• CEPro_logo_blue-new
  • TOPICS
      • News
        • People & Places
        • Product Briefs
      • Projects
      • Events
      • Control
        • Central Vac
        • Energy/Power
        • HVAC/IAQ
        • Interfaces/Devices
        • Lighting
        • Motorized Shades
        • Whole House Systems
      • Audio/Video
        • Audio/Video
        • AV Accessories
        • AV Racks
        • Cabling
        • Displays
        • Furniture
        • Headphones
        • Home Theater
        • Media
        • Mounts/Lifts
        • Multiroom AV
        • Projectors/Screens
        • Speakers/Subwoofers
        • Wireless AV
      • Security
        • Access Control
        • Alarms/Sensors
        • Services/Platforms
        • Surveillance/Cameras
      • Business Support
        • Associations/Buying Groups
        • Cell Phone Boosters
        • Distributors/Reps
        • Operations
        • Recurring Revenue
        • Research
        • Sales/Marketing
        • Software Services
        • Tools/Testers
      • Networking
        • Cellular
        • Devices/Equipment
        • Wireless
        • Wired/Installation
      • Markets
        • Builders
        • Commercial
        • Design
        • Europe
        • Outdoors
        • Resimercial
        • Wellness
      • CE Pro Hub Pages
        • Bose
        • Savant
        • Inside Sound United
  • PRODUCTS
  • RESOURCES
    • Reports/Downloads
    • Buyer’s Guide
    • Webcasts
    • Podcasts
    • Integrator Jobs
    • Digital Edition
    • CE Pro-iQ
  • SUBSCRIBE
    • CEDIA SHOW UPDATES
    • CEPRO PRINT EDITION
    • CEPRO DIGITAL EDITION
    • CEPRO NEWSLETTERS
  • DISCOVER
    • CEDIA Expo
      • September 29 – October 1
        Dallas, TX
      • VISIT SITE
    • KBIS
      • February 8 – 10
        Orlando, FL
      • VISIT SITE
    • Total Tech Summit
      • October 26 – 28
        Orlando, FL
      • VISIT SITE
    • Commercial Integrator
      • VISIT SITE
    • Security Sales
      • VISIT SITE
    • Tech Decisions
      • VISIT SITE
    • Campus Safety
      • VISIT SITE
    • Design Well
      • VISIT SITE
    • KBB Online
      • VISIT SITE
    • AV-iQ
      • VISIT SITE
    • CE Pro-iQ
      • VISIT SITE
  • Search
  • TOPICS
    • News
      • People & Places
      • Product Briefs
    • Projects
    • Events
    • Control
      • Central Vac
      • Energy/Power
      • HVAC/IAQ
      • Interfaces/Devices
      • Lighting
      • Motorized Shades
      • Whole House Systems
    • Audio/Video
      • Audio/Video
      • AV Accessories
      • AV Racks
      • Cabling
      • Displays
      • Furniture
      • Headphones
      • Home Theater
      • Media
      • Mounts/Lifts
      • Multiroom AV
      • Projectors/Screens
      • Speakers/Subwoofers
      • Wireless AV
    • Security
      • Access Control
      • Alarms/Sensors
      • Services/Platforms
      • Surveillance/Cameras
    • Business Support
      • Associations/Buying Groups
      • Cell Phone Boosters
      • Distributors/Reps
      • Operations
      • Recurring Revenue
      • Research
      • Sales/Marketing
      • Software Services
      • Tools/Testers
    • Networking
      • Cellular
      • Devices/Equipment
      • Wireless
      • Wired/Installation
    • Markets
      • Builders
      • Commercial
      • Design
      • Europe
      • Outdoors
      • Resimercial
      • Wellness
    • CE Pro Hub Pages
      • Savant
      • Bose
      • Inside Sound United
  • PRODUCTS
  • RESOURCES
    • Reports/Downloads
    • Buyer’s Guide
    • Webcasts
    • Podcasts
    • Integrator Jobs
    • Digital Edition
    • CE Pro-IQ
  • SUBSCRIBE
    • CEPRO PRINT EDITION
    • CEPRO DIGITAL EDITION
    • CEPRO NEWSLETTERS
    • CEDIA SHOW UPDATES
  • DISCOVER
    • Cedia Expo
      VISIT SITE
    • Commercial Integrator
      VISIT SITE
    • Security Sales
      VISIT SITE
    • Tech Decisions
      VISIT SITE
    • Campus Safety
      VISIT SITE
    • Design Well
      VISIT SITE
    • Total Tech Summit
      VISIT SITE
    • KBB Online
      VISIT SITE
    • AV-iQ
    • CE Pro-iQ
M
POPULAR SEARCHES
News
Projects
Control
Audio Video
Security
Business Support
Markets
SUBSCRIBE CEDIA EXPO
Business Support
November 27, 2020

How to Preserve Positive Company Culture in a WFH World

Business leaders are in a difficult position in 2020, often having to keep employee morale high while working from home. Here are some ways to combat business culture concerns.
D. Craig MacCormack  
How to Preserve Positive Company Culture in a WFH World
Article:
Business Support
November 27, 2020

How to Preserve Positive Company Culture in a WFH World

There are a lot of challenges for business leaders these days thanks to the continuing spread of the coronavirus across the U.S. and around the world, not the least of which is simply keeping your company in business and viable despite all the obstacles in front of it.

One area that’s likely been getting short shrift lately as the focus continues on financial viability is the continuation of company culture, especially at a time when most, if not all, employees are working from home rather than coming into the office.

One of the reasons most of your employees have stayed at your company is because they like the vibe of the business but it’s tough to recreate that from everyone’s respective home offices. It’s a hidden challenge of sorts for business leaders today, but one they certainly can’t ignore.

