Company culture

Overview

Culture in a company is the set of behaviours that get rewarded and repeated, and it is set by what leaders do more than by a values page. Louis Jonckheere, co-founder at Aikido Security in Ghent, states it flatly: "Culture wordt niet gebouwd door woorden. Culture wordt gebouwd door actions. Een cultuur wordt gebouwd door wat de leider doet." The wiki records no companies against this concept and 15 people, which fits the material: the evidence sits with individuals describing what they changed. Thomas Van Eeckhout, Co-CEO at Easi in Nivelles, treats delegation as the test, saying "Controle schaalt niet goed", and Easi backs that with ownership rather than slogans, 122 shareholders and a minimum employee share purchase of EUR 25,000. Conny Vandendriessche at House of HR in Kortrijk carries employee ownership as a standing topic, and Daan De Wever at Destiny and Bart Claes at JBC cover the same ground from the succession and family-business side.

Stated facts & numbers

• Entities tied to the concept: 40 (0 companies, 15 people, 25 sourced quotes)
• Videos discussing the theme: 61, across Belgian tech and business channels
• Ownership as a culture mechanism: Easi, Nivelles: 122 shareholders, minimum employee share purchase EUR 25,000
• Scale of that model: Around 160 Easi employees are shareholders, run for over 25 years
• Ghent voices on this concept: Louis Jonckheere (Aikido Security), Joris Van Der Gucht (Ravical), Zhong Xu (Deliverect)
• Imported playbook: Beth Davies, HR Reimagined, former HR executive at Gap, Apple, Microsoft and Tesla; topics include Silicon Valley and Antwerp
• Family business and succession angle: Bart Claes (JBC), Daan De Wever (Destiny), Conny Vandendriessche (House of HR, Kortrijk)
• Investor perspective: Duco Sickinghe, Fortino Capital, former CEO of Telenet