A definition of culture solidly applied to infants and employees.

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Corporate culture is a topic that the speaker finds intriguing and helpful in understanding successful companies and the world.
The discipline of cultural evolution examines why humans are the only species capable of launching spacecraft.
Human cultures evolve rapidly compared to any other living thing on the planet.
Geek companies have mastered the art of evolving their cultures faster than traditional companies.
Culture is defined as the set of beliefs, techniques, practices, and heuristics acquired from others around you that dictates how things get done within a group.

What's different about companies that accomplish amazing things? Perhaps surprisingly, says Andrew McAfee of MIT, it has nothing to do with being agile or with better technology. Instead, they've developed what he calls "geek" cultures, which emphasize intense cooperation, rapid learning curves, and a lack of hierarchy. Listen as McAfee talks about his book The Geek Way with EconTalk's Russ Roberts and how focusing on company norms, as opposed to organizational charts and structure, is a key to realizing big ambitions. They also discuss the role that data and evidence play in geek companies' decision-making and why the willingness to embrace failure is a winning strategy.