Culture vs Values
Values describe principles or priorities that are considered important.
Culture is the broader pattern of behaviours, expectations, practices and shared experiences that develop within an organization.
The relationship
A simple way to think about it is: Values influence culture. But culture also provides evidence about whether those values are actually being lived.
An example in practice
For example, an organization may value collaboration. Its culture might reveal this through open communication, shared decision-making, cross-functional work, and knowledge sharing.
When they misalign
If collaboration is discouraged in practice, the lived culture may contradict the stated value.
The takeaway for evaluating workplaces
Therefore, when evaluating a workplace, do not look only at its list of values. Look at how people actually behave.
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