“Every minute of every hour of every day you are making the world, just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style.”
- Rebecca Solnit
Culture change in organisations
Culture is the glue that holds everything together. It’s what we do every day, over and over again, it’s how people treat themselves and each other, it’s the symbols, rituals, values, norms, language, history, stories, music, art, food, jokes, dress codes etc that we share.
I’m interested in whether we can bring our cultures into alignment with our stated values so that they can enable and fortify - rather than undermine - our boldest visions, missions and strategies.
Culture change is central to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) work. Simply bringing people with different backgrounds and identities into an organisation without the dominant culture being prepared to change and adapt leads to assimilation, not inclusion.
Learning how to shift our existing culture to become more intentional, flexible and able to deal with difference and conflict is a critical capacity in a time when uncertainty is becoming the backdrop of so much of our work.
Photo by the talented and charming Livio Salvi
What a culture change process entails
All of my work is fully bespoke and will be shaped together with each organisation. A culture change process typically requires a minimum of six months of working together, either with the whole organisation or the leadership team / board to start with. Core elements include:
A mix of workshop facilitation, content input, qualitative research, practice sessions, 1-to-1 support and mediation (if needed)
Working in various smaller constellations for increased safety, courage and impact
Developing a shared language and understanding around power, culture and conflict
Regular review points for reflection and adaptations
A shadow consultant on each project to bring an additional perspective and ensure I remain accountable to my values and the project commitments
Each organisation is unique and might require some or all of the above or something different entirely. You know your people and your context, so together, we will figure out where to begin and what shape and scope the work needs to take.
Please see my indicative prices as a reference point and book a free call to discuss what working together might look like.
If you resonate with my approach but the thing you need isn’t on my list, it doesn’t mean it’s not possible!
Feel free to drop me a line or schedule a call to discuss.