Culture Eats: Recent Episodes
Daniel Mascord
The show seeks to further understand, unearth and share to the audience some of the many great organisational culture stories we have in the APAC region, one "bite" at a timeI will speak to a cross-range of culture champions sitting in large global to locally-grown organizations, start-ups, NGOs, family businesses, sports & entertainment organizations, and more.
Episode 12: Finding Your Purpose
Season 1 closes with a very personal episode that returns back full circle where we started - the premise of episode 1, The Purpose Generation.
In this episode, I asked someone very close to my own purpose shaping to come onto the show, my dad. We both explored our journeys with "purpose", the challenges we faced and some things we learned along the way.
00:20 Welcome
01:35 Dad's Background
03:29 Finding His Own Purpose
05:05 Exploring Meaning Early On
09:44 Finding Courage Through Adversity
12:38 Getting The Wind In Your Sail
14:30 Standing Up For Your Beliefs
19:30 Explosion Of Choices Creates a Challenge
28:05 Advice To Others Finding Their Purpose
37:02 Last Thoughts
38:42 Closing Comments
I hope you enjoy it!
Episode 11: Recruiting for Culture
After spending over a decade recruiting in the APAC region, with many great mentors, I purposefully switched "in-house" to see what impact candidate placements made on company culture. Therefore, this episode was very close to my heart.
In this episode, I was fortunate to spend 1-hour together with 3 super interesting culture champions operating in the APAC region to talk about the important role that recruitment plays in our organizational culture.
If you are looking for inspiration in building your culture story into your recruitment process, this episode is for you.
00:20 Welcome
02:45 Rapid Fire Round
10:32 Culture vs Strategy
18:10 Vero Culture Case Study
26:13 GoTo Finance Case Study
32:45 FWD Case Study
40:21 Where Culture Fits in the Recruitment Process
46:41 Perfecting a Consistent Experience for Talent
49:47 We need to Re-recruit Daily
52:12 Top Guest Tips
I hope you enjoy it!
Episode 10: Building Connection in a Hybrid World.
Today I sat down with Gustavo Razzetti, founder of Fearless Culture and author of a very topical book - Remote, Not Distant.
If you are looking for inspiration for building an intentional hybrid workplace culture, this episode is for you.
00:20 Welcome
01:40 Rapid Fire Round
09:35 Inspiration for "Remote, Not Distant"
14:00 State of Play for Hybrid Work
16:55 Schedule and Location flexibility
21:29 Driving Passion at Work
23:09 The Case for Asynchronous Work
27:09 Gaps between Meetings
29:06 Tools for Hybrid Team Growth
36:54 Innovation Hacks
43:18 How Should Leaders and Individuals Build Connection
49:13 Unlock the Best of Both Worlds
51:55 Gustavo's Three Tips
If you would like to get your hands on Gustavo's book you can pre-order a Kindle copy or purchase the hard/soft copies on Jun 7th 2022.
https://www.amazon.com/Remote-Not-Distant-Company-Workplace-ebook/dp/B09VXX4FN3
Here is a sneak peak:
"....Razzetti will guide you through today's rapidly changing workplace to improve collaboration whether your team members work from home, the office, or both. Remote, Not Distant provides actionable tools for senior leaders, managers, and team members. It addresses the multiple areas of culture, from keeping your team engaged and improving remote communication to managing conflict, facilitating courageous conversations, and unleashing innovation."
I hope you enjoy it!
Episode 9: Culture Telling.
After stepping back to help to define and better understand organizational culture, we explore how to tell these stories through "Culture Telling".
Joining me to tackle this topic is Master Storyteller & Founder of CulturalPulse, Patrick Skene.
Here are the time stamps!
00:20 Welcome
03:09 Introductions
06:18 Rapid Fire Round
09:27 Why is Storytelling Important to Humans
14:50 Who were the Great Storytellers
18:54 When Patrick met Storytelling
23:00 Culture Telling Case Study - Asian Cup
27:20 Why the Customer is central to your Culture Story
33:56 LinkedIn, the Storytellers Microphone
43:11 Patrick's Hot Tips
44:50 Outro
I hope you enjoyed this one!
Episode 8: What the Heck is Organizational Culture? Today we step back from Culture Eats' focus of unearthing examples of organizational culture, to help to define and better understand culture. Joining me to tackle this topic is Dr Ben Capell (Founder of BECAP Management Consulting), Dr Sophie Loy-Wilson (Senior Lecturer at University of Sydney) and Elliot Leung (Film Composer and Conductor)
Here are the time stamps!
