Culturebie

My last two weeks were full of connecting with amazing people, listening to inspiring stories, and feeling a ton of gratitude! As part of the Women in Tech event at #a2Tech360, I joined a panel with Ylondia Portis, Christa Chambers-Price, and Jasmine Burns to talk about making mid-career pivots and the value of community support. The wisdom shared by my fellow panelists and in the other two panels featuring Maria Thompson, Cynthia Wilbanks, Alison Todak, Khalilah Burt Gaston, Kelly LaPierre, Ashanté Clemons, and Sonya Callahan will stay with me forever! A big thank you to Jennifer Hayman at Ann Arbor SPARK for creating this platform. Next, my fellow entrepreneurs Jessica Willis, Irene Liu, Sarah Beatty, Kaleena Eugene-Louis and I sat down for the #founders panel led by Alison Todak at #MITechWeek to trade founder stories, challenges, and hacks. Thank you to Michigan Founders Fund, Femology and Shine & Rise for bringing us all together, for the brilliant discussion Meagan Ward led with Melissa Butler, and for the impactful panel led by Kristina Oberly with the investors/startup ecosystem leaders. The grit and resilience among the Michigan founders community was palpable, and I'm so proud to be part of it! Last but not the least, it was SO good to meet friends and mentors - shout out to all of you for the little nudges (and sometimes big pushes ??) , your advice, and really for just being there!!! Amanda Lewan, Britany Affolter-Caine, Christina Fair, Diana Callaghan, Jennifer Olmstead, Lauren Bigelow, PhD Lisa Katz, Lindsey Kilbride, Lee Gorman, and Melanie de Vries. Seriously, you guys inspire me to give back every moment, every day!

Today's #a2Tech360 event, Invest360, brought together the region's best and brightest in tech innovation to pitch their ideas to a room full of peers and a panel of judges. Congratulations to this year's winners who each took home a $50k check! IT: Culturebie Mobility: Electric Outdoors Healthcare: Decimal Code In addition to their $50K earnings, Decimal Code was awarded the People's Choice Winner, earning them a total prize of $100,000!

We were thrilled to see that our founder Jasmit Kaur was just named one of 26 "top women to know in Midwest tech" by Purpose Jobs. We're biased, but we couldn't agree more! Jas "walks the talk" as a leader of a people analytics software company -- putting people she works with above all else. She motivates those around her to bridge the gap between employee experience initiatives and real business outcomes. Check out why she and the other women were selected here: https://lnkd.in/eD7y_kD6

An oldie, but goodie. We love this article from Harvard Business Review, which examines disconnects between actual and perceived strategic alignment throughout various levels of a business. The authors give great advice about how to best foster alignment, including weaving strategy into employees’ daily work, focusing strategy on driving customer value, and our personal favorite: implementing strategy through conversation – not through top-down orders. In the article, former Global Head and SVP - Energy & Resources at Sodexo Maggie Seeliger, MBA shared her experience: “Listening — not talking — to employees was the key.” Strategy is not announced. It’s inclusive. Read more to learn how to successfully create and implement a business strategy successfully:?https://lnkd.in/gpnHBw7B

Our team is working with many business leaders who are grappling with this very subject! Kristi Hedges for Harvard Business Review takes a look at how "three years after the start of the pandemic...our collective trauma has impacted the psychology of work." Employees are looking more broadly and deeply at the question: "How do I fit life into work?" New times call for new approaches to motivate employees, and Kristi offers four strategies to do so in this article. https://lnkd.in/gFYa-T9U #employeeexperience

Hailing from Grand Rapids to Lansing to Ann Arbor, some of our team had the chance to get together IRL last night. We celebrated Culturebie-intern-turned-Library-of-Congress-fellow and MSU graduate (Emily Paterson, middle) and toasted a great first half of 2024. It was all over a four-hour, family-style dinner filled with laughter, a bit of dancing, and stories. ?? Shout out to Venue by 4M for hosting us! ?? Appreciation for Jeremy McMinis, Margarita Hernandez, PhD, Kristina Dimovski, SHRM-CP, and Kristine Nash-Wong, who also came out to celebrate Culturebie’s people and accomplishments — as they always do! ???? Huge thanks to our co-founder Jasmit Kaur for truly walking the Culturebie talk. She takes opportunities to celebrate big and small wins, intentionally connect team members, and publicly recognize the contributions of all of us. ?? Greta Bossenbroek Laura O'Connor Anthony Michael Bird

According to OSHA Safety Training Institute, 83% of US workers suffer from work-related stress. 54% of workers also report that their work stress then ends up impacting their home life. This excess stress can result in feelings of exhaustion and burnout, which reduce an employee’s overall productivity and efficiency. When an organization works remotely, it can be especially difficult for employers to detect these feelings of overwork and burnout. Check-ins are no longer as simple as a casual glance across your desk to see if a coworker seems harried or stressed. Instead, employee check-ins need to be consistent, strategic, and meaningful in these remote spaces. At Culturebie, we have the tools to discover what your employees are feeling, allowing us to pinpoint areas that need attention and ensure that their concerns about workload are brought to light.

We’re proud to share that Culturebie has been included on the Renaissance Venture Capital Spring 2024 Startup Hotlist! The Hotlist features some of the most promising early-stage companies in Michigan, based on hundreds of recommendations from VC funds, universities, accelerators, and angel networks.

Work-life balance after layoffs? That often means employees are trying to do more, with less. Hear what our CEO and Co-Founder Alex Simmons and Culturebie's Jasmit Kaur had to say on this topic, in a recent panel discussion with Hannah Slover of Purpose Jobs. As a preview… These are competing priorities that might require some support (hello, coaching) for and from immediate managers in order to enact true change. DM us for the full recording!

Meet the woman behind Culturebie's LinkedIn account and recent MSU graduate: Emily Paterson! ?? ???? For the past two years, Emily has been working with us as our marketing intern and content writer. She's the brains behind our posts, the eye behind our camera, and the editor behind our video clips. She's written several blogs and client case studies. Emily brings her problem-solving, "can do" attitude to every project and every meeting. She is a true joy to work with and embodies the culture of our company. We're immensely proud of her accomplishments, including her latest one as she readies to be a Junior Fellow for the Library of Congress. Please join us in congratulating Emily! ?? ?? ??