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What really drives corporate culture?
David G White
According to cognitive anthropologist David White, it’s not what you think. Or is it? Listen in as we explore the true driver of corporate culture and what this means for your business.
David G. White, Jr., Ph.D is a partner and co-founder of Ontos Global. He has spent the last 30 years helping large organizations manage and sustain transformation. As a cognitive anthropologist, his research and practice focuses on groundbreaking approaches to organizational culture and transformation based on the new science of the cultural mind.
He has written two books that fundamentally challenge — and change — the way culture is thought of and practiced in the business world, the most recent being Disrupting Corporate Culture: How Cognitive Science Alters Accepted Beliefs About Culture and Culture Change and Its Impact on Leaders and Change Agents (Routledge, 2020).
From 2003 until 2010 David was Director of Talent and Organizational Capability at Microsoft, where he led the development of Microsoft’s integrated platform for people management and leadership development. This competency, career path and key experiences platform was deployed to 100,000 people worldwide. Full Bio
What We Discuss in this Episode with David G. White Jr., Ph.D
- The common myth about corporate culture
- How corporate culture is actually formed
- Steps to effectively changing corporate culture
- The role leaders play in transforming culture
- Carriers of cultural DNA
- Challenging the status quo
- Barriers to leaders changing their approach to corporate culture
- Becoming aware of the dominant logics that anchor your business
Podcast Highlights
2:30 – How corporate culture is formed
5:34 – Defining corporate culture
9:12 – How to change culture and the role leaders play
13:20 – When teamwork reflects a deeper cultural issue
15:00 – Steps to transforming your corporate culture
23:24 – Live audience questions – barriers to leaders changing their approach
30:05 – Choosing what you’re committed to
33:08 – Becoming aware of the dominant logics that anchor your business
37:54 – The importance of humility at the leadership level
Episode Resources 
Connect With David G. White Jr., Ph.D and Ontos Global
- Website: www.ontosglobal.com
- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/david-g-white-jr-ph-d-b7569a1
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