{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"SightShift with Chris McAlister","title":"Lunch with Chris: Cultures Are Caught, Not Taught","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/67ba33dc\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1016,"description":"Culture isn't something you finish — it's a direction you hold every day. Chris McAlister, live every Wednesday at noon Eastern.\n\nChris has spent over a decade working with leaders from Finland to Florida, $5M startups to $50B enterprises. After working with over 1,000 leaders, one insight explains almost everything: culture moves every single day, it mirrors whoever leads it, and the model that actually works is older than any MBA program. This week Chris breaks down three first principles — and the ancient framework that ties them together.\n\n🎯 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN\n\n🔍 Why \"we'll fix culture later\" is a category error — and what to do with that realization\n⚡ If you don't fill the room with vision, something else will: ego, distraction, reactivity, fear\n🌳 How a 16-year-old learned to steal at work without a single training session — and what that says about your organization\n💡 Why if leaders don't pay the price for their insecurities, the organization pays instead\n🔧 The three-part model that tells you where culture breaks down: Faith sees, Hope sweats, Love stays\n🧭 How to diagnose any culture problem with one first-principle framework\n\n⏱️ TIMESTAMPS\n\n00:00 — Opening: The Meta Idea That Drops Into Any Culture Problem\n01:18 — What the Real Job of Leadership Actually Is\n02:24 — \"That's the Job\": Vision, Change, and Relationships Every Day\n03:51 — Culture Is a Direction, Not a Destination\n04:21 — If You Don't Fill the Room with Vision, Something Else Will\n06:32 — The Parking Lot Story: Why Leaders Want to Feel \"Finished\"\n07:30 — Why You're Never Done Building Culture\n09:20 — Culture Is a Reflection\n09:33 — The Rick Fillet Story: What a Manager Dropping Brownies Taught About Culture\n11:45 — Cultures Are Caught, Not Taught\n12:04 — If Leaders Don't Pay for Their Insecurities, the Organization Will\n13:08 — Great Leaders See What Others Can't — In Their Team and in Themselves\n13:34 — Culture Is a Selection\n14:39 — Faith Sees. Hope Sweats. Love Stays.\n15:32 — Ancient Wisdom...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/QVOh3B-0PWIpbP4nVXVtRTiALsX789_gxLr87Er4yRc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lNTc5/ZWQ2ZDVhZTQxZWQ2/ODVkNTcwNzkyMTg1/YWJkYi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}