How would one actually define corporate culture?

From here:

Culture has been a real focus for many years. I think organizations are realizing that, while we describe culture a lot of different ways, it really boils down to the nature of the relationships between the people in the organization.

Let’s dive deep on this for a second or two.

Breaking down that quote

The idea that “culture has been a real focus for many years” is largely a joke. Culture is cared about by these people:

• HR departments
• Thought leaders
• People who write for Forbes and regurgitate the same shit every week
• A few semi-intelligent millennials

Here’s who DOESN’T care about culture:

• Executives
• Anyone with decision-making authority

Look, culture is a fluffy as fuck concept. No one knows how to define it. That’s part of the issue. You can define a profit and loss document. You can define margins. Other things executives care about exist on spreadsheets and documents that are definable. Culture does not. Plus, it’s “owned” by HR. Executives couldn’t care less. HR is a cover your ass department, plain and simple. They want to be in the room with Sales…