Building & Maintaining World-Class Culture in 2026
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2. Talent Systems
12:00 pm
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12:45 pm
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Everyone says culture matters. Almost nobody can tell you how to build it when your team is fully remote and spread across a dozen time zones. At Athyna, we've done it the hard way, and the highest-leverage move wasn't ping pong tables or offsites. It was giving our people real ownership through equity.
In this session, I'll break down what actually builds and holds world-class culture in 2026: ownership, high standards, and rewarding the people who go hard.
What you'll leave with:
- Why real ownership through equity is the highest-leverage culture lever most companies ignore, and how to actually structure it so that it's not a burden on your team.
- How to build and hold a high-standards, high-trust culture across a fully remote, global team.
- The practical stuff: who to hire, how to reward your best people, and the quiet mistakes that kill culture before you notice.
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