A Unified Definition of Culture
At Elevate Labs, we define organizational culture as the set of unwritten rules and shared assumptions that quietly guide how people behave, communicate, and make decisions at work. On a recent trip to Brazil, I saw how if you remove “work” from the equation, the definition works just as well.
Culture Isn’t Just a Vibe
Organizational culture is the amalgamation of stories. It’s the silent ways of working and unspoken norms that permeate how we interpret the work we do and how we do it. It affects how we make decisions, how we communicate, and how we prioritize. And it’s critical to achieve the results we want in an organization.