Best Books on Driving Human-Centric Culture

By Despina Wilson CEOWorld Magazine

Culture is at the heart of many of the challenges that organizations, and society as a whole, face. Creating a human-centric culture has the power to inspire and unite us in the service of common goals. These five books explore the ways in which culture affects us all, and how to go about redefining and building culture so that it puts the well-being of individuals front and center.

In his new book, If Your Culture Could Talk – A Story About Culture Change, author Thomas R. Krause

In her book, The Power of Culture, author and organizational psychologist Laura Hamill

Shuaib Ahmed, in his book, Personal Business: Using the ASA Way to Build an Inspired, Purposeful Team, 

Veteran negotiator Cash Nickerson’s The Seven Tensions of Negotiation 

In George E. Danis’s memoir, Go Far, Give Back, Live Greek, he draws on lessons learned through his personal rags to riches story as an ambitious young Greek who immigrates to America in search of a more promising future. Hard work and tireless ambition led him to achieve enormous success, yet he also came to recognize the ways in which American culture hasn’t lived up to its full potential. He encourages us to “live Greek” — which he says “isn’t a matter of how much olive oil you put on your salad or the type of feta cheese you eat. It’s about people. Living Greek means learning to see the value of community. It means helping your neighbors, offering your support to people who need it, and realizing the responsibility that lies on us all.” Danis entreats us to engage with each other and our communities in such a way that we create a culture where everyone is invested in winning together.

We all need to be thoughtful and intentional about the cultures we are a part of and that we all help to create. It’s time to reject organizational and societal cultures that serve only to oppress, and to usher in values-driven and human-centric cultures that enable everyone to thrive.

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