Culture can be communicated, taught, and reinforced in a variety of ways. But busy leaders can’t always be in front of everyone every day to shape culture. This program focuses on how to reinforce culture in your organization, even when you are not around, through what organizational culture expert Edgar Schein calls "reinforcement mechanisms".
Dr. Andrew Hill is co-founder of BurnBright. He has a Doctorate in Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Master's in Public Policy from U.C. Berkeley. Prior to founding BurnBright, he served as a professor at the U.S. Army War College, a school for senior military and national security leaders, where he was the first Chair of Strategic Leadership.
Reinforcement mechanisms are environmental (non-behavioral) elements that affect culture.
What is organization design and what cultural significance does it have?
Systems and procedures are easy to overlook but they often hold a lot of cultural meaning.
What are the formal and informal rites and rituals of the organization, and what do they mean?
What does the design of the physical environment of the workplace say about our culture?
What stories do we tell about ourselves, our teams, and organization? They have cultural meaning.
What does the design of the physical environment of the workplace say about our culture?
Before co-founding BurnBright, Andrew was a professor at the U.S. Army War College, where he taught senior national security professionals. As the War College's first Chair of Strategic Leadership, Andrew's research focused on connecting people, strategy, and innovation. He has a doctorate from H...