Episode 40 - Build your own damn culture

The Huddle

What’s top of mind this week? Brett’s in presentation mode, while Greg’s prepping for our first Same Team Huddle. One’s on the mic, the other’s setting the stage—both focused on better conversations.

The Review: This Week’s Topic

Deloitte made it official–Build your own damn culture

This week, we unpack Greg’s latest Same Page column, inspired by Deloitte’s 2024 Human Capital Trends report. It challenges the myth that culture should cascade from the top, calling out how rigid systems like SAFe, EOS, and “Agile” often stifle trust and autonomy.

Culture doesn’t scale—it fragments. And that’s a good thing. Microcultures drive real engagement and innovation, even if they make execs a little nervous.

We explore why top-down culture fails, what default culture looks like, what real leadership requires, and how Teamangle supports culture from the inside out.

Also on Same Page this week:

• Navigating collaborative conflict: how to turn tension into progress
• Embracing conflict for stronger collaboration

The Ask

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The Hit List

What we’re reading, listening to, and watching this week:

Listening

• ten days by Fred again..
• Yoyaku in-store session with Tomoki Tamura

Reading

• Liminal Thinking by Dave Gray
• FDA staff left ‘scrambling’ to complete product reviews after DOGE layoffs

Watching

• Payback (1999)
• The Studio

The High Five

This week’s high five goes to the culture champions—the folks who actively build, shape, and nurture the teams they’re on. Whether you’re a leader or the new hire with great vibes, culture doesn’t come from the top, it grows from everywhere. Keep planting seeds. High five!

That’s it for this week. See you next time!