Ed Schein, now retired from the MIT School of Management, taught that a group’s culture can be studied in three ways: by looking at its “artifacts,” such as physical space and behaviors; by surveying the beliefs and values espoused by group members; or by digging deeper into the underlying assumptions behind those values.37 It’s natural to look at Google and focus on the physical spaces: the nap pods for catching a quick snooze or the slides connecting floors. As Adam Grant of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and its youngest-ever tenured professor told me: “People interpret
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