Decoding Culture: The Intersection of Art and Science (August 16, 2023)

In the corporate world, culture is invisible yet it profoundly impacts every aspect of the organization. Listen in to learn how culture can be a powerful driver of performance, talent attraction, and retention, giving organizations a unique edge.

Panelists:
Glen Kreiner, Management Department Chair & L.S. Skaggs Presidential Chair in Business Ethics, University of Utah
Geoff McDonald, Co-Founder, Minds@Work
Stacey Porter, Chief People Officer, Outset Medical, Inc

Moderated by: Derek Lundsten, President & Chief Culture Officer, LifeGuides

Find episode chapters in your podcast app, or use these timestamps:
00:00 Introductions
06:47 What does culture mean to you?
10:48 Micro-cultures within an organization
16:07 Healthy and unhealthy cultures
26:20 Mental health in the workplace
34:17 Culture must be shaped every day
41:38 The effect of management
45:34 Culture eats strategy for breakfast
49:40 Maintaining a positive culture

BIOS:

Professor Glen Kreiner is the Chair of the Department of Management and the L.S. Skaggs Presidential Chair in Business Ethics Management at the University of Utah. He received his Master’s in Organizational Behavior from Brigham Young University and his Ph.D. in Business Administration from Arizona State University. He has taught a wide range of audiences, from undergraduates to doctoral students and from MBAs to executive education. He has taught in-person and online courses and workshops on many topics, including workplace mindfulness, leadership skills, authenticity, identity-based leadership, work-life navigation, diversity/inclusion/belonging, and teamwork.

Geoff’s background in teaching, HR, marketing, communications and sustainability is considerable. His experience during his 25 years with Unilever, has taken him around the world, working across Africa, the Middle East and Turkey, Australasia and Asia, Europe and the Americas.His HR experience has spanned leadership and talent development, organization change, capability development with a particular reference to marketing, and business transformation with purpose at its core.

Stacey Porter joined Outset as Vice President, People Operations in November 2018. Stacey has deep expertise in organizational design, innovative talent practices, and employee engagement, and is often defined as a talent executive who is “of the people”. Prior to Outset, she was the Head of Global Talent Development for Intuitive Surgical, Inc., responsible for designing performance and succession practices, while developing leaders and high performing teams. Stacey has also held leadership roles at VMware and Roche, and has built a career on creating nimble, progressive organizations. She has a MSW and doctoral studies in industrial/organizational psychology. She is a sought-after speaker on building high performance cultures and developing skills for the future workplace.

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