Workplace culture is the set of practices created by its constituent members who coexist and work towards common objectives. It is shaped by the collective beliefs, values, personalities, interactions in the workplace. Workplace culture is a manifestation of the society in which it exists. The workplace in the Information age is radically different from the one in Industrial age. Today, it is no more a static entity that performs well defined and repetitive functions but a dynamic, constantly learning and re-learning entity.

Dynamics of Workplace Culture

The dynamic nature of IT ecosystem is challenging workplaces to adapt to its needs. The software service companies face a big challenge in catering to large diverse customer needs with limited resources at their disposal. The workforce is more heterogeneous than ever before with people of multiple ethnicities, ages, nationalities, and gender come together.  Each of them brings specific strengths and specific challenges to the workplace. The younger generation brings speed, agility and new thoughts to the table while the older generation brings valuable experience and guidance. Designing a workplace culture that thrives with different resources and to drive them towards a common objective is a challenging endeavor. Workplaces are steering away from the age-old command based hierarchical structure and seeking to adopt an efficient and inclusive horizontal structure.

Culture is the Heart and Soul

Culture – the collective habits, beliefs, and actions of a group foster ownership and innovation at the workplace. Communication, collaboration and empowering each other is the key to an enriching environment in the office. Good workplace culture is ensured when impediments to communication are minimized. A culture that promotes questioning, learning and empowering can build valuable teams that can innovate and deliver. Free spirit and an innovative mindset not only helps the company but ensures the growth of the employee too.

Shape the culture actively

An organizational leader is as much responsible as the entire team in shaping the culture of the company. Company with strong core values and founding principles are better able to imbibe practices that can define the culture and drive the team towards its vision. The leadership should firmly believe in the philosophy that the growth of their employees defines the growth of the company. Executive leadership should actively set the corporate policies that are employee friendly, empowering them in accomplishing the goals and yet are in-line to the philosophy of the company. Practices should entrust employees with responsibility and provide a sense of ownership which can motivate in going one step ahead and provide innovative solutions.

Engineered for innovation

At Aurora, we are a passionate bunch of youngsters working to provide the best in class software solutions to our clients. We’ve built a culture that fosters collaboration between employees, goal-oriented drive, trustworthy partnerships, enriching capabilities and a sense of ownership. The organization has an open culture workspace with a flat hierarchy where every individual is equally valued. We believe in collaborative work and learning from each other rather than creating unwanted competition among the workforce. The workspace is designed without any partitions between cubicles to promote proactive constant interaction, exchange of ideas and one-on-one bonding between employees. When technologies are evolving faster than ever, a workforce that thrives on collaboration has better chances to adapt quicker than an individual with defined skills. Building a confident team who can innovate at scale with a sense of ownership is the key to success.

A buzzing workplace that brings the passion of ownership and talent that can face any challenge is bound to help any company in achieving rapid growth. If you need a technology partner to bank upon, we might just be the folks you are looking for. You can connect with us at hello@auroraelabs.com.