Glenn Carroll and Jenny Chatman on How to Make Your Organizational Culture Great
Tue Dec 02 2025
On this special episode, Sameer turns the tables on Jenny and puts her in the guest chair to talk about the new book she wrote with Stanford Professor Glenn Carroll – Making Organizational Culture Great: Moving Beyond Popular Beliefs, out April 2026.
Based on decades of research, Glenn and Jenny’s book takes on the myths, clichés, and wishful thinking about organizational culture and replaces them with what works. In this interview, they give Sameer a sneak preview of some of the top tips in the book and how leaders can start building a great organizational culture today.
Learn more about The Culture Kit and find the full transcript: https://haas.berkeley.edu/culture/culture-kit-podcast/
*The Culture Kit with Jenny & Sameer is a production of Haas School of Business and is produced by University FM.*
4 main takeaways from Sameer’s interview with Jenny and Glenn:Get a spreadsheet: Be deliberate and serious about culture: treat culture like anything else in your organization that you prioritize. That means tracking!Don’t start and end with announcing your values: Be consistent and comprehensive in the changes you make in an organization. Embed cultural values into every process your organization has.Be aware that culture can change: Be willing to continually drive it and cultivate it into the kind of culture you’re hoping for. Be patient and don’t expect overnight success.The science is easy to understand, but executing is hard. Understand the science to operate from a position of confidence.Show Links:Making Organizational Culture Great: Moving Beyond Popular Beliefs by Jennifer Chatman and Glenn Carroll (April 2026)Glenn Carroll’s Stanford faculty profileGlenn Carroll’s personal websiteJenny Chatman’s UC Berkeley Haas faculty profileJenny Chatman’s personal websiteParsing organizational culture: How the norm for adaptability influences the relationship between culture consensus and financial performance in high-technology firmsFitting In or Standing Out? The Tradeoffs of Structural and Cultural Embeddedness,Making Great Strategy: Arguing for Organizational AdvantageStop Hiring for “Cultural Fit”
Learn more about the podcast and the Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation at www.haas.org/culture-kit.
*The Culture Kit with Jenny & Sameer is a production of Haas School of Business and is produced by University FM.*
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On this special episode, Sameer turns the tables on Jenny and puts her in the guest chair to talk about the new book she wrote with Stanford Professor Glenn Carroll – Making Organizational Culture Great: Moving Beyond Popular Beliefs, out April 2026. Based on decades of research, Glenn and Jenny’s book takes on the myths, clichés, and wishful thinking about organizational culture and replaces them with what works. In this interview, they give Sameer a sneak preview of some of the top tips in the book and how leaders can start building a great organizational culture today. Learn more about The Culture Kit and find the full transcript: https://haas.berkeley.edu/culture/culture-kit-podcast/ *The Culture Kit with Jenny & Sameer is a production of Haas School of Business and is produced by University FM.* 4 main takeaways from Sameer’s interview with Jenny and Glenn:Get a spreadsheet: Be deliberate and serious about culture: treat culture like anything else in your organization that you prioritize. That means tracking!Don’t start and end with announcing your values: Be consistent and comprehensive in the changes you make in an organization. Embed cultural values into every process your organization has.Be aware that culture can change: Be willing to continually drive it and cultivate it into the kind of culture you’re hoping for. Be patient and don’t expect overnight success.The science is easy to understand, but executing is hard. Understand the science to operate from a position of confidence.Show Links:Making Organizational Culture Great: Moving Beyond Popular Beliefs by Jennifer Chatman and Glenn Carroll (April 2026)Glenn Carroll’s Stanford faculty profileGlenn Carroll’s personal websiteJenny Chatman’s UC Berkeley Haas faculty profileJenny Chatman’s personal websiteParsing organizational culture: How the norm for adaptability influences the relationship between culture consensus and financial performance in high-technology firmsFitting In or Standing Out? The Tradeoffs of Structural and Cultural Embeddedness,Making Great Strategy: Arguing for Organizational AdvantageStop Hiring for “Cultural Fit” Learn more about the podcast and the Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation at www.haas.org/culture-kit. *The Culture Kit with Jenny & Sameer is a production of Haas School of Business and is produced by University FM.* Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.