Building & Maintaining World-Class Culture in 2026

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2. Talent Systems

12:00 pm

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12:45 pm

Online. 3 September.
One pass. Every session. 12 months of replay access.

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.

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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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