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Culture & Rituals Prep

Shape the culture you want to live in.

Answer five short questions. You'll get a simple brief on what to protect, what to address, and one ritual you can start this week — no values deck required.

Question 1 of 5

What's one thing about your team culture you're proud of — and want to protect?

Not a value from a slide. Something real — a behaviour, a norm, a feeling people have said out loud. What would you fight to keep?

Question 2 of 5

What's one thing your team tolerates that you wish they didn't?

Culture is as much about what goes unchallenged as what gets celebrated. What behaviour or pattern keeps showing up that quietly contradicts what you say you're about?

Question 3 of 5

What does a new joiner need to feel in their first week to understand who you are?

Not what they need to know. What they need to feel. Culture is absorbed through people. What moment or interaction would tell them: this is a place worth being?

Question 4 of 5

What's one repeated moment that could become a meaningful ritual?

Small is fine. Same time, same day, same intention. A meeting opener. A Friday note. A way of closing a sprint. Something you can own and repeat without it feeling performative.

Question 5 of 5

What does your team need more of right now — belonging, focus, or care?

Pick one and say why. Belonging is about connection and identity. Focus is about clarity and noise reduction. Care is about being seen as a person, not just a contributor.

Culture Brief

Team Culture — Where You Stand

The culture worth defending
The thing you're tolerating that's sending a signal
What someone needs to feel in week one
One repeated moment, made concrete
The feeling to design toward right now
One thing to do this week