The Culture Kit with Jenny & Sameer

By: Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation
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  • The world of work is a work in progress, from keeping remote teams engaged to integrating new AI tools to fostering feelings of belonging among all employees. UC Berkeley Haas Professors Jenny Chatman and Sameer Srivastava—experts who have dedicated their careers to studying and advancing workplace culture—answer questions about the most vexing problems your organization is struggling with today. Jenny & Sameer share insights and tools based on evidence from the latest research, and offer concrete steps you can take to fix your company’s culture. Listen and subscribe to The Culture Kit with Jenny & Sameer wherever you get your podcasts. The Culture Kit with Jenny & Sameer is produced by UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and Professors.fm.
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  • How to Use Art to Build A Culture of Innovation

    How to Use Art to Build A Culture of Innovation
    Dec 10 2024

    How can artistic thinking and practices foster a healthier and more effective organizational culture?

    On this episode of The Culture Kit, hosts Jenny Chatman and Sameer Srivastava host a panel of four experts to discuss using art in the workplace to unleash a team’s creativity and innovation—regardless of the industry.

    From Google’s art-infused Quantum AI Computing Lab to new methods of teaching, the discussion revolves around the profound impact of integrating art into business, the role of AI in creative processes, and practical advice for overcoming resistance from those who don’t understand the value of the sometimes-messy creative process.

    Panelists:

    Erik Lucero leads the Google AI Quantum lab. He believes in the deep relationship between art, beauty, and the ability to innovate. Erik brought art into his new lab for the sole purpose of inspiring creativity in the team.

    Forest Stearns is the Principal Artist and co-founder of the Artist-in-Residence program at the Google AI Quantum project.

    Nir Hindie founded The Artian, a training company committed to nurturing an artistic mindset in the business environment. He’s a relentless advocate for the connections between artistic talent and business entrepreneurship as two areas that fuel each other.

    Léo Boussioux is an assistant professor of Information Systems at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. He’s passionate about the transformative power of AI in art and creativity, and believes that we all have an artist within waiting to be unleashed.

    This episode is based on the CultureXChange forum “Finding the Synergy between Art, Creativity, and Innovation” held on December 2, 2024 by the Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation. Learn more.

    Show Links:
    • Why Google transformed a quantum computing lab into an artistic oasis, by Mike Cerre, PBS News, January 10, 2024: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-google-transformed-a-quantum-computing-lab-into-an-artistic-oasis
    • DRAWEVERYWHERE PRESENTS: Quantum A.I. Artist in Residence, video by Filmmaker in Residence J.D.Brynn / Cinedata (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCWTO8YX2uQ
    • Quantum Computing Inches Closer to Reality with Another Google Breakthrough, The New York Times, December 9, 2024: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/technology/google-quantum-computing.html
    • Forest Stearns - DRAWEVERYWHERE: https://www.draweverywhere.com/
    • Léo Boussioux’s website: https://www.leobix.us/
    • The Artian website: https://theartian.com/

    Do you have a vexing question about work that you want Jenny and Sameer to answer? Submit your “Fixit Ticket!”

    Learn more about the podcast and the Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation at www.haas.org/culture-kit.

    *The Culture Kit with Jenny & Sameer is a production of UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and the Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation. It is produced by University FM.*
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    46 mins
  • How to Combat the Hidden Gender Biases that Can Make Your Culture Unfriendly to Women

