Designing your organisational structure: A blueprint for strategic execution
In the previous articles of the Culture mini-series, we looked at how values and strategy impact an orgnisation’s culture. In this article, we explore organisational structure as a powerful driver of culture. When our portfolio company Lhoopa, a digital real estate platform that enables the large-scale deployment of affordable homes, raised their pre-B bridge round last […]
Building culture with the right people: It starts with the founder
by Paul Santos and Rachel Ng Welcome back to our mini series, “Key insights on building a healthy organisational culture.” In this last installment, we dive into the final driver of culture: the People. Organisational culture is essentially the shared beliefs and behaviours of your People–it’s “how we do things around here,” especially when no […]
Values to Actions: Making culture come alive through Processes
In the previous articles of the Culture mini-series, we looked at how values, strategy, and structure impact an organisation’s culture. In this article, we explore how processes bring an organisation’s culture to life through actions. Growsari, a Series C B2B marketplace for mom-and-pop (sari-sari) stores in the Philippines, diligently tracks employee development, performance, and engagement […]
Designing your organisational structure: A blueprint for strategic execution
In the previous articles of the Culture mini-series, we looked at how values and strategy impact an orgnisation’s culture. In this article, we explore organisational structure as a powerful driver of culture. When our portfolio company Lhoopa, a digital real estate platform that enables the large-scale deployment of affordable homes, raised their pre-B bridge round […]
How strategy shapes your company culture
Welcome to our mini series, “Key insights on building a healthy organisational culture,” where we dig into the powerful impact of intentionally designing your culture through five crucial elements: Values, Strategy, Structure, Process, and People. In our previous article, we explored the first element, Values. Today, we’ll dive into Strategy and its pivotal role in […]
Bridging the Values gap: What we say vs what we do
Welcome to our mini series, “Key insights on building a healthy organisational culture.” On this journey, we explore the profound impact of intentional culture design on organisations, unravelling its intricacies through the lens of 5 essential elements: Values, Strategy, Structure, Process, and People. When we talk about a company’s culture, we’re not just throwing around […]
Key insights on building a healthy organisational culture
As an early-stage founder, you may encounter one or more indicators of an unhealthy organisational culture: complacency leading to unmet revenue targets, high employee turnover rates, hesitation from team members to challenge leaders and offer unique perspectives, or the lack of accountability from employees. These cultural indicators are often perceived as “people problems,” leading you […]