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The top 7 Smart Levers that will help You Think About Scaling Culture in the Remote World

Want to know everything that’s important about company culture? Check this list of the must-see Smart Levers that can help induct you into the world of culture and stories.

When is it Time to Codify the Culture of Your Startup?

It is never too late, nor ever too early to start working on your company culture. Here is our take on when you need to codify your culture.

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Start Up Company Culture: How to Get Your Workforce in Sync with Your Values

Start-ups need to be thinking about their company culture from the get-go! Here is how leaders of start-ups can introduce and iterate their company culture to their employees.

How Companies in Different Domains Benefit from a Culture Strategy

It doesn’ matter what space you’re operating in - you need a well-defined company culture. Find out more on how it can help you, across industries.

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How to redefine the values and build a culture of agility, adaptability, & high performance

Read our Case Study of how we helped this CTQ client make a successful culture shift.

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How to articulate values and create a culture manifesto

Read our Case Study of how we helped InfraCloud define the components of its culture manifesto in order to propagate it inside the organization.

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How to drive a culture of innovation through steady engagement

Read our Case Study of how we helped this CTQ client become a centre of excellence & innovation

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How to build a culture of collaboration for high performance in a growing company

Read our Case Study of how we helped this CTQ client re-establish its start-up days’ productivity.

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How to think about a repository of stories

A story repository can become a strategic asset for any organization in its efforts to shape culture. Here are 9 things to keep in mind while setting it up.

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How to create a culture of “looking from multiple lenses”

Read our Case Study of how we helped this CTQ client get its techies to broaden their perspectives and showcase ideas.

[CTQ Smartcast] How Outside-In Thinking Helps Create Value for the Future, with K.S. Prashant

KS Prashant is Managing Director of IDeaS Revenue Solutions, a SAS company. We speak to him about how individuals can be future relevant, how managers can uplevel to think like executives, and how to think of the value you provide.

[CTQ Smartcast] Dr. Anand Deshpande on lifelong learning and how to stay relevant in a changing world

We learn from Persistent Systems’ Founder and Chairman Dr. Anand Deshpande how he learned new skills through his life, his model for career growth and staying future relevant.

[CTQ Smartcast] A Unicorn's Lessons in Scaling and Future Relevance, with Mukul Kumar

Mukul Kumar is the co-founder of PubMatic, the unicorn with a wonderful success story. We discover the secrets behind their scaling journey, the cultural values that power their company and how engineering leaders like Mukul think about their own future relevance.

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How to Create a Culture of Social Media Advocacy in an Organization - A Case Study

Read our Case Study of how we helped this CTQ client get its dispersed troops to become its brand ambassadors online.

How to Create a Culture of Pursuing Excellence - A Case Study

Read our Case Study of how we helped this CTQ client inspire its well-performing team to pursue excellence in a shape-shifting world.

[CTQ Smartcast] How Engineering Leaders of GICs Should Think About Upleveling and Inclusion, with Vinita Gera

Vinita Gera is the General Manager, India COE at Dell Technologies. In this Smartcast conversation with CTQ’s BV Harish Kumar, we unravel her world-view that has evolved from adapting to different roles from Director, Product Development to VP Engineering to GM; her tips on future relevance, and how should organisations think about diversity and inclusion in a meaningful way.

[CTQ Smartcast] How Should Consultants and Business Analysts Think About Future Relevance, with Arun Iyer

Arun Iyer is Executive Vice-President of Hexanika with a 22+ year experience in the Banking and Financial Services industry. In this Smartcast with CTQ co-founder BV Harish Kumar, we talk to him about how consultants and business analysts can think about future relevance, changing the mindset while working in startups vs big companies, and the role of being well-read, curious in such industries.

[CTQ Smartcast] Models for career growth and better decisions, with Aseem Datar

Aseem Datar is General Manager, Microsoft Cloud, leading one of the fastest-growing businesses at Microsoft. In this conversation with CTQ co-founder Ramanand, Aseem talks about his decision-making principles, mental models for career growth, and the role of collaboration.

Building Influence using 6 universal principles of persuasion

Tips based on 6 universal principles of persuasion that can help you exercise influence and guard against manipulation.

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[CTQ Smartcast] How To Build A Curiosity Calendar for Your Company

Curiosity Calendar is a calendar of activities aimed at getting the employees of a team more curious and discover knowledge blindspots. In this Smartcast, Sanasi Kelkar speaks with CTQ co-founder BV Harish Kumar about how you can use Curiosity Calendar as a form of carefully-designed smart edutainment that can help an organisation grow inside-out.