Corporate culture is shaped less by what organisations say than by what people observe. What gets rewarded, tolerated or sanctioned teaches employees how things really work.

Competition alone doesn’t change how people behave. But when opportunities, resources or security begin to feel scarce, collaboration can turn into self-protection – and colleagues can start to look like competitors.

Sometimes we know a job no longer fits, but keep waiting for something to change. The problem is that waiting can feel like movement while leaving everything exactly as it is.