The hottest Company Culture Substack posts right now

And their main takeaways
Category
Top Technology Topics

Creating a Culture Where All Voices are Included

Suzan's Fieldnotes • 58 implied HN points • 24 Apr 23
💼 Business Leadership Company Culture Diversity Trust Building Team Management
  1. Building a positive culture where people feel empowered can unlock team potential.
  2. Emphasizing inclusion, equity, and access in the workplace is key for creating opportunities for everyone.
  3. As a leader, it's important to actively listen, create space for others, and build trust to shape and maintain a healthy team culture.

Defining Your Leadership Principles

The Digital Leader Newsletter -- By John Rossman • 58 implied HN points • 05 Apr 23
💼 Business Company Culture Strategy Innovation Employee engagement
  1. Clearly defined leadership principles help guide an organization's direction and increase its velocity.
  2. Developing leadership principles should be a collaborative and iterative process, not rushed or outsourced.
  3. Leadership principles should be specific, actionable, and not just generic statements to truly make a difference in an organization.

Serendipity and Remote Work ✨

Mica’s Newsletter • 2 HN points • 12 Mar 24
💼 Business Remote work Innovation Company Culture Creativity
  1. In-person interactions are crucial for sparking spontaneous conversations and new ideas, which are often limited in structured remote meetings.
  2. Serendipitous connections among colleagues from different departments can lead to innovative features, products, and even startups.
  3. Designing workspaces to encourage interactions and chance encounters can be key to fostering creativity and innovation, as seen in examples like Building 20 at MIT and the Apple headquarters.
Get a weekly roundup of the best Substack posts, by hacker news affinity:

Uniting Data Fiefdoms Under Your Banner

TeamCraft • 13 implied HN points • 30 Oct 23
💼 Business Data Management Company Culture Business strategy Team Management
  1. Uniting data fiefdoms under one banner can be challenging due to siloed incentives and data fragmentation.
  2. Data functions often lack proprietary data but have access to all data, highlighting the importance of understanding data context.
  3. Creating a Single Customer View can be a game-changer for businesses, enabling better attribution and decision-making based on a holistic customer journey.

A Dream Indeed

The Radar • 39 implied HN points • 25 Apr 23
💼 Business Company Culture Corporate Governance Financial Performance
  1. Authenticity in workplace culture leads to better results and engagement. Employees feel a sense of safety, invest more time and energy, and focus on long-term goals.
  2. Honesty is essential for building trust and equality within teams. Open communication loops prevent insularity and negative outcomes, like the Enron scandal.
  3. Companies often sacrifice their values for shareholder interests. Boards prioritize shareholder value over principles, leading to short-term cost controls and reduced transparency.

Diya Jolly (Incoming CPO at Xero, ex-Okta)

The Takeoff • 19 implied HN points • 20 Mar 23
💼 Business Product Management Leadership Company Culture Remote work
  1. Lagging indicators for product success include revenue, mid-level indicators involve usage metrics, and early indicators consist of feedback from target customers.
  2. Building a strong product culture involves deep customer empathy, a focus on business growth, a drive for learning, and a collaborative team culture.
  3. Success in product management is measured by revenue generation, usage metrics, and meeting target customer needs through strategic decision-making.

The Unconventional Journey of Virgílio and Sword Health

The Healthtech Initiative • 2 implied HN points • 13 Sep 23
💼 Business Healthcare Innovation Team Management Product Development Company Culture
  1. Virgilio's journey with Sword Health shows the importance of resilience and commitment in innovating healthcare and technology.
  2. Overcoming obstacles like limited funding helped shape a robust company culture, attracting investors and grants.
  3. Sword Health's success came from addressing healthcare buyers' needs, embracing complexity, and prioritizing talent and team management.

GRANTED: Your stress probably isn't burnout and your professional decline probably isn't imminent

Granted • 19 implied HN points • 02 Jul 19
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Professional development Mindfulness Company Culture Strengths
  1. Burnout is not the same as stress. Feeling overwhelmed can be healthy but burnout is persistent emotional exhaustion.
  2. Your professional peak relies more on acquired wisdom than innate intelligence. Investing in the next generation is valuable.
  3. Empathy in company culture is crucial. Developing empathy is a soft skill that can be learned through genuine care and effort.

