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What You Do Is Who You Are

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What’s it about?

Your company's culture isn't what you say—it's what you do. Ben Horowitz shows how decisions, actions, and stories shape who you are, drawing on leaders from Toussaint Louverture to Genghis Khan.

You’ll learn

  • Culture is what you do, not what you say
  • Use shocking rules to signal core values
  • Change culture by changing decisions and people
  • Scale culture with systems and rituals