Culture survey - metaphors

[Esther Ewing]

I love that, Jon. Thank you.

Hallo  all
 
I take the  view that culture is not something you can measure in any kind of 
a numeric  way - to do so creates spurious statistical results as well trying 
to number  something which cannot be counted. (On a scale of 1 to 100 - how 
beautiful is  that tree?)
 
So what I  have done in the past is ask people to produce metaphors /  
analogies:
 
Using post-it notes – ask everyone to think  of a metaphor for the x 
organisation – giving  two eg:
The x organisation is like a  butterfly – because it looks great but it flits 
from one  thing to another
Or
The x organisation is like a well  oiled machine – because it works hard and 
coherently  generating positive energy for its stakeholders 
Post up the metaphors in two places for everyone to  read
Allow people  to say what this says about the culture of the  organisation
 
Hope this helps  the debate
 
Jon



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