Culture is always cited as being one of the key drivers of company outperformance, especially for startups and early stage ventures. What does that mean?

When you search through the archives of all the important business publications you will find innumerable articles on culture. They educate you on the importance of vision, values, practices, narrative, people...

A 2019 article in Harvard Business Review on hyper scaling warned:

“abstract values such as “innovation,” “respect,” or “drive” can mean different things to different people. And since hypergrowth companies increase their headcount very quickly, culture can swiftly get lost in translation.”

This INSIGHTS is based on David's extensive research into teams and was fine-tuned for LifeScience ORG thanks to the input from HR leaders of companies in our community that recently scaled rapidly.
 

David Lewis is Programme Director for Executive Education at London Business School and a renowned strategy and leadership expert.