The Culture Code
Implementing wisdom from Daniel Coyle's book to make our environments feel like home
Looking at successful cultures, Daniel Coyle writes,
“These groups, who by all rights should know what they stand for, devote a surprising amount of time telling their own story, reminding each other precisely what they stand for—then repeating it ad infinitum.”
(Page 179 of The Culture Code)
The modern world is a moral quagmire with new and contradictory values around every turn. It is our responsibility, especially as parents, to live and “ad infinitum” repeat our meaningful story and give children values.
This must be an ongoing pursuit, but take your next steps this week:
- Define a value you want to define the culture you lead.
- Share daily a story illustrating what that value means with your family or organization. Pull from your own experience or the experience of others.
- Share daily one way you saw someone in the family/organization living out this value.
This practice will get the whole family/students and staff more used to discussing values and will help you over time become the inspirational storyteller providing your family the value-driven story you want them to live from.