Culture | Inspiring your people from their kitchen

If many of the people working for you are now doing so in isolation, and most of the communal spaces where they mixed are empty, what does that mean for your organisational culture?

How do you transfer that culture into the virtual working world? Is this actually possible – or even desirable? And what do we mean by ‘organisational culture’ anyway?

What is an organisation’s culture?

It’s about a lot more than socialising – important as the team nights out, shared lunch breaks and annual awards bash might be. It includes the ways in which you work, the standards expected, the hierarchies (or lack of them), your work/life balance and much more. It’s also about your shared goals, shared values, and shared aims. It centres not only around how people treat each other within your organisation – but also how they interact with the world – from customers, suppliers and partners, to the environment and wider society. Some of these elements will remain exactly the same in the face of current seismic events – others may need to evolve to meet the changing circumstances.