    How to Combat the Hidden Gender Biases that Can Make Your Culture Unfriendly to Women
    Nov 12 2024
    Despite efforts to eliminate gender bias at work, women still face barriers their male colleagues don’t. How can companies today identify whether gender bias has crept into their organization and create cultures that are supportive of women?On this episode of The Culture Kit, hosts Jenny Chatman and Sameer Srivastava are joined by Laura Kray, a professor at Berkeley Haas and the faculty director of the Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership. Laura has been studying the psychological barriers that hold women back at work for decades. Her work sheds light on the hidden biases that persist today. Jenny, Sameer, and Laura chat about the perceived differences between male and female leaders in terms of power versus status, as well as how age plays into how women are perceived. Laura discusses her research debunking the notion that pay disparities between men and women come from differences in negotiation skills and shares strategies for business leaders to uncover and correct inequities. 3 Main Takeaways from Jenny & Sameer’s interview with Laura Kray:Be open minded to the possibility that gender bias may have crept into your company’s culture. Engage in systematic tracking and auditing of things like pay and performance reviews and adopt a data-driven approach to correcting inequities. Be a confronter rather than a bystander. You don’t need to be at the top of an organization to inspire change..Show Links:Laura Kray’s faculty profile at the Haas School of Business, UC BerkeleyCenter for Equity, Gender and Leadership at Berkeley HaasNot All Powerful People Are Created Equal: An Examination of Gender and Pathways to Social Hierarchy Through the Lens of Social Cognition, by Charlotte Townsend, Sonya Mishra, and Laura J. Kray. Psychological ScienceFrom politicians to pop stars to professionals, gender stereotypes shape how we view power and status, Haas NewsA gender gap in managerial span of control: Implications for the gender pay gap, by Maragaret Lee and Laura J. Kray, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision ProcessesThe pay gap for women starts with a responsibility gap, by Laura Kray and Margaret Lee, The Wall Street JournalNow, women do ask: A call to update beliefs about the gender pay gap, by Laura J. Kray, Jessica A. Kennedy and Margaret Lee, Academy of Management DiscoveriesNew research shatters outdated pay-gap myth that women don’t negotiate, by Laura Counts, 2024Agentic but not warm: Age-gender interactions and the consequences of stereotype incongruity perceptions for middle-aged professional women, by Jennifer A. Chatman, Daron Sharps, Sonya Mishra, Laura J. Kray, Michael S. North. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision ProcessesCreativity from constraint? How the political correctness norm influences creativity in mixed-sex work groups, by Jack A. Goncalo, Jennifer A. Chatman, Michelle M. Duguid, and Jessica A. Kennedy, Administrative Science QuarterlyCultures of Genius at Work: Organizational Mindsets Predict Cultural Norms, Trust, and Commitment, by Elizabeth A. Canning, Mary C. Murphy, Katherine T. U. Emerson, Jennifer A. Chatman, Carol S. Dweck, and Laura J. Kray, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Do you have a vexing question about work that you want Jenny and Sameer to answer? Submit your “Fixit Ticket!” Learn more about the podcast and the Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation at www.haas.org/culture-kit. *The Culture Kit with Jenny & Sameer is a production of UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and the Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation. It is produced by University FM.*
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    23 mins
  • How Tribal Instincts Can Bring People Together

    How Tribal Instincts Can Bring People Together
    Oct 29 2024

    “Tribalism” has a generally negative reputation these days. It’s often used to refer to an us-versus-them mentality, or a culture that’s divisive and exclusionary. But that perception, according to cultural psychologist Michael Morris, “could not be more inaccurate as a description of what human tribal instincts are. They're instincts for solidarity, not for hostility.”

    On this episode of The Culture Kit, hosts Jenny Chatman and Sameer Srviastava interview Michael Morris, a professor at Columbia Business School, about his new book Tribal: How the Cultural Instincts That Divide Us Can Help Bring Us Together.

    Jenny, Sameer, and Michael discuss how tribal instincts allowed humans to break away from the primate back, and how these deeply ingrained instincts show up in organizations today. They also delve into modern and historical examples of leaders utilizing tribalism to adapt culture and even heal rifts.

    3 Main Takeaways from Jenny & Sameer’s interview with Michael Morris:

    Leaders can recognize and harness the three main types of tribal psychology:

    1. The Peer Code – This is the impulse to match the behavior of the people around us.These norms allow for the smooth functioning of human interaction and are the basis for collaboration.
    2. The Hero Code – This is the emulation of those with status or prestige. This instinct is triggered by symbols.
    3. The Ancestor Code – This is the curiosity and urge to maintain the traditions and customs of past generations. This instinct is triggered by ceremonies and rituals.
    Show Links:
    • Tribal: How the Cultural Instincts That Divide Us Can Help Bring Us Together, by Michael Morris
    • Michael Morris’ Website
    • “A Language-Based Method for Assessing Symbolic Boundary Maintenance between Social Groups.” By Anjali Bhatt, Amir Goldberg, and Sameer B. Srivastava. Sociological Methods & Research, 2022.
    • “Two-Sided Cultural Fit: The Differing Behavioral Consequences of Cultural Congruence Based on Values Versus Perceptions.” By Richard Lu, Jennifer A. Chatman, Amir Goldberg, and Sameer B. Srivastava. Organization Science, 2024.
    • 2025 Culture Connect Conference, Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation

    Do you have a vexing question about work that you want Jenny and Sameer to answer? Submit your “Fixit Ticket!”

    Learn more about the podcast and the Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation at www.haas.org/culture-kit.

    *The Culture Kit with Jenny & Sameer is a production of UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and the Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation. It is produced by University FM.*
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    28 mins

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