Company Culture Discussion


John Fan




What is Company Culture?





1. Personality

2. Mindset

3. Values

4. Process


1. Personality










Culture is the Company's Personality





Fun, Creative, International



2. Mindset







Which one describes 

your company's mindset better?




Hunting   or   Farming ?





Indie Coffee Shop  or   Starbucks ?




Singapore  or  Tokyo  ?


(rules-based vs norms-based)




Motocycle  or  Car ?




Golf    or   Soccer  ?




Cathedral  or Bazaar ?


(Microsoft Windows  vs.  Linux)




Sprint  or  Marathon ?




Mafia  or  Dance Party ?




Movie Production or Law Firm ?




Growth or Learning ?




Athens   or   Sparta ?


(Peaceful vs Warlike)




Family  or  Sports Team ?




What is the correct mindset?



The appropriate mindset

depends on your product

and your business.


Know thyself.

3. Values



Name the company...



Move Fast, Break Things


Don't Be Evil


Delivering Happiness






What slogan describes your

 company's values?

Here are our slogans for

how we build for users.


* Talk to your users



* Build. Measure. Learn.



* Catch the Wave

Talk to your users






Catch the Wave


Startup is a Team Sport


* Be proactive, not reactive


* Open communication


* Always be learning


* Win as a Team








4. Process



Process


Communication Tools

Time Periods and Rituals

Feedback (e.g. 1-1 Meetings)

Activities (e.g. Hack Days)

Environment (Office)

and more...

Communications Tools

Slack

Facebook Group

Trello

Basecamp

Hackpad

Google Docs

Time Periods and Rituals


Scrum (daily)

Sprint (~2 weeks)

Stage (~3 months)


Sprint Cycle


  • Sprint Planning

  • Execution mode (Daily Scrum)

  • Sprint Review & Retro 

Our Weekly Schedule

Tue. - team meeting

Wed. - no meetings day

Thu. - design sync

user feedback

Fri. - demo time

1-1 Meetings


"How are you doing?"

"What's your biggest 

challenge right now?"

"What needs to be changed?"


Survey



Activities

Orientation (New Employees)


Internal Workshops

(e.g. Design Thinking, Machine Learning, Analytics)

Hack Days

Host Meetups

(e.g. Cocoaheads, Android Taipei, UIUX, VR Taiwan)

Office



Thanks!


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