People Problem or a Culture System Problem?

Many companies say people are their greatest asset. Then hire mostly for skills, urgency, and short-term delivery. And later act surprised by friction: • Brilliant people who are hard to collaborate with • Knowledge hoarding • Free-riding or disengagement • Misaligned motivations (team mission vs personal incentives) • “Heroes” who solve problems but weaken the system around them Often these get treated as individual performance problems. But often they are culture problems. Culture is not the v