A culture of silence is extremely damaging to organizations and the well-being of employees. What causes employees to remain silent? Managers and team leads often play an important role in emerging silence, directly and indirectly.

If employees stop voicing concerns and ideas and conversations grind to a halt, calamity may well be lurking in the dark. A culture of silence gives rise to all kinds of problems. Fortunately, organizations can protect themselves to a considerable extent from this kind of evil.

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg called it “One of the most important documents that Silicon Valley has ever produced”: the Netflix Culture Deck.

Harvard laureate Ricardo Semler is universally celebrated for his highly innovative approach in revitalizing his company Semco in the 80s. In this blog I explore the role of communication in Semler’s successful leadership style.

In my first blog communication climate takes center stage. Communication climate is about the quality of the relationships that exist in an organization. A plea to start focussing on mutually rewarding relationships and to let corporate communication evolve into its next stage: corporate conversation.