ALEX BAILEY is a leader in human-centered organizational transformation and leadership development. She is a multi-award-winning psychologist, business owner, and executive advisor who works with senior leaders navigating the human realities of power, pressure, and change. With over two decades of experience at the board and executive levels across all industries and markets both private and public sector in all regions of the world, Bailey brings evidence-based organizational psychology to leadership and decision-making in complex, high-stakes environments across business and government.

KERRI O'NEILL is a Chief People Officer, board strategist, author and qualified executive coach. She is a global expert in optimizing organizations through culture, talent, and large-scale technology-driven transformation. She created the UK's online safety regulatory capability from scratch, led 12,000 people through one of the most public corporate collapses of recent years, and built one of the FTSE 100's earliest People Analytics functions. Kerri is Chief People Officer at Ipsos UK & Ireland and its Global AI Workforce Transformation Lead, sits on the UK CIPD AI Advisory Board, is named one of HR's 30 Most Influential Leaders, and is a Trustee and Honorary Officer of Oxfam GB.

Foreword xv

Introduction 1

PART I Why Rapid Reculturing? 15

Chapter 1 Facing the Truth About Where We Are 21
Chapter 2 Why Organizations Are Failing to Shape Culture 31
Chapter 3 What Reculturing Could Do for Us 47

PART II Rapid Reculturing Explained 63

Chapter 4 Introducing Three Zones and Four Drivers 65
Chapter 5 Reculturing Driver 1: Activating Shared Purpose 71
Chapter 6 Reculturing Driver 2: Mindsets as a New Approach to Defining Culture 93
Chapter 7 Reculturing Driver 3: Use Energy to Assess Cultural Health 115
Chapter 8 Reculturing Driver 4: Human Connection in Any Setting 133

PART III How to Reculture at Pace and Scale 153

Chapter 9 Armoring 155
Chapter 10 Awareness (Building) 171
Chapter 11 Alliances 193
Chapter 12 Acceleration 217
Chapter 13 Attention 233

Conclusion: Rapid Reculturing at Pace and Scale 247
References 251
Acknowledgments 263
About the Authors 265
Index 269