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You can now find our library of culture tools & session playbacks inside the

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Explore our latest blogs and articles using the categories below:

Simplifying Culture

Move culture from fuzzy to focused with tools to simplify.

Hear how people feel (HABIT step 1)

Learn how to evaluate your culture & win stakeholder support.

Integrate it daily (HABIT step 4)

Pinpoint moments & skills to ensure leaders & managers bring culture to life.

Culture Stories

Insights & inspiration from workplaces around the world.

Align on the future (HABIT step 2)

Pick the best direction to fuel sustainable growth for your culture & business.

Trust & evolve
(HABIT step 5)

Culture is never done! Tools to help measure & improve your culture.

Culture Habits

Small practices with BIG impact. Pick-up & use habits to nudge towards growth.

Build the behaviours (HABIT step 3)

Clearly define and turn desired behaviours into everyday reality.

Culture Skills

Resources and practices to keep your culture skills sharp!

Where do you even start with culture?

Image of Grand Prix race by Thierry Carpico from Pexels If we’re honest, this is where most people get stuck. You know culture matters. You can see the impact it has on performance, energy, and retention. You’ve likely invested time and effort into trying to improve it. And yet, when it comes to shaping it in a deliberate way, it can feel too big, too abstract, and too complex to really get your arms around. So, despite the best intentions, very little actually shifts.

Simplifying culture

Make It Human

Mar 233 min read

How to Restore Momentum in a Permission-Based Culture

Image from Canva The second most common culture archetype emerging from the Growth Cultures Insight Report is "Permission-Based". When workplaces get stuck in permission loops. This pattern showed up repeatedly across 4,000+ employee reviews from top-rated UK organisations — particularly in highly regulated, hierarchical and service-led environments On the surface, these organisations look healthy. They’re professional. Measured. Respectful. Clear about roles and stand

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Make It Human

Feb 134 min read

The Insights Are Clear. What You Do Next Is What Matters.

Image from Wix Images Over the past few weeks, many of you have explored the Growth Cultures Insight Report and joined the conversation in our webinar. What emerged from analysing 4,000+ real employee experiences wasn’t just a list of challenges — it was a clear contrast. Across workplaces today many are experiencing: Rising workload and pressure Slower decisions and blurred ownership Creeping confusion around priorities and fairness But the best workplaces stand out be

Simplifying culture

Make It Human

Feb 61 min read

From fuzzy to focused: a simple way to start shaping your culture

Image created with AI by Make It Human Most leaders know culture matters. They can feel it in how meetings run, how decisions get made, and how people show up. When culture works, energy flows. When it doesn’t, progress slows — even when the strategy is sound. And yet, culture often feels too big, too fuzzy, and too hard to influence deliberately. So it stays in the “important but unclear” category. Culture doesn’t need fixing — it needs focusing One of the biggest

Simplifying culture

Make It Human

Jan 12 min read

How Leaders Shape Growth Cultures (One Small Habit at a Time)

Image from Make It Human Webinar Nov 2025: From Fuzzy to Fuel: A Practical Formula for Culture-Driven Growth If you ask most leaders what they want, the answer is simple: better culture, clearer alignment, stronger performance. But ask what they’re doing to get there… and the answers get vague. It was a pleasure to host our recent “From Fuzzy to Fuel” webinar, where participants shared the same sentiment, no matter their role or industry: Culture matters deeply — yet it

Culture Habits

Sarah McLellan

Nov 13, 20253 min read

Fuzzy to Fuel: Make Culture Your Growth Engine 🚀

Image created by Make It Human Emma’s start to the week follows a similar pattern. Every Monday morning, she opens her laptop determined to “do something about culture.” As the CPO of a fast-scaling tech company, she can feel the invisible drag setting in. The organisation is growing fast — but something beneath the surface is starting to fray. The team is talented. The product is strong. But conversations feel heavier. Decisions take longer. That early buzz of energy and

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Sarah McLellan

Nov 3, 20254 min read

Blogs & insights

​Explore our latest blogs and articles using the categories below:

Simplifying Culture

Hear how people feel (HABIT step 1)

Integrate it daily (HABIT step 4)

Culture Stories

Align on the future (HABIT step 2)

Trust & evolve (HABIT step 5)

Culture Habits

Build the behaviours (HABIT step 3)

Culture Skills

Where do you even start with culture?

How to Restore Momentum in a Permission-Based Culture

The Insights Are Clear. What You Do Next Is What Matters.

From fuzzy to focused: a simple way to start shaping your culture

How Leaders Shape Growth Cultures (One Small Habit at a Time)

Fuzzy to Fuel: Make Culture Your Growth Engine 🚀

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Explore our latest blogs and articles using the categories below:

Trust & evolve
(HABIT step 5)