• Describe specifically how your firm's culture lines up with the bullet points listed for that firm.
  • For instance, if you believe your organization's strategy priority is creativity-driven, then describe how each of the 4 components of culture for Supercell align with your organization. What examples can you provide of "setting high standards", "bold experimentation" and so forth. If your organization's strategy is efficiency-driven, then (assuming you align with Alibaba) describe how each of the 6 company core values align with your own organization.
    If you have changed your mind and you believe that your firm's culture aligns better with a different company than you selected last week, that's okay! Just provide some detail on why you changed your mind.

"What is the short list of what we want to be known for, by our best customers?" Provide that answer and then also state whether the customers outside, and the employees inside, your organization truly share that mindset about this cultural component. State why you believe each shares that mindset.

• "Culture eats strategy for breakfast" is a well-known quote from Peter Drucker. Drucker was a leader in the development of management education. He invented the concept known as MBO, or management by objectives, and has been described as "the founder of modern management". In the Forbes.com article, the author states that "Culture is one of those intangibles that is very hard to define but needs to be designed and implemented -- and never by default."
  • Do you agree with that statement? If so, why? If not, why not?
  • Then review the 3 lessons that the author states are very important to consider. Which one would be the most impactful in your organization and why?
  • Which would be least impactful and why?
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