It's Always About the Culture

As part of National Work and Family Month, I was invited to contribute to a series of blog posts over at The Huffington Post.  My thoughts begin around the idea of culture, in our households, our workplaces and in our nations.  Last weekend I attended a retreat with The Power of Moms, where we spent a great deal of time talking about consciously choosing and creating a family culture.  It has to be a deliberate act, not something that just happens.  I will be writing about the things I learned next week.  But in the meantime, my piece went up earlier today and I wanted to share it with you.

"Do you want to have equality in your parenting and household management? No prizes for guessing, but it's grounded in the family cultures you came from and the one you're creating now. What about company work flexibility practices that are stated as policy on the outside but rarely happen on the inside, or least not consistently? Culture again. What about having a country that can wrap its collective head around non-linear, non-hierarchical, post-industrial age work practices, acknowledging human capital as human beings? It's always about the culture..."

(For the rest, link to my Huffington Post piece here)

I would love your comments on culture at all of these levels, either here or over at Huffington Post.  How do you go about the deliberate creation of a culture?  How do you involve your children, your employees, your constituents?

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