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care how the outcome comes. Like, if I trust
but my company culture is to establish that, you, but you don’t really care about the outcome,
although we’re completely decentralized and I can’t trust you.
we all use different currencies, we have a If you say, “I’ll try,” there’s no trust in it. „I’ll try
human side and can talk to each other about my best and really care... I’m going to do it”,
these things. that’s different. That’s caring, and that’s really
In the organization, it’s very funny... what we’re creating:
Recently, I started working with them, and the A community of caring, and a community
question was: how do I treat joint ownership that recognizes this fundamental thing of de-
between us? centralization. The fundamental thing is we
I don’t want to own this thing all by myself, you are not individuals, and our actions towards
guys have a stake in it, so let’s figure out how others are actions towards ourselves. I’m not
to create joint ownership. It’s a joint discus- going to say our actions towards others affect
sion. One of the people said, I think I’m really us. That’s not correct.
good at pricing models, and the other person Our actions towards others are our actions to-
said, I think I’m good at marketing. wards ourselves. If I say, „you are such a jerk”,
We all have different talents which we should I immediately feel an effect. And, if I say, „oh
use to expand the business together. my gosh, you look amazing”, I feel an effect.
So, I walk the walk. We’re creating a new culture. It’s not something that happens later. It’s not
That’s what this is about. At the Pillar Uncon- a consequence, it’s not like I made humanity
ference, where we’re talking right now, the better or worse and then later, when you’re angry,
best thing is that it’s a whole week. Who the yell at somebody. No, it’s at that moment. So,
heck goes to a week-long conference at a our recognition of our behavior towards others
golf resort, right? is at that very moment affecting ourselves.
next day too. You can make a corporate decision that you
know is going to pollute the water, and you
don’t feel it.
This is creating you being a numb human
being. You are creating yourself as a numb
human being who will be able to do more
and more unethical things.
You created a culture and a feeling of com- In that moment, you’re creating a numb per-
munity. son for yourself. It’s not a later effect because,
There are business communities. We’re all we all say what comes around goes around,
part of professional organizations, and there’s it’s not going around. It’s there now.
a very professional way of dealing with that. Then, you live a numb life and wonder why
„How’s business going, Jack?”... „Oh, great!” your wife is cheating on you or, you probably
That’s not what this looks like. This looks like don’t notice.
we care. It’ a community of caring. When we That’s the first thing about our new set of or-
talk about trust, which we talk about a lot, ca- ganizing principles. The new set of organizing
ring is a very big part of that. principles has to take into account that we’re
You can’t trust somebody who doesn’t really cells in a body.
I don’t think any of us play golf. I’m sure some-
body did, but we all just sat around and talked
like this.
There were a lot of sessions, and there’s a
lot going on, but mostly it’s about creating a
group of people that you eat lunch with the
We don’t all come from the same countries