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Jillian Grennan

The Culture Gap

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Dorie Clark

David Sutherland

Carly Fiorina

Tom Schwab

Kwame Christian

Jesse Cole

Stanley McChrystal

Paul Smith

Steve Gordon

Dee Ann Turner

Grant Baldwin

Chris Tuff

Mike Brown

Jeff Davis

Ginger Hardage

OwlTail

What is the bottom-line value of a great (or not-so-great) company culture? Jillian Grennan, an associate professor of finance at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, shares the results of research that links culture to ethics, innovation, and market value.

What is the bottom-line value of a great (or not-so-great) company culture? Jillian Grennan, an associate professor of finance at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, shares the results of research that links culture to ethics, innovation, and market value.

Episode 28: Jillian Grennan: The Financial Value of Culture

Jillian Grennan is an academic with a specialty in corporate finance and she teaches at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. She has produced some incredible work about looking at and measuring corporate culture without even being inside the firm. She has done a lot of research on culture to try and understand the value added by culture for firms and also has a strong corporate background that lends itself to her areas of expertise.   In this episode of The Culture Gap — the second of two episodes featuring Jillian — she explains more about some of the foundational ideas of her research and what some of her colleagues are working on in the same field. She also shares some insights about why so many CEOs see culture as important yet the gap between what they see and what they make happen is vast, and her thoughts on the Me Too Movement and its impact on corporate culture. Welcome to The Culture Gap.   Key Takeaways: [:43] Daniel introduces his guest for this episode — Jillian Grennan. [1:26] Jillian explains more about the technology behind computational linguistics and how she applied it to bring data to life in her study of external culture measurement. [4:09] Daniel and Jillian discuss the gap between the values of the company that are proclaimed and what employees are really seeing as the values in the company. [7:01] Who are some of Jillian’s colleagues focused on this same area of study? How does their work tie in with hers? [11:13] Why do some CEOs not believe that having a healthy corporate culture is important, particularly when the evidence points to great benefits companies will reap from it? [14:50] You can study other cultures but you can’t import another culture into a firm. [16:27] What is Jillian’s perspective on not hiring based on culture fit to avoid creating a monolithic organization that is essentially an echo chamber? [19:34] What are Jillian’s thoughts on the Me Too Movement and how that plays into companies’ cultures? [23:47] Are there alternative models to the hierarchical pyramid structure that most companies tend to adopt and seems to be the tyranny of business? [27:29] If Jillian were asked to be the Chief Culture Officer at Nike, what would her advice be to the C-suite? [29:40] What research is Jillian working on next? [31:41] What advice would Jillian give her younger self, prior to starting her career?   Brought to You By: The Culture Gap Podcast THRUUE Podfly Productions   Learn more about: Jillian Grennan Jillian Grennan on LinkedIn Me Too Movement on Wikipedia  “The Economic Implications of Corporate Financial Reporting,” by John R. Graham, Campbell R. Harvey, and Shiva Rajgopal  “Corporate Culture: Evidence from the Field,” John R. Graham, Campbell R. Harvey, Jillian Popadak, and Shiva Rajgopal Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, by Adam Grant

Jillian Grennan is an academic with a specialty in corporate finance and she teaches at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. She has produced some incredible work about looking at and measuring corporate culture without even being inside the firm. She has done a lot of research on culture to try and understand the value added by culture for firms and also has a strong corporate background that lends itself to her areas of expertise. In this episode of The Culture Gap — the second of two episodes featuring Jillian — she explains more about some of the foundational ideas of her research and what some of her colleagues are working on in the same field. She also shares some insights about why so many CEOs see culture as important yet the gap between what they see and what they make happen is vast, and her thoughts on the Me Too Movement and its impact on corporate culture. Welcome to The Culture Gap. Key Takeaways: [:43] Daniel introduces his guest for this episode — Jillian Grennan. [1:26] Jillian explains more about the technology behind computational linguistics and how she applied it to bring data to life in her study of external culture measurement. [4:09] Daniel and Jillian discuss the gap between the values of the company that are proclaimed and what employees are really seeing as the values in the company. [7:01] Who are some of Jillian’s colleagues focused on this same area of study? How does their work tie in with hers? [11:13] Why do some CEOs not believe that having a healthy corporate culture is important, particularly when the evidence points to great benefits companies will reap from it? [14:50] You can study other cultures but you can’t import another culture into a firm. [16:27] What is Jillian’s perspective on not hiring based on culture fit to avoid creating a monolithic organization that is essentially an echo chamber? [19:34] What are Jillian’s thoughts on the Me Too Movement and how that plays into companies’ cultures? [23:47] Are there alternative models to the hierarchical pyramid structure that most companies tend to adopt and seems to be the tyranny of business? [27:29] If Jillian were asked to be the Chief Culture Officer at Nike, what would her advice be to the C-suite? [29:40] What research is Jillian working on next? [31:41] What advice would Jillian give her younger self, prior to starting her career? Brought to You By: <a href="http://www.culture-gap.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Culture Gap Podcast</a> <a href="http://www.thruue.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">THRUUE</a> <a href="http://www.podfly.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podfly Productions</a> Learn more about: <a href="https://www.fuqua.duke.edu/faculty/jillian-grennan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jillian Grennan</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillian-grennan-0331613/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jillian Grennan on LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_Too_movement" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Me Too Movement on Wikipedia</a> <a href="https://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/~charvey/Research/Working_Papers/W73_The_economic_implications.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> “The Economic Implications of Corporate Financial Reporting,” by John R. Graham, Campbell R. Harvey, and Shiva Rajgopal</a> <a href="https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/conference/2015/econ_culture/Graham_Harvey_Popadak_Rajgopal.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> “Corporate Culture: Evidence from the Field,” John R. Graham, Campbell R. Harvey, Jillian Popadak, and Shiva Rajgopal</a> <a href="http://www.adamgrant.net/originals" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, by Adam Grant</a>

