The Blueprint - HOPE Cultural Framework

Kids at Hope is a Strategic Cultural Framework

· Think about growing or building KAH rather than implementing it.

· Think about the difference between a program and a culture. What are those differences?

· Think about how you would build or grow a culture versus implement one

Cultures are a shared, learned, symbolic system of values, beliefs, and attitudes that shapes and influences perception and behavior – an abstract “mental blueprint” or “mental code”. What is the Kids at Hope “mental blueprint” or “mental code?” Must be studied “indirectly” by studying behavior, customs, material culture (artifacts, tools, technology), language, etc.

1. Learned– Process of learning one’s culture is called enculturation. How will this happen in your organization?

2.Sharedby the members of a society. No “culture of one. ”How will this be shared?

3.Patterned– People in a society live and think in ways that form definite patterns. Describe how your organization would pattern your culture.

4.Mutually constructed through a process of social interaction. How will this happen/strategy?

5.Symbolic– Culture, language and thought are based on symbols and symbolic meanings. Define your culture’s symbols, language, artifacts, rituals and/or traditions.

6.Internalized- Habitual. Taken-for-granted. Perceived as “natural.” Can you elaborate on this point?