Explaining the culture model

Aspects to improve our health

If we want to improve our health, we tend to look at it from four different perspectives, where we might say...

All perspectives are correct and add to our health status. But none of them alone will keep us healthy long-term. We need to consider the whole system for sustainable impact.

Aspects to improve our IKEA cultural health
If we want to strengthen the health of our IKEA culture, we can in the same way look at it from these four perspectives. We might say that we will get a stronger IKEA culture when…

These perspectives can be summarised into four words:

But, this is not enough for a stronger IKEA culture. We also need to add our IKEA values, serving as our IKEA cultural heart, engine and compass.

Defining the parts

In summary, the parts are:

• Values – our way of being as individuals and what we personally value in life

• Behaviours – our way of doing things as individuals

• Culture – our way of being as a group, our spirit

• Structure – our formal ways to work, lead and organise

• IKEA key values – our IKEA cultural heart, engine and compass

Find out more about each part

Connecting the parts

These parts are all interconnected. That is, if we invest in one part, it will positively influence the other parts. And if we neglect one part, it will negatively influence the others. It's an eco-system.

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