it's the culture, but not as you know it

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People often start companies with a smart team and great product ideas. But as companies grows, some leaders tend to forget that it's not the product and services that made them successful – it's the culture. Culture may actually be harder to build than any product, but your organization can benefit in every way if you end up with a great one. Sven works for Atlassian, an Australian software company that grew from 8 to 800 people in the last 10 years. He will share successes – and struggles – with bringing new people into a strong company culture, how culture is upheld in distributed teams, how your team can maintain its core culture, and why innovation and fun should be part of every company's culture.

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IT’S THE

Culture , BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT

@svenpet

WHAT IS

Culture?values

norms

language

visionsbeliefs

habits

SO, WHAT IS CULTURE?

START UP

A GREAT IDEA

WORK HARD

ATTRACT PASSIONATE PEOPLE

PRODUCT GROWS

$cash out

no needFOSTERING CULTURE ?

TALK ABOUT FOSTERING

Culture

DESTRUCTIVE

Culture EXAMPLES

we have heard of them

(and felt sorry)

WHY ARE COMPANIES DOING THAT?

FREDERICK WINSLOW TAYLOR

IT’S HIS FAULT!

efficient workers thinking managers

TIMES HAVE CHANGED!

WORK HAS CHANGED!

PEOPLE HAVE CHANGED!

COMPANIES…CHANGE SLOWLY

NOWPAST

NOWPAST

PURPOSEPENSION

WHENEVER

WHEREVER

WHATEVER

9-5

OFFICE

WHOLE CAREER

Sven PetersAtlassian Ambassador

@svenpetsvenpet.com

Atlassian co-founder

INNOVATION

CultureOF

1

INNOVATE ?HOW TO MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO

GIVE THEM TIME TO TRY

THEIR OWN IDEASevery quarter

SHIP IT DAY

BRAINSTORM SHOW & WINHACK 24 HOURS

the whole company

INNOVATION WEEK

ONE WEEK EVERY 6 WEEKSIDEAS FOR THE PRODUCT

each team individually

INNOVATION TEAM

ONE TEAM TRYING IDEAS

INNOVATION TEAM

ONE TEAM TRYING IDEAS

didn’t feel responsible for innovations

THE REST

INNOVATION HAPPEN AT ANY TIME

INNOVATION HAPPEN

GIVE IT A POSSIBILITY TO GROW

HAPPINESS

CultureOF

2

INNOVATIONMOTIVATION

IT CAN BE HARDTO SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE

MOTIVATION WORK FOR A REASONIS TO

make the world a better place

MOTIVATION CODE FOR A REASONIS TO

make the world a better place

CODE TO MAKE A DIFF

FOOD BANK WEB PAGE

Atlassian Developer

What about the rest?

MAKEADIFF.ORG

WORKING

REASONMAKES US

HAPPIER

FOR A

FUN ! Friday event

Team building

Family & Friends day

HOW HAPPY ARE YOU?

AND YOUR TEAM?

SUCKS & SLOW

LEARN

MEASURE

ADAPT

after our company party

ADAPT91% HAPPY!

TALKED TO UNHAPPY POEPLE

94% HAPPY!

GROWTH

CultureFOR

3

12

12natural team size

150

150Dunbar’s number

150maintain stable social relationship

150+anonymous work places

800+Atlassian’s

SILO PROBLEM

SILO PROBLEM

FINANCE DEVELOPER

BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER

FINANCE DEVELOPER

HUBSPOT FACEWALL

Introduce yourself

some personal stuff

start conversations

TRANSPARENCY

WINS FAILS NEWS QUESTIONS

WIN!

FAIL!

NEW PROGRAM

GREAT QUESTION!

TRANSPARENCY ENEMIES

Chat

CONNECTING THE TEAM

Chatz z z

NOBODY MISSES A DISCUSSION

Chat

CONNECTS THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION

TRANSPARENCY

BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER

REMOTE OFFICE

TRANSPARENCY

PACIFIC STANDARD TIME CENTRAL EUROPEAN TIME

TRANSPARENCY

CFO CODER

TRANSPARENCY

SPREADS THE CULTURE

TRANSPARENCY

THE DARK SIDEOF TRANSPARENCY

INFORMATION OVERLOAD

NEVER ENDING DISCUSSIONS

MEETING DOESN’T SEEM TO BE NECESSARY

IN PERSON

nothing beats meeting in person

GROWTEAMCulture

12

6-8

6-8programming team size

6-8 6-8 6-8

ONE PRODUCT

6-8 6-8 6-8

uses tool X

don’t use a tool

6-8 6-8 6-8meet when necessary

daily meetings

6-8 6-8 6-8

AUTONOMYfor the team

6-8 6-8 6-8

SPEED

need some support!

fast discussion

6-8 6-8 6-8

TRUST

can change stuff if needed

-> no ownership!

6-8 6-8 6-8

=SCALE

CultureWITH THE SIZE OF THECOMPANY

GROWS

CultureMAKE SURE NEW PEOPLE

FIT INTO YOUR

if you care!

BE PICKY!inspect candidates carefully

Programming

Experience

Passion

Beer test

NO HIRE

Programming

Experience

Passion

Beer test

HIRE!

BROGRAMMERTHEEFFECT

CultureHIRE FOR A DIVERSE

please more women in technology

CultureSTRONG

hard to get in

HAVING A

BUDDY

BEER

BIKE

new Atlassian

BEER!

Culturehappiness

trust

respect

continuous improvinginnovate

autonomy

WHAT’S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR

Culture?

PRODUCTS COME & GO

PRODUCTS COME & GO

Culture STAYS

THANKS

svenpet.com/talks@svenpet

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