Company culture reported through people rather than value statements. Articles look at the unwritten rules of an organization, how status is distributed inside teams, which behaviors get rewarded without being named, and how culture shifts after growth, layoffs or a change of ownership. For anyone responsible for a team.
Company culture reported through people rather than value statements. Articles look at the unwritten rules of an organization, how status is distributed inside teams, which behaviors get rewarded without being named, and how culture shifts after growth, layoffs or a change of ownership. For anyone responsible for a team.
The research on recognition is clearer than the tooling industry admits: frequency and specificity beat platforms and points, every time.
Kara Williams · June 30, 2026
Remote-era hires who never got a real first month churned at record rates. The companies that fixed it built rituals, not orientations.
Kara Williams · June 7, 2026
Desk lunches became the default and the data says it costs more in afternoon output than it saves in time.
Amara Okonkwo · May 16, 2026
Nap pods and kombucha taps went first. What's left — flexibility, leave, and money — is less Instagrammable and better retained.
Kara Williams · April 23, 2026
The DEI retrenchment of 2023-2025 hit ERGs from two directions at once: less budget, more expectations. Some groups emerged better designed.
Kara Williams · March 31, 2026