CSI Seminar – Organizational Culture: Shaping a workplace where people thrive
May 21, 2026 @ 14:30 – 15:00 CEST
Organizational culture underpins every workplace, and guides how members of an organization interact, work, and make decisions, through the shared set of values, beliefs, behaviors, and norms that they uphold. This culture can be created through leadership, at all levels, decision-making processes, communication styles, symbols, and behavioral norms, and has significant influence on employee well-being, satisfaction, and retention, and the overall alignment of the organization.
We will discuss: How can organizational culture produce positive or negative working environments? How can we create an organizational culture that allows all members to thrive and do productive work? Whether you’re a student, researcher, faculty member, or simply interested in understanding more, you are warmly invited to join this conversation.
We will begin with a ~ 20 min talk, held in Solna and over zoom. Then proceed with a reflection and discussion held on-site. We encourage other sites to form watch parties, by listening in together to the talk and then hold their own discussion afterwards. Hopefully seeding many local chapters of CSI.
To help facilitate discussion and reflection, consider the following starter questions:
Awareness: where do we experience rejection in our lives already?
Analysis: how well do I currently interact with rejection?
Alternative: how could we relate to rejection in academia, for ourselves and others?
Action: how will knowledge of rejection in academia change my decisions going forward?
sami.saarenpaa@scilifelab.se
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