it's the culture, but not as you know it
DESCRIPTION
People often start companies with a smart team and great product ideas. But as companies grows, some leaders tend to forget that it's not the product and services that made them successful – it's the culture. Culture may actually be harder to build than any product, but your organization can benefit in every way if you end up with a great one. Sven works for Atlassian, an Australian software company that grew from 8 to 800 people in the last 10 years. He will share successes – and struggles – with bringing new people into a strong company culture, how culture is upheld in distributed teams, how your team can maintain its core culture, and why innovation and fun should be part of every company's culture.TRANSCRIPT
IT’S THE
Culture , BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
@svenpet
WHAT IS
Culture?values
norms
language
visionsbeliefs
habits
SO, WHAT IS CULTURE?
START UP
A GREAT IDEA
WORK HARD
ATTRACT PASSIONATE PEOPLE
PRODUCT GROWS
$cash out
no needFOSTERING CULTURE ?
TALK ABOUT FOSTERING
Culture
DESTRUCTIVE
Culture EXAMPLES
we have heard of them
(and felt sorry)
WHY ARE COMPANIES DOING THAT?
FREDERICK WINSLOW TAYLOR
IT’S HIS FAULT!
efficient workers thinking managers
TIMES HAVE CHANGED!
WORK HAS CHANGED!
PEOPLE HAVE CHANGED!
COMPANIES…CHANGE SLOWLY
NOWPAST
NOWPAST
PURPOSEPENSION
WHENEVER
WHEREVER
WHATEVER
9-5
OFFICE
WHOLE CAREER
Sven PetersAtlassian Ambassador
@svenpetsvenpet.com
Atlassian co-founder
INNOVATION
CultureOF
1
INNOVATE ?HOW TO MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO
GIVE THEM TIME TO TRY
THEIR OWN IDEASevery quarter
SHIP IT DAY
BRAINSTORM SHOW & WINHACK 24 HOURS
the whole company
INNOVATION WEEK
ONE WEEK EVERY 6 WEEKSIDEAS FOR THE PRODUCT
each team individually
INNOVATION TEAM
ONE TEAM TRYING IDEAS
INNOVATION TEAM
ONE TEAM TRYING IDEAS
didn’t feel responsible for innovations
THE REST
INNOVATION HAPPEN AT ANY TIME
INNOVATION HAPPEN
GIVE IT A POSSIBILITY TO GROW
HAPPINESS
CultureOF
2
INNOVATIONMOTIVATION
IT CAN BE HARDTO SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE
MOTIVATION WORK FOR A REASONIS TO
make the world a better place
MOTIVATION CODE FOR A REASONIS TO
make the world a better place
CODE TO MAKE A DIFF
FOOD BANK WEB PAGE
Atlassian Developer
What about the rest?
MAKEADIFF.ORG
WORKING
REASONMAKES US
HAPPIER
FOR A
FUN ! Friday event
Team building
Family & Friends day
HOW HAPPY ARE YOU?
AND YOUR TEAM?
SUCKS & SLOW
LEARN
MEASURE
ADAPT
after our company party
ADAPT91% HAPPY!
TALKED TO UNHAPPY POEPLE
94% HAPPY!
GROWTH
CultureFOR
3
12
12natural team size
150
150Dunbar’s number
150maintain stable social relationship
150+anonymous work places
800+Atlassian’s
SILO PROBLEM
SILO PROBLEM
FINANCE DEVELOPER
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER
FINANCE DEVELOPER
HUBSPOT FACEWALL
Introduce yourself
some personal stuff
start conversations
TRANSPARENCY
WINS FAILS NEWS QUESTIONS
WIN!
FAIL!
NEW PROGRAM
GREAT QUESTION!
TRANSPARENCY ENEMIES
Chat
CONNECTING THE TEAM
Chatz z z
NOBODY MISSES A DISCUSSION
Chat
CONNECTS THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION
TRANSPARENCY
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER
REMOTE OFFICE
TRANSPARENCY
PACIFIC STANDARD TIME CENTRAL EUROPEAN TIME
TRANSPARENCY
CFO CODER
TRANSPARENCY
SPREADS THE CULTURE
TRANSPARENCY
THE DARK SIDEOF TRANSPARENCY
INFORMATION OVERLOAD
NEVER ENDING DISCUSSIONS
MEETING DOESN’T SEEM TO BE NECESSARY
IN PERSON
nothing beats meeting in person
GROWTEAMCulture
12
6-8
6-8programming team size
6-8 6-8 6-8
ONE PRODUCT
6-8 6-8 6-8
uses tool X
don’t use a tool
6-8 6-8 6-8meet when necessary
daily meetings
6-8 6-8 6-8
AUTONOMYfor the team
6-8 6-8 6-8
SPEED
need some support!
fast discussion
6-8 6-8 6-8
TRUST
can change stuff if needed
-> no ownership!
6-8 6-8 6-8
=SCALE
CultureWITH THE SIZE OF THECOMPANY
GROWS
CultureMAKE SURE NEW PEOPLE
FIT INTO YOUR
if you care!
BE PICKY!inspect candidates carefully
Programming
Experience
Passion
Beer test
NO HIRE
Programming
Experience
Passion
Beer test
HIRE!
BROGRAMMERTHEEFFECT
CultureHIRE FOR A DIVERSE
please more women in technology
CultureSTRONG
hard to get in
HAVING A
BUDDY
BEER
BIKE
new Atlassian
BEER!
Culturehappiness
trust
respect
continuous improvinginnovate
autonomy
WHAT’S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR
Culture?
PRODUCTS COME & GO
PRODUCTS COME & GO
Culture STAYS
THANKS
svenpet.com/talks@svenpet
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