GRANTED: The value of going outdoors, outside your expertise, and to the outsiders inside your team

Granted • 19 implied HN points • 03 Mar 19
💼 Business Productivity Leadership Remote work Communication Company Culture
  1. Spending time outdoors has benefits like increased test scores for kids in Finland and lower mental health disorders for adults near green spaces
  2. Hiring versatile individuals who excel in at least one area can lead to more innovation in companies
  3. Creating a sense of belonging for remote workers is important for their well-being and productivity

GRANTED: When to trust your gut and how to get people to embrace change

Granted • 19 implied HN points • 29 Nov 18
💼 Business Leadership Decision-making Company Culture Empathy Personal Development
  1. Hire based on motivation and ability to learn rather than talent or credentials to be future-ready.
  2. Trust your gut only in predictable environments with regular practice and immediate feedback; if not, gather evidence to test your intuition.
  3. Encourage employees to speak up by rewarding them for raising problems, concerns, suggestions, and solutions to foster a positive company culture.

GRANTED: Bouncing back from failure and the problem with hiring ninjas

Granted • 19 implied HN points • 06 May 17
💼 Business Professional development Company Culture Resilience Communication
  1. Character is revealed by how you treat those with less power, not how many powerful people you impress
  2. Face-to-face requests are more successful than emails; asking 6 people in person can be as effective as emailing 200
  3. Resilience after failure often comes from understanding that failures are often due to the situation, not individual shortcomings

Get noticed for the best Product Manager opportunities

Shubhi’s Substack • 0 implied HN points • 17 Aug 20
💼 Business Career development Company Culture
  1. Identify and highlight your unique skills and experiences to stand out as a Product Manager candidate.
  2. Create a strong portfolio with visual examples to showcase your work and effectively communicate your qualifications.
  3. Select companies that align with your values, vision, and unique advantage to increase your chances of landing the right Product Manager role.

Why Performance Review Don't Always Go as Expected

The Uncommon Executive • 0 implied HN points • 12 Mar 24
💼 Business Career development Company Culture
  1. As you advance in your career, it's important for others beyond your direct chain of command to understand and appreciate your performance.
  2. In larger companies, calibration sessions help ensure fair promotion assessments and avoid biases by involving multiple managers' feedback.
  3. Unexpected factors like vocal detractors, underperforming teams, or subjective evaluations can impact promotion outcomes, so it's crucial to find advocates and gather feedback early on.

Culture is People.

Venture Prose • 0 implied HN points • 29 Jul 16
💼 Business Company Culture
  1. Culture is built by people sticking together to work towards the future.
  2. Building a successful venture relies on an honorable culture and attention to customers.
  3. Intuit's success story demonstrates the power of focusing on customers and building a strong company culture.

How Onboarding Should Look Like

ExpandAI Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 01 Jul 23
💼 Business Onboarding Training Remote work Company Culture Employee Development
  1. The first week of onboarding should focus on fundamentals and setting a strong foundation for learning and growth.
  2. To help new hires become fully autonomous, focus on teaching concepts and abstractions rather than detailed specifics.
  3. Building trust through personal connections and strong relationships is essential, especially in remote work environments.

Build A Strong Middle Management

Build To Scale • 0 implied HN points • 08 Sep 23
💼 Business Management Decision-making Company Culture Leadership Scaling
  1. Developing a strong middle management layer is crucial for scaling a company. They have a significant impact on work and culture, even more so than the executive team.
  2. Push decision-making down the organization, close to the action. Empower front-line managers to make decisions based on shared values, fostering a culture of trust and responsibility.
  3. Executive role is to add value by creating a high-performance culture. Empowering managers to make decisions and grow in confidence is key. Trusting managers to make informed decisions enhances problem-solving and communication skills.