Topaasia® for Executive Teams
Culture Analysis for Executive Teams
From cultural analysis to cultural shift
A research-led one-month process that surfaces what surveys miss — the hidden cultural dynamics that shape how your executive team really works together.
TOPAASIA® method and the secret ingredient
Topaasia® is an intervention method for guiding discussions that provides a social alibi
(a) to bring up unpleasant
(b) uncertain issues,
so that
(a) hidden areas for improvement come up in the discussion
(b) new perspectives can emerge,
thereby
fostering curiosity and enabling collaboration to improve.
TOPAASIA® impact
Impact on discussion
A framework and content for guiding important and uneasy discussions.
Understanding and renewal of culture
A new understanding of cultural practises.
Impact on collaboration
Commitment to collaboration and focusing efforts.
TOPAASIA® dialogues
Pains
Gains
TOPAASIA® method for understanding culture
Observable cultural characteristics
Stories, rituals, symbols, structures, control systems, ritual & routines.
This is an observable dimension.
Cultural characteristics that are difficult to detect
Unpleasant and uncertain matters that appear to be heading in a harmful direction.
This is the Topaasia® dimension.
TOPAASIA® added value
Topaasia®'s intervention method sets the tone for developing collaboration and culture.
Unparalleled effectiveness in facilitating the most difficult discussions on the most critical topics.
Unique and hard-to-come-by insights into the organization's culture.
Developing culture based on accurate insights rather than false assumptions.
Cultural analysis to cultural shift
1 month
Researcher-led data collection
Researcher-led Topaasia dialogues: management team group dialogue and 1:1 dialogues with key personnel.
Collecting data independently
Self-directed Topaasia dialogues within the organisation (2–4 sessions).
Analysis and recommendations
Analysis and recommendations for the use of cultural analysis: planning for change, driving growth, M&A, strategy execution and organisational culture development.
Outcomes
Greater understanding on culture & a broadly applicable analysis of culture.
To the Executive Team
A new understanding to develop culture based on accurate insights rather than false assumptions.
For the organisation
Baseline data and expertise for cultural development.
For individuals
An experience of inclusion to foster collaboration.
Scientific basis
Research tradition
Cultural studies / Sociology / Cultural anthropology / Design ethnographic study.
Theoretical Framework
CCCS-model based on PhD Juha Ruuska's dissertation. Comparable to OCAI / CVF, Denison and Schein models.
Method and reliability
Qualitative action research development method. Can also be implemented incorporating a quantitative research method.
Cultural Analysis – pricing
What's included
- Product
- Cultural Analysis for the Executive Team
- Target group
- Executive Team (4–12 people)
- Kickoff (1 hour)
- Defining the objective / problem in an initial interview with PhD Juha Ruuska
- Implementation
- Researcher-led dialogues (group + 1:1) and self-directed Topaasia dialogues (2–4 sessions)
- Schedule
- 1 month — available by July 2026
- Output
- Cultural analysis report and its presentation
- Responsible
- PhD Juha Ruuska and Jussi Galla
Price
5 900 €
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Persons in charge
Ready to understand your culture?
Get in touch and we'll define the objective together in a one-hour kickoff call with PhD Juha Ruuska.
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