00:20 Welcome 01:23 Introductions 03:22 Rapid Fire Round 09:19 Defining Organizational Culture 10:52 Examples of Organizational Culture and its key parts 19:15 The role of Leadership 29:26 Why Decoding Culture is critical 40:30 What to consider when Developing your Culture 47:50 Ben, Sophie and Elliot's Hot Tips 52:13 Outro
I hope you enjoyed this one!
Episode 7: The Benefits of Building a DEI Culture While we have covered DEI in previous episodes, it was important to dedicate an entire episode with two passionate DEI advocates and culture champions, Fyiona Yong and Sudesh Thevasenabathy
By popular demand, I have also timestamped each key section for those wanting to skip ahead or return back to a section.
00:20 Welcome 00:53 Introductions 08:25 Rapid Fire Round 17:15 Definitions 22:05 DEI's Journey Through Time 30:13 Sudesh's Journey 35:14 Fyiona's Journey 40:04 The Benefits of DEI 48:43 How To Integrate Into Your Culture 52:21 Fyiona and Sudesh's Tips 56:27 Outro
Here are the two books mentioned in the show:)
https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Signal-Processing-Principles-Applications/dp/0133737624 https://www.amazon.com/Work-Happy-What-Great-Bosses/dp/1455547077
I hope you enjoyed this one!
Episode 6: The Power of Community, was a very special episode for me.
Growing up in a small cotton town (#weewaa) where my father was a minister, I experienced first-hand the strength of a community.
Now working & living in one of the most densely populated cities in the world you really see the power, and the need, of a community - which creates a sense of belonging, purpose and happiness.
To approach this topic, I was deeply grateful to have, Jeff Rotmeyer, Founder of ImpactHK and Love21 Foundation join me and share his story and reflections on kindness, community, caring and what lessons organizations can take in.
I hope you all enjoy it!
After spending 4 episodes being inspired by some great culture champions I wanted to pause to reflect on one of several feel-good culture stories I have been privileged to be part of.
Today I sit down with Laurent Villemeur, the coach of T8 TFC - a thriving touch football team in Hong Kong. We reflect on this grassroots culture story; where we have come from, where are we today and what we are excited about in the future.
If you are interested to hear more about the team you can jump onto:
Official Club Page: https://www.t8touchfootballclub.com/
YouTube Game Links: https://youtu.be/5_TSyNu06g8
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/T8TFC
November is sports month for Culture Eats. In Episode 4, I explore what are the culture lessons we can draw on from professional sports. Ben, Viet and Dai share their journey with culture through the lens of sporting organizations and teams, team performance, the benefits of diversity and the importance of self-care.
I hope you enjoy it!
You can follow and find out more about our guests here:
Ben Alexander https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-alexander-684228b6/
Viet Tran https://www.linkedin.com/in/travistran/
Dai Rees https://www.linkedin.com/in/dai-rees-56297223/
After exploring how start-ups tackle culture, we now move down to the end of the organization size spectrum.
In Episode 3, we hear from 3 culture champions from 3 reputable global multinationals.
Regan, Amy and Martin, discuss their views of organization culture, their company values, launching culture programs, their covid response and how to strike the balance between global culture and the local APAC markets.
I hope you enjoy it!
You can follow and find out more about our guests here:
Regan Taikitsadaporn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/regantai/
Amy Benger
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-benger-15333430/
Martin Holme
https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-holme-93b573/
Episode 2 of Culture Eats tackles the nuances of culture in the Startup world.
Max, Nio and Blake, chat with me about key cultural considerations when starting up, the importance of values, cross-cultural management, sharing some great stories and real-life tips for you.
I hope you enjoy it!
You can follow and find out more about our guests here:
Nio Liyanagehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nio-liyanage
Blake Larsonhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cblakelarson
Maximilian Von Poelnitzhttp://www.newterritoryventures.com/
In the first episode of Culture Eats we will start with Purpose.
Simon and Karen, two Chief Purpose Officers, chat to me about the history of purpose, what it means to them as individuals, sharing organization examples and real-life tips for you.
I hope you enjoy it!
You can follow and find out more about our guests here:
Simon Squibbhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/simonsquibb
https://purposefulproject.com/
Karen Seymour
https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-seymour
https://www.human-at.work//