According to this article, "there are three elements to a culture: behaviors, systems, and practices, all guided by an overarching set of values." Issues arise when there are gaps between them, for example, "Maybe your company tells people to be consensus-builders, but promotes people who are solely authoritative decision makers (behavior-practices gap)." What I like about this characterization is that members of the culture don't need to share an objective, a common language, set of beliefs, or single ethic - the culture is built on actions, not attitudes. Behaviors, systems, and practices are all about how to interact, not how to think or believe. Maybe that wasn't the intent of the article, but that is the outcome.
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