How To Scale And Sustain A Culture Of Caring with the CPO of Seismic

The Culture Code

A tricky challenge many companies face as they grow: The high-touch, personalized approach to culture is tough to scale.

At Seismic, the company’s founder-led culture revolves around caring.

So much so that many employees were former customers.

Despite rapid growth to 1600 employees, Seismic has managed to hold onto its culture of caring.

CPO Linda Ho has played a big role in that success.

Linda covered all things people & culture at Seismic, but here are a few highlights:

1. What a CEO-led culture of caring looks like in action.

The CEO handwrites anniversary cards to every employee with tidbits about his interactions with them.

2. 2 creative initiatives to scale and sustain a culture of caring.

-Push pins: When Seismic closes a deal, they celebrate everyone who came together to make it happen.

-Why we win Slack channel: Employees share big wins and tag company values that contributed to their win.

3. How going hybrid helped bring in top talent

Linda: We saw greater access to talent pools that we didn’t have access to before, and we saw improvement in our DEI, specifically in representation.

As always, the beauty is in the details, so press play and enjoy!