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Entrepreneurship
4 Ways Culture Affects Our Ability to Create
Research has shown that different cultures shape the way people think about entrepreneurship. In some places, entrepreneurship is booming, and everyone is trying to start a startup (Silicon Valley). In other places, it is hard to start anything, and many ideas come to nothing (Colombia).
A common misconception about startups is that it needs to be perfect the first time. But most great companies started with a small and low-cost solution they could get feedback on.
We live in a world with more enablers to help us produce great ideas than ideas themselves. The enablers include tools, services, courses and powerful technologies that can all empower us to create.
However, I have found that enablers are only part of the story. We must have the right culture to empower entrepreneurial behaviour. So, here are four ways negative culture impacts our ability to innovate and pursue ideas.
Culture & Our Response to Failure
In high-performance cultures, being seen as a failure is the last thing we want to do. We would feel embarrassed and less than those around us. Unfortunately, we are starting to build a high-performance culture that is leading to unrealistic expectations of people.
