This book, the first of its kind to treat workplace culture as a garden rather than a construction project, offers a proven framework that transforms toxic environments into thriving ecosystems where all talent thrives.
Organizations fail when they treat their culture as a construction project, while they thrive when they treat it as a garden, creating the conditions for growth rather than engineering behavior through rigid plans.Award-winning consultant Abby Adamson presents the SERN™ (Soil, Exposure, Roots, Nutrients) framework to guide sustainable cultural transformation. Drawing on her experience working with international clients including Spotify, Sony Music and Match Group, Abby explains how to:Identifying and cleansing the toxic organizational foundations of the soil, exposing those who monopolize the light while others wither in the shadows, strengthening the root networks where true culture lives, and distributing the nutrients people actually need to grow and thrive.
Unlike traditional culture initiatives, which focus on compliance and compliance, this framework reveals why costly transformation efforts continue to fail and how to spot the “nutrient suckers” who are draining your best employees.This guide offers a sustainable alternative for C-suite leaders, CEOs, people managers, and anyone who has ever felt invisible at work: treating culture as a living ecosystem that requires ongoing nurturing, not a one-time solution.
