The Power of Culture: An Economist Edge Book

A revelatory new book showing how organizations need to be proactive about their culture--and how they can achieve that vital goal.

All organizations have a culture, whether they acknowledge it or not--and whether it’s helping or hindering them.

Get it right, and culture can be a positive force for good. Get it wrong, and culture can be a negative force, becoming toxic and undermining performance and reputations.

In short, culture matters.

Organizational culture, though, can be a tricky thing to understand and master. The Power of Culture tackles this head-on, exploring what culture is, and why it matters; how it needs to be aligned with strategy and values; and how to understand it, change it, and make it a reality.

Told through real stories and examples and using the author’s Intentional Culture Circle as a guide, this new book helps everyone at work to be more aware of culture and how to find opportunities to use it for growth and success.

Laura Hamill is an organizational psychologist, ex-Microsoft director, and Limeade cofounder. Through her firm Paris Phoenix Group, she is now a consultant advising companies on their cultures. She is also a host at the Happy at Work podcast and lives in Washington, DC, with her family.