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The culture delusion

by Michael Henderson
Indian Management March 2026

MYTH 1: Culture is your values, mission, and purpose statements.
MYTH 2: Engagement scores tell you how healthy your culture is.
MYTH 3: Culture is owned by HR.
MYTH 4: Strong cultures should be unified and consistent everywhere.
MYTH 5: Culture is soft, secondary, and separate from performance.

Michael Henderson is the author of The culture delusion

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