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Purpose, strategy, and culture: The why, the what, and the how

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Do you read up on a company’s culture before accepting a job offer? You’re not alone—90% of employees research workplace culture before joining an organization. Clearly, culture is important to employees, but what is it exactly and how can it be embedded in the work that we do everyday? Melissa Daimler, chief learning officer of Udemy, says culture is not what happens in an office, but how work happens between people, and the observable actions that exemplify a company’s values. Be sure to check out the latest Author Talks interview to get insight on how employee interactions have become increasingly important in a world of remote work, and how your team can build a work model that honors your company’s beliefs and values.

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“[We] also have to work really hard to overcome the strange narrative that just because you live in a rural place, you can’t code. Or just because you’re in a smaller community, you can’t come up with a new, innovative way to solve a big automation problem or a tech problem or creating rockets that work better.”

—Matt Dunne, founder and executive director of the Center on Rural Innovation, on shifting the narrative on rural America in a recent episode of McKinsey’s new Future of America podcast

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