Jillian Grennan, Assistant Professor of Finance, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University (Part 2 of 2)

Jillian Grennan is an academic with a specialty in corporate finance and she teaches at the Fuqua School of Business at the Duke University. She has produced some incredible work about looking at and measuring corporate culture without even being inside the firm. She has done a lot of research on culture to try and understand the value added by culture for firms and also has a strong corporate background that lends itself to her areas of expertise.   Economics, culture, culture measurement In this episode of The Culture Gap — the first of two episodes featuring Jillian — she shares more about why she approaches culture from the CFO’s perspective, rather than the CEO’s perspective. She also has some insights into how economics and mathematics contribute to culture and culture measurement, and about economics as a driving force in corporate culture. Jillian also discusses the topic of culture risk and the role of technology in shaping and driving culture in companies today. Welcome to The Culture Gap.   Key Takeaways: [:43] Daniel introduces his guest for this episode — Jillian Grennan. [1:29] Who is Jillian? [2:20] Jillian approaches culture from the CFO’s perspective, not the CEO’s perspective. Why is that? [4:09] What are some of Jillian’s personal values and how has her upbringing and background shaped them? [5:57] Why did Jillian choose economics and mathematics as her areas of study? [8:21] What is Jillian’s definition of corporate culture? What does it take for a person joining a new organization to fit in? [10:09] What is Jillian’s perspective about the levers of economics in driving corporate culture? [13:03] The topic of culture risk is very pertinent today. [16:55] A company’s culture is live on the internet right now. How much faith does Jillian have in data sets presented on the internet about companies?   Brought to You By: The Culture Gap Podcast THRUUE Podfly Productions   Learn more about: Jillian Grennan Jillian Grennan on LinkedIn

Jillian Grennan is an academic with a specialty in corporate finance and she teaches at the Fuqua School of Business at the Duke University. She has produced some incredible work about looking at and measuring corporate culture without even being inside the firm. She has done a lot of research on culture to try and understand the value added by culture for firms and also has a strong corporate background that lends itself to her areas of expertise. Economics, culture, culture measurement In this episode of The Culture Gap — the first of two episodes featuring Jillian — she shares more about why she approaches culture from the CFO’s perspective, rather than the CEO’s perspective. She also has some insights into how economics and mathematics contribute to culture and culture measurement, and about economics as a driving force in corporate culture. Jillian also discusses the topic of culture risk and the role of technology in shaping and driving culture in companies today. Welcome to The Culture Gap. Key Takeaways: [:43] Daniel introduces his guest for this episode — Jillian Grennan. [1:29] Who is Jillian? [2:20] Jillian approaches culture from the CFO’s perspective, not the CEO’s perspective. Why is that? [4:09] What are some of Jillian’s personal values and how has her upbringing and background shaped them? [5:57] Why did Jillian choose economics and mathematics as her areas of study? [8:21] What is Jillian’s definition of corporate culture? What does it take for a person joining a new organization to fit in? [10:09] What is Jillian’s perspective about the levers of economics in driving corporate culture? [13:03] The topic of culture risk is very pertinent today. [16:55] A company’s culture is live on the internet right now. How much faith does Jillian have in data sets presented on the internet about companies? Brought to You By: <a href="http://www.culture-gap.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Culture Gap Podcast</a> <a href="http://www.thruue.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">THRUUE</a> <a href="http://www.podfly.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podfly Productions</a> Learn more about: <a href="https://www.fuqua.duke.edu/faculty/jillian-grennan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jillian Grennan</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillian-grennan-0331613/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jillian Grennan on LinkedIn</a>