The Culture Kit with Jenny & Sameer

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Episode Summary

The world of work is truly a work in progress. There are so many unanswered questions. What's the best approach to bringing workers back to the office? How can you keep remote and on-site workers from forming silos? How can you restore trust after layoffs? Is it possible, or even desirable, to get back to the culture you had before the pandemic? There’s lots to think about, and we’ll be thinking out loud in our new podcast: The Culture Kit with Jenny and Sameer. I’m Jenny Chatman. And I’m Sameer Srivastava. We’re professors at UC Berkeley’s Haas School who have dedicated our careers to studying and advancing workplace culture. We'll think through the questions you're struggling with today and share insights based on evidence from the latest research. You'll come away with concrete steps you can take to start fixing your company's culture right away. Tune in to The Culture Kit with Jenny and Sameer. Starting April 2 on your favorite podcast platform. Do you have a vexing question about work that you want Jenny and Sameer to answer? Submit your “Fixit Ticket!” https://forms.gle/mxt7gBpRFqy4e52z5 Find the full transcript and learn more about the podcast at: https://www.haas.org/culture-kit

Episode Notes

The world of work is truly a work in progress. There are so many unanswered questions.

What's the best approach to bringing workers back to the office? How can you keep remote and on-site workers from forming silos? How can you restore trust after layoffs? Is it possible, or even desirable, to get back to the culture you had before the pandemic? There’s lots to think about, and we’ll be thinking out loud in our new podcast: The Culture Kit with Jenny and Sameer.

I’m Jenny Chatman. And I’m Sameer Srivastava. We’re professors at UC Berkeley’s Haas School who have dedicated our careers to studying and advancing workplace culture.

We'll think through the questions you're struggling with today and share insights based on evidence from the latest research. You'll come away with concrete steps you can take to start fixing your company's culture right away.

Tune in to The Culture Kit with Jenny and Sameer. Starting April 2 on your favorite podcast platform.

Do you have a vexing question about work that you want Jenny and Sameer to answer? Submit your “Fixit Ticket!”

Find the full transcript and learn more about the podcast at: https://www.haas.org/culture-kit

Episode Transcription

[00:00:00] Jennifer Chatman: Hi, I’m Jenny Chatman.

[00:00:04] Sameer Srivastava: And I’m Sameer Srivastava.

[00:00:06] Jennifer Chatman: We’re professors at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. And we’ve dedicated our careers to studying and advancing effective workplace cultures.

[00:00:15] Sameer Srivastava: Jenny is a psychologist who helped create the field of organizational culture research.

[00:00:20] Jennifer Chatman: And Sameer is a sociologist who is pioneering new ways to use big data, AI, and deep learning to uncover insights about what happens inside organizations.

[00:00:33] Sameer Srivastava: Together, we founded the Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation to help business leaders create and cultivate healthy and effective workplace cultures.

[00:00:42] Jennifer Chatman: In this podcast, we’ll tackle hard-to-fix issues that your organization is facing as we look to the future of work.

[00:00:51] Sameer Srivastava: We’ll take your questions about culture and give you practical advice that you can put to work right away. Join us for The Culture Kit with Jenny and Sameer and start building your culture toolkit.