Bridgewater describes its Philosophy Statement as a constitution for creating a great idea meritocracy and states that an idea meritocracy is the best system for making effective decisions.

Bridgewater Idea Meritocracy

At Bridgewater, the CEO and leadership team are responsible for evolving the company's culture and underlying principles over time.

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Organizational cultures can be treated as something to improve rather than merely preserve. In Netflix's stated culture, every new employee helps shape how work is done by finding new ways to accomplish more together.

Organizational Cultures Change Over Time

Bridgewater Associates public culture pages describing idea meritocracy, transparency, debate, feedback, and inclusion. https://www.bridgewater.com/culture

Bridgewater Associates: Culture

Reduced face-to-face communication during the pandemic may have affected organizational cultures, made it harder for new members to adapt, and directly weakened cultures for existing employees.

Reduced Face Time Weakened Organizational Cultures During the Pandemic

Netflix describes its culture as something the company constantly seeks to improve rather than preserve. The memo also states that every new employee helps shape how Netflix works by finding new ways to accomplish more together.

Netflix Culture as Continuous Improvement

Leadership Responsibility for Evolving Bridgewater Culture

HubSpot says the Culture Code started as an internal document and was shared with the world because the company values transparency. HubSpot also says the Culture Code is a perpetual work in progress and that it has been updated more than 25 times.

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