and Success

Tom Spencer

Whether you are in consulting, strategy, operations, or product management, the ability to manage meetings effectively is a crucial skill that can significantly impact the success of your endeavors. This not only ensures accountability but also contributes to a culture of responsibility and ownership within the team.

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Texas Energy Screw-up and Small Business Impairments

Martinka Consulting

The headlines about the Texas freeze and energy disaster caught my attention. The bottom line is Texas officials had been warned many times over the last 30 years about their energy infrastructure not being winterproof. They’ll think it’s a growth strategy at work. Concentrate on strategy and vision. Get into the details.

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How Starbucks’s Culture Brings Its Strategy to Life

Harvard Business

In most organizations, culture and strategy tend to be discussed in separate conversations. Executives know that culture is important and that a negative culture can hurt company performance, but they often don’t know what to do about it. But cultures are complicated, with hundreds of disparate elements.

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AI-Powered Clean Tech: Transforming Business Operations

Tom Spencer

Artificial intelligence has emerged as a powerful tool in transforming various industries, including renewable energy. Technology Assessment and Roadmap Consulting firms equipped with expertise in AI and renewable energy can help companies assess their technological readiness [pdf] to integrate renewables into their business operations.