culture – The Musings of the Big Red Car https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com 53 years and 204,000 miles of business, CEO, leadership, startup, political, military wisdom Fri, 08 Nov 2019 04:22:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.11 Values >> Culture >> Reputation >> History https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/values-culture-reputation-history/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=values-culture-reputation-history Fri, 08 Nov 2019 04:22:52 +0000 https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=8369 In the life-cycle of a company — be it a high tech startup or a paint manufacturer — the initial culture of the company is grown from the seed corn of the founders’ values. The first challenge for any founder is to codify his/her values while recognizing that she/he owns the culture when the ink […]

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]]> Uber – Cultural Wheels Falling Off? https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/uber-cultural-wheels-falling-off/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uber-cultural-wheels-falling-off https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/uber-cultural-wheels-falling-off/#comments Mon, 20 Mar 2017 16:13:19 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=5513 Big Red Car here on a slightly cloudy Texas day. It is a good day because The Boss’s North Carolina Tarheels prevailed while the wicked Dukies were defeated by the valiant South Carolina Gamecocks. Go to Hell, Duke. [The Heels didn’t exactly cover themselves in glory, but they won and they advance.] So, “Uber Uber Uber […]

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]]> https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/uber-cultural-wheels-falling-off/feed/ 4 A Culture Rots From the Top https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/a-culture-rots-from-the-top/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-culture-rots-from-the-top Tue, 25 Nov 2014 04:37:25 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=3732 Big Red Car here. Nice day in the ATX, y’all and why not? Recently The Boss was chatting with one of his brilliant CEOs about from whence cometh company culture. The brilliant CEO rightly noted that the beginning of all things culture comes from the values inculcated by the CEO. Go the front of the […]

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]]> Legacy v startup cultures https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/legacy-v-startup-cultures/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=legacy-v-startup-cultures https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/legacy-v-startup-cultures/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2014 14:48:04 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=3343 Big Red Car here.  Nice, lovely crisp day in the ATX.  Going to be a beauty–move to Texas kind of wonderful.  But, hey, you already knew that. So The Boss’s offspring are an investment banker and a startup graphic designer.  One foot in a legacy company wrestling with becoming a more timely enterprise and a […]

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]]> https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/legacy-v-startup-cultures/feed/ 2 THE Moments of Our Lives https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-moments-of-our-lives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-moments-of-our-lives Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:04:08 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=2718 Big Red Car here.  Hey, HOWDY, from the Big Red Car, ya’ll!  It’s a great day to be alive so enjoy it. Bit of a storm blew through town last night — windy, cold front blew through.  Rainy and wet.  It’s 43F and it’s supposed to get down into the 30’s tonight. Hey, Mother Nature, […]

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]]> Essential Ingredients in a Robust Company Culture https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/essential-ingredients-in-a-robust-company-culture/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=essential-ingredients-in-a-robust-company-culture Wed, 15 May 2013 10:30:37 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=1855 Big Red Car here.  Going to be a nice day in the ATX and a great day to discuss the essential ingredients in a robust Company Culture. The Boss was looking through some old files and came upon a picture book from a company he founded and grew to almost 500 employees and then sold […]

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]]> Company Culture, an anecdote https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/company-culture-an-anecdote/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=company-culture-an-anecdote Tue, 14 May 2013 14:13:50 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=1848 Big Red Car here.  Company culture is an interesting topic and The Boss has started a series — The Company Culture Series — on the subject. Recently he was meeting and laughing with an old pal of his with whom he had worked about 20 years ago and he was reminding The Boss of how […]

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]]> Pearls of company culture — cultured pearls? https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/pearls-of-company-culture/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pearls-of-company-culture https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/pearls-of-company-culture/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 17:13:29 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=1798 Big Red Car here.  Turned out to be a nice day in the ATX.  Getting a bit sunny.  Big Red Car likes sunny. So The Boss was talking to one of his CEOs about the issue of a company’s culture.  An interesting and timely chat, indeed. What the Hell does The Boss know about company […]

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]]> https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/pearls-of-company-culture/feed/ 1 Weaving the Tapestry of Business https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/weaving-the-tapestry-of-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weaving-the-tapestry-of-business Sat, 04 May 2013 10:31:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=1698 Big Red Car here.  Cool night and The Boss is up early this morning.  He loves a Saturday morning.  Pancakes and bacon, perhaps?  Bit of fresh 10W30, please pass the clean air filter?  Haha, Big Red Car, you crack yourself up. So The Boss was musing about the “tapestry of business” — all the individual […]

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