Free stewardship guide · Culture
Culture Translation Canvas
A practical guide for turning founding convictions into stories, behaviours and decisions other people can understand and practise.
Culture is not the words displayed on a wall. It is what people repeatedly experience, reward, tolerate and correct. This canvas helps translate one important conviction into ordinary behaviour before its meaning becomes dependent on the founder's presence.
A value becomes portable when people can recognise it in a real decision.
01 · Begin with one conviction
What must not be lost?
The value or conviction we need to make clearer:
Why it matters to the people and purpose of this work:
02 · Translate the word
What does it look like?
When we live this value, people will see us:
When we violate it, people will see us:
Under pressure, the value is most likely to be compromised when:
03 · Give it memory
Choose a true story.
A moment when someone embodied this conviction:
What the story teaches that a slogan cannot:
04 · Build it into the work
Where must the value become visible?
Welcome
How will a new person learn it?
Decisions
Which choice should it shape?
Feedback
How will it be affirmed or corrected?
Leadership
What must leaders model first?
One practice we will introduce this month:
Continue the journey
Review what the work needs next.
Use this guide as a working conversation, not a document to complete and forget. Return to it after practice has revealed what is actually strong, unclear or dependent.