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1、So now that weve heard how the Fund redefined its values the question ishow do we bring them to life?How do we ensure they dont just live in posters,induction booklets,or screensaversbut in daily behavior?BRINGING CULTURE TO LIFE:FROM WORDS TO RITUALS CULTURE SUMMIT AFRICA 2025But before we go any f

2、urtherwhat even is culture?The Canadian psychologist Dr.Elliott Jaquesoften called the grandfather of organizational cultureput it simply:“Culture is the way we do things around here.”And so,once we had our new valuesour Dos and Dontsthe real work began:How do we“do things”differently?How do we live

3、 these values?How do we sustain a culture that reflects who we say we are?Dr.Elliott JaquesCULTURE SUMMIT AFRICA 2025Melissa Daimler Principal at Daimler Partners wrote a book called Re-Culturing,and in it,she lays out a simple but powerful playbook:1.Define the value-based behaviors you want.2.Inte

4、grate those behaviors into your processes.3.Reinforce them through your daily practices.And heres the fun partwe didnt even know we were doing it,but we were following a framework very similar to this!and I will describe how:Melissa DaimlerBRINGING CULTURE TO LIFE:FROM WORDS TO RITUALS Define the Be

5、haviorAs Abdul just shared,we engaged staff to co-create our new values.But we didnt stop at fancy words.We asked:“What does this value look like in action?What would it sound like,feel like,show up as,in meetings,in conflict,in decision-making?”This was our first step in shaping culture.We werent j

6、ust listing valueswe were defining expected behaviors.InternalProcesses Next,we knew culture doesnt live in postersit lives in processes.So,we created a couple of projects:PROJECT PLUGWe looked at recruitment and asked,“Are we hiring for alignment to these behaviors?”PROJECT PLUG is helping us adjus