Dr David White - Author of "Disrupting Corporate Culture"

<p>Episode 132 of the<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/debora-mackenzie-author-covid-19-pandemic-that-never/id1478928900?i=1000499754243" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> </a>Business Bookshelf - Dr David White - Author of "Disrupting Corporate Culture"&nbsp;</p> <p>Today our guest is Dr David White.</p> <p>David is a partner and co-founder of <a href="https://ontosglobal.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><u>Ontos Global</u></a>, and a cognitive anthropologist focusing on new approaches to organizational culture and change based on the emerging science of the cultural mind. At Ontos Global he helps organizations manage and sustain transformation.</p> <p>David is the author of “Disrupting Corporate Culture: How Cognitive Science Alters Accepted Beliefs About Culture and Culture Change and Its Impact on Leaders and Change Agents”. &nbsp;This book bridges the gap between the latest research on cognitive science and culture, providing a valuable guide for change leaders, CEOs, and practitioners on how to sustainably work with and change this important resource.</p> <p>It answers many of the major questions that have plagued culture work, such as:</p> <ul> <li>Why so many CEOs and management consultants preach culture change when so few culture interventions actually succeed<br> </li> <li>Why CEOs persist in believing "culture starts at the top" when virtually no research in anthropology supports that claim<br> </li> <li>Why most culture shaping approaches have no answer for how to affect culture in global companies<br> </li> <li>Why culture doesn’t cause us to do anything, yet we persist in believing that somehow it does<br> </li> <li>Why so many culture-shaping projects focus on corporate values despite the fact modern science shows why changing personal values is exceedingly difficult.<br> </li> </ul> <p>The book can be purchased<a href="https://amzn.to/31DcBPW" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> <u>here</u></a>.</p> <p>The website for ONTOS Global can be found here - www.ontosglobal.com.</p> <p