The Culture Puzzle Harnessing the Forces That Drive Your Organization's Success

If you're going to make any significant change in an organisation, you have to deal with the organisational culture. Because as Peter Drucker famously said, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast." But there can be a big difference between the official culture as described in the company handbook and how work really gets done. This book, written by a unique team of two culture-change experts and a business anthropologist, is about solving this "culture puzzle." The authors describe the four forces that shape every organisation's-or, as they put it, every tribe's-culture, from hunter-gatherers in the Amazon to corporate executives at Amazon. Interest: what the organisation does to fulfil members' needs and earn their loyalty. Habit: which behaviours and ideas constitute "the way we do things around here." Vision: where the organisation came from and where it's going; and Innovation: how the organisation adapts and changes. The authors provide detailed advice and analytic tools for understanding and strengthening these four forces in your organisation, and for using that understanding to more your organisation forward.