Organizational Culture

In his essay, Hridaykant Dewan alerts us to the various nuances and factors that go into making an organization’s culture.

In the piece titled ‘What is Capacity and How to Build It’ we learn about audio-visual resources about the capacity building journeys of three Resource Organizations from Wipro Foundation’s Partners’ Network that can aid us in our practice.

In her article, Sujatha Rao discusses the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) – an assessment tool – that can help us figure out our value drivers and behavioral choices and how we can create paths for going forward as organizations.

In this issue, you’ll read an interview with Jodo Gyan, an organization that has resolutely remained focused, from the beginning of its existence, on creating an inclusive work culture based on equity, transparency, and consultation.

We also carry an introduction to the book ‘Reinventing Organizations’ by Frederic Laloux that some people believe is a foundational text of a new global movement for creating soulful, humane, and egalitarian organizations.

The ‘Ground Zero’ piece focuses on how organizations are rising to the challenges of creating an effective and inclusive internal culture by deploying plural and informal means.