Kevin Thomas Ryan
Forces and Signals | Strategy, Systems, & Political Economy
Culture Follows Power, If It Earns It
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Culture Follows Power, If It Earns It

How power shapes culture, and how culture pushes back

Culture is often treated as the soft side of organisational and societal life, important, perhaps, but secondary to strategy, structure, and resources.

This episode challenges that assumption. Culture and power are locked in a constant negotiation, drawing on ideas from political science, economics, and management practice. This episode sets out what it actually takes to shift culture in a way that lasts.

And that matters now more than ever, because whether we are talking about transforming an organisation, responding to the climate crisis, or thinking carefully about who we elect and what they can realistically change, understanding the relationship between power and culture may be one of the most important questions of our time.

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