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Getting the culture right:
Lessons from Google
Karolina Lewandowska, Change and Transformation, Google for Work
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The world is changing
Yesterday
Work is changingThe workplace of today facilitates a culture of innovation
TomorrowToday
Gen
Y
Gen
X
Baby
Boom
Vets
Create
together
Store, access,
and share files
Share ideas and collect
feedback
Meet &
connect
4. But the right organisational culture is critical too
Agree that their organisations’
culture is critical to business
success
Source: PwC Culture & Change Management Survey, Strategy & Analysis
Agree that culture is more
important than strategy or operating
model
5. “Mission. Transparency. Voice. These
three components of our culture create a
virtuous cycle of attraction, community,
engagement, and innovation. If you give
people freedom, they will amaze you.
They'll do remarkable things, and all you
need to do is give them a little
infrastructure and a lot of room to change
the world. And I think that holds in any
industry."
- Laszlo Bock Google’s SVP of People Operations
Culture: Google’s secret sauce
Peter Drucker: ‘Culture eats strategy for breakfast’
4 Attributes - RRK - least important - in HR team only ⅓ people max have HR experience
Hiring by consensus - ‘diversity interview’ and ‘non-functional’ interview
OKR’s
TGIF
G+
20% time
Just as in life - we learn more from failure than we do from success.
Celebrate failure - reward and recognise people who take big risks - even when they don’t succeed
Failure is an essential part of success and should be celebrated.
Google Graveyard pinterest board
Food - Gyms- Massages - inspiring space - help people to deal with the stuff that is at the bottom of the hierarchy of needs, and they will have more time and energy on being creative
*We are talking about Google as an example of where workplace transformation is driving innovation, however the important point to make is that we are already helping 5M organisations around the world improve the collaboration.
*In the context of who is gathered here today I thought it would be important to make you aware of some UK based public sector organisations (both local authorities and central government organisations)
*If you would like to discuss where it could make sense for Google to help your organisation tackle the challenges of collaboration - my colleague - Derek Freel will be happy to have a chat with you and answer any questions.
The Digital Garages we ran in Leeds and Birmingham have made a significant impact, with over 6,000 local people trained and initial research from an independent body showing that:
* 90% of participants have made changes to the way they promote their business online
* 68% of participants have seen some positive results - in sales, bookings, traffic or followers
* 9% have hired additional staff to manage their digital work
* 80% say their confidence has increased as a result of attending the Digital Garage.