#13 – Documenting culture (Michael Mizrahi & Ben Grynol)

The evolution of culture at startups can have different paths. For in-person teams, culture may be developed through the daily, in-person interactions and water cooler conversations that take place. For remote teams, culture develops in a different way.

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Regardless of a company’s structure, culture is built upon the foundation of shared values, and the way that those values are lived and communicated across an entire team.

In this episode, Miz, Head of Operations, sat down with Ben Grynol, Head of Growth, to discuss ways in which the Levels team can document the culture that is being developed around them.

Three videos that surfaced from the project, as of June 2021 are:

• Levels Culture Documentation Project – 1.0
• Levels Culture Documentation Project – 2.0
• Levels Culture Documentation Project – Team Shoutouts

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(04:07) - It’s not what you say, it’s what you do
(05:35) - Using policies as guardrails
(10:44) - Closing the loop
(11:58) - Maintaining focus
(13:38) - Keep it simple
(16:46) - Default to transparency
(20:23) - Adapting to the growing team
(28:27) - Capturing the team’s perspective
(30:39) - Aligning on shared values
(42:03) - Letting policies improve the company from within
(50:08) - Showing up with respect

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