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What 144 people revealed about the culture of an agribusiness plant

An industrial plant of a large agribusiness and food multinational assessed, with all its people, the culture it has today, the culture it wants and its innovation culture.

Large multinationalAgribusiness and foodIndustrial plant
144people in the cultural profile
133people in the innovation culture
+7%innovation culture net balance
2combined instruments
Finding 1

People want less hierarchy and more collaboration

CollaborationInnovationResultsHierarchyCurrent cultureDesired culture
Collaboration is the biggest desired change

The clan culture, of collaboration and people development, rises 5.1 points between what exists today and what people want.

Hierarchy is what should decrease most

Control and procedures fall 4.4 points. The plant asks for more autonomy, without giving up operational discipline.

CultureCurrentDesiredChange
Collaboration (clan)29,734,8+5,1
Innovation (adhocracy)19,822,8+3,0
Results (market)23,820,1-3,7
Hierarchy26,822,4-4,4

Cultural profile in points, adding up to 100.

Finding 2

A favorable base, but divided

How people rate innovation practices

38,5%31,0%30,5%Strongly agreeNeutralDisagree

Innovation culture net balance: those who strongly agree minus those who disagree. Result: +8 points, presented in the report as +7%.

Six dimensions of innovation culture

Values76,3Behaviors74,0Leadership75,6Processes69,2Resources70,0Results77,5

Index from 0 to 100. Processes is the lowest dimension, highlighted.

Finding 3

Those who lead see the culture more critically

Teams115 people74,6Coordination12 people71,6Leadership6 people · management and executives61,9
The gap is 12.7 points

Leadership gives lower scores than the teams. It is a sign of high standards, and also that the two views need to be discussed before defining the plan.

Processes is the lever

With processes as the lowest dimension, the natural first step is to give ideas method and routine: how they come in, are evaluated and become projects.

Real project data, presented in aggregated and anonymous form. No person or company is identified.

How it was done

The project path

  1. Design

    Choice of instruments: current and desired cultural profile and innovation culture.

  2. Data collection

    Online, anonymous questionnaire for the plant's people, across all areas and levels.

  3. Analysis

    Indices, cultural profile, breakdowns by area and level and reading of the comments.

  4. Report

    Complete report with the findings and suggested priorities.

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