How do you build, set, shape, fix, and change your culture?

While this is as relevant as ever for startups and companies today,

leaders have sought the answers to these questions for hundreds of years,

and there is practical advice to be had

by examining different cultures across time and around the globe.

In this episode from December 2019, A16Z co-founder Ben Horowitz sits down with host

Sonal Choxi to talk about what actually makes up culture, whether in a company or in any organization

or team.

As based on Ben's best-selling book,

what you do is who you are.

They discuss the idea of culture as code,

the nuances of setting and changing a culture, and how to apply the principles from his book to startups, the tech industry, and any company today.

Hi everyone, welcome to the A6 and Z podcast I'm Sonal and today I'm so excited since

we finally have our interview the A6 and Z podcast way of co-founder Ben Horwitz

on his new and best-selling book, What You Do is Who You Are,

How to Create Your Business Culture.

The Conversation, which took place recently at the Computer History Museum between me and

Ben, probes on the themes of Business, culture, and tech from the book and beyond,

with lots of nuanced discussion on everything from common tropes such as reality distortion

fields, fake it till you make it, Silicon Valley folklore, whether companies

and people can change, diversity and inclusion, and so on.

All told through some tough stories.

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