If your culture goes away, your company becomes just like any across the AV integration landscape and it might make your star employers wonder if the culture is better at your top competitor instead.

Here’s one way to keep your company culture alive that might seem silly on its face but will at least get people talking:

Join Us At Total Tech Summit 2022

Total Tech Summit is where the integration industry elite gather. It's your chance to build rock solid industry connections to grow your firm and advance your career. We invite you to apply today for a free trip to join us in Orlando October 26-28, 2022. Apply now!

According to Jason Korman, CEO and founder of culture design group Gapingvoid, Memetics is exactly what corporate America needs right now. Jason has helped to transform the cultures of companies like The US Air Force, Zappos, AT&T and more.

As basic as it sounds, the solution is to use memes to ensure your remote teams don’t feel stranded. That meme, an image, a virtual background can emit a feeling of connectedness, so everyone knows they’re in it together.

What is culture? Designing and executing culture change or culture reinforcement remotely is the challenge of the year. Many leaders are questioning how this can be done.

Though there are many frameworks and opinions, the Culture Science definition states: Culture is the water your people swim in. It is the characteristically undefined norms that drive in an unseen and often misunderstood way, your organization’s effectiveness, or ineffectiveness.

It is the difference between a job and a career, customers and fanatics, and employees or community. This definition addresses the unseen, but the genuine way that work gets done, and the insight is that ‘culture’ impacts every employee’s decision in everything they do.

It may be considered as the ‘psychological programming’ of the population; thus, the idea of letting it develop randomly is very unwise, and possibly even negligent.

Culture spreads through social connection; in extreme cases, via social contagion. There is a well-developed evolutionary biology on why units of culture spread, but for our purposes, all we need to understand is that there is a theory on why, and more importantly, how to make culture spread.

Cultural adoption is far more complex; it is about observation, copying, and testing. This means observing people who we view as successful, copying their beliefs, mindsets, and behaviors, and then testing them to see if “they work for me.”

If we accept this, then we recognize that these new tools are created by capturing the units of culture, codifying, and then encouraging them to spread.

The capture, codifying, and disseminating is an exercise in discovery, memetic design, and semiotic build. Culture is formed through distributed learning and is, in fact, a function of distributed cognition.



Related: Preparing Your Team to Work Remotely Permanently

So, stop worrying so much about your business’ viability and where your next project is coming from and start sending out those memes. If only it were that easy to create and maintain culture, right?

The point is don’t lose touch with the people who got you where you are today. The people who work for your company are a big reason why the culture has been what it’s been for as long as it’s been that way and that’s led to your connections with your customers.

Remote or in-person or a little bit of both, make sure you keep your culture alive or the whole thing might crumble right before your eyes, no matter how good you are at staying on time and on budget.


This article originally appeared on our sister publication Commercial Integrator‘s website.

ARTICLE TOPICS

Business Support

ARTICLE TAGS

Business Resource • coronavirus • WFH

SHARE

Share On Facebook
Share On Twitter
Share On Linkedin
Share On Whatsapp
Share Via Email
Copy URL
← Previous Article Next Article →
Article Central VacNewsWellness

Amazon Acquires iRobot Roomba for $1.7B in Cash

Amazon adds iRobot's Roomba vacuum cleaner to its growing portfolio of smart home solutions including Ring, Fire TV and Echo smart speakers.
Article Amplifiers/ReceiversAudio/VideoAV AccessoriesAV RacksControlDesignFurnitureHome TheaterInterfaces/DevicesLightingMarketsMediaMotorized ShadesMultiroom AVNetworkingNewsProjectors/ScreensSpeakers/Subwoofers

SDI’s Audiophile-Centric Approach Reflects an Evolving Market 

SDI is helping Boston-area homeowners meet their home technology objectives without cluttering their homes with unsightly electronics.
Article Central VacNewsWellness

Amazon Acquires iRobot Roomba for $1.7B in Cash

Amazon adds iRobot's Roomba vacuum cleaner to its growing portfolio of smart home solutions including Ring, Fire TV and Echo smart speakers.
Article Devices/EquipmentNetworkingSecurityServices/PlatformsSponsored Content

Preventing Cyberattacks Before They Occur

guardDog’s ASM solution preemptively recognizes, exposes and shuts down cybersecurity threats before an attack can happen, and can help prevent it.

SHOW NEWSLETTER

Sign Up

CE Pro

Subscribe Sign Up

Content Types

News
Products
Projects
Companies
Downloads
Webcasts
Podcasts
Events

Specials

IntegratorJobs
CEDIA EXPO
CE Pro 100
CE Pro Summit
Awards Programs

Company Info

About
Contact Us
Customer Service
Media Solutions & Advertising

Subscribe

Magazine
Newsletters
Digital Edition

Connect

Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
YouTube
RSS Feed

Categories

AUDIO/VIDEO
AV Accessories
AV Racks
Amplifiers/Receivers
Cabling
Displays
Furniture
Mounts/Lifts
Multiroom AV
Projector Screens
Speakers/Subwoofers
Wireless AV
CONTROL
Central Vac
Energy/Power
Interfaces/Devices
HVAC/IAQ
Lighting
Motorized Shades
Whole-House Systems
NETWORKING
Cellular
Devices/Equipment
Wireless
Wiring/Installation
SECURITY
Access Control
Alarms/Sensors
Services/Platforms
Surveillance Cameras
BUSINESS SUPPORT
Associations/Buying Groups
Distributors/Reps
Operations
Recurring Revenue
Research
Sales/Marketing
Software/Services
Tools/Testers
MARKETS
Builders
Commercial
Design
Europe
Outdoors
Wellness
FOLLOW US ON
  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow

© 2021 Emerald X, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • ABOUT
  • CAREERS
  • TERMS OF USE
  • PRIVACY POLICY