Culture First and Culture Amp Introduction

Overview of the program and community visions

The Culture First Chapters program is composed of volunteer-led groups of practitioners who host in-person and virtual events related to our mission to create a better world of work. These are communities of practice where people who care about workplace culture can come together in smaller groups of 10-30, both in-person and virtually, around specific aspects of being Culture First.

• Our chapters are predominantly location-based, with some being topic-based.

• All community-led gatherings are free to attend.

• These groups self-organize to discuss all things related to people, culture, and the future of work.

Who we are

• We are a group of people around the world united in the shared belief that a better world of work is possible and we are willing to do something about it! 

• We ask that you share this slide at every community gathering that you host!

Our community vision

• We are all about bringing together people who are passionate about unlocking humanity at work through inspiring experiences and purposeful connections. 

• When you think of Simon Sinek's Golden Circle analogy (why / how / what) , here's what it look like for Culture Amp

  • Why - To create a better world of work 

  • How - Community's inspiring experiences and purposeful connections

  • What - Culture Amp's technology and research

Relationship between Culture Amp and the Culture First community

Culture Amp is the market-leading employee experience platform. 

With Culture Amp, employers make the best people decisions to improve employee engagement, performance and development. They get trusted data, tools and partnership to deliver impactful programs for everyone – all in one intuitive platform.  Only Culture Amp has the industry-leading people science and technology to help companies drive business success and bring more humanity to work.

Culture Amp's mission is to create a better world of work with a vision to amplify the experience and impact of over 100 million people at work. We know we aren't going to be able to deliver on this mission with our technology alone which is why Culture Amp has invested in the Culture First Community. Similar to Tom's One-for-one model and Patagonia donating it's profits to global climate change research. Building inspiring experiences and purposeful connections with our community is how Culture Amp is going to authentically deliver on it's lofty mission. 

Interested in learning more?

We