Edgar ScheinOrganizational Culture and Leadership, 1985
A pattern of shared basic assumptions a group learned while solving problems of external adaptation and internal integration — taught to new members as the correct way to perceive, think and feel.
Charles HandyGods of Management, 1978
Culture comes in identifiable types — power, role, task and person cultures — each shaping how decisions, influence and work actually flow.
Peter Drucker (attributed)Widely attributed aphorism
Culture eats strategy for breakfast — however brilliant the plan, the shared habits of the organisation decide what actually gets executed.
The EclipseFrontiers® LensCulture is the strategy your people run when nobody is watching.