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Effective Company Cultures are Vital<\/h2>\n

\"Think<\/a>Building effective company cultures are vital, particularly in success over a long-term and in the creation of \u00a0longstanding, defensible moats of competitive advantage.\u00a0 I enjoy writing about company cultures because they are so important to a company’s success, but also because they are great fun when done well.<\/p>\n

As Charlie Munger often says, it is often helpful to think about the opposite of what you are trying to accomplish, or “Invert, always invert.”\u00a0 Donald Keough did this in his book The Ten Commandments of Company Failure<\/a> that described ten things sure to make your company fail.\u00a0 I referred to a story from that book in this blog post about a perfect financial structure for a company<\/a>.\u00a0 When creating effective company cultures, it is helpful to think about what one would do if you were trying to create a very poor company culture.<\/p>\n

Enemies of Effective Company Cultures<\/h2>\n

I was reminded of this when learning about a book by James Heskett titled The Culture Cycle<\/a>.\u00a0 Mr. Heskett writes about things that are the enemy of effective company cultures:<\/p>\n