This is NOT an attempt to define Corporate Culture. It’s an attempt to reflect upon what it has become.

Birth, Life, Survival and Death are four ‘natural’ acts and pillars of the eco-system in our planet.
Anything and everything else is built on as a layer for aesthetic value.
Society is a fabric that was introduced much later in the scheme of things. The original purpose unknown, but the overwhelming fact is that we are still self-weaving it and continuing to add layers.

Each individual comes with certain inherent qualities and naturally builds on to that individuality.
Where there is life, survival skills exist by default. And therein lays the seed of conflict.

Some seem to gain clarity early in life, either because they have privileged access to certain information and tools or because they seem to assume the role of a ‘Guide’ for the rest of mankind.
In that attempt, they set to achieve and use the others as resources in fulfilling their dreams.
Because the other set of people are yet in the seeking stage, assume to find purpose in helping and chasing someone else’s dreams.

When some of the dreams are achieved, there is celebration and an example is set for others to see and experience. Meanwhile, society continues to create complex structures to supposedly strengthen and fuel this model. This model works fine till the time there is a distinct clarity between, who the achiever is and who the resources are; who the leader is and who the followers are.

Current education system is designed to produce mass followers. However, there have been some rebellious breakthroughs and there are all sorts of streams that also allow some to be trained as leaders. Yet again there are achievers and non-achievers and many that fall in between. Here is where the lines start to blur and the seed of conflict gets watered. The self-weaving fabric of society gets into self-destruct mode at some point here.

People who set to achieve their dreams, cross the line and give birth to fake identities calling it corporations, which are meant to outlive them. I’m not being judgemental about this behaviour. That’s another topic of conversation though. However, in such a situation and a non-living entity, the ‘follower’ category of people, begin to assume the roles of a leader in a bloated setting for continuity and longevity regardless of the corporation’s health.

In this environment, when incompetence is accidentally given an opportunity and fails, the results are disastrous with ripple effects.
Competition accelerates such occurrences and once it goes beyond logic, control and comprehension levels, this very behavior is easily then brushed under the carpet termed, ‘Corporate Culture’.