culture

30 Work Culture Activities

Random Observation/Comment #599: Don’t just do what you love – work with cool people to do what you love. Why this list? What does it mean to love where you work? Is it just the people? The attitude? The free coffee? The bonding? I’ve been on an incredible journey of joining r3 when it was a 20-person start up with...

[List of 30] Work Culture Wins

Random Observation/Comment #510: When did “culture” become a buzzword again? Culture is what makes and breaks a company. It’s an underlying mentality that shouldn’t even be a discussion, but yet always comes up as the first thing to fix. Clearly, we want happy people that work together towards getting things done while having a great time doing it. So how do...

[Lessons Learned] Coming from Group Culture

Random Observation/Comment #451: We all need some tough love. In Chinese culture, we’re raised to fall in-line, get good grades, and always listen to our elders. Standing out as a nail means you get hammered back in place and you follow very formulaic rules to achieve the societal view of success. The formula is basically: Good Grades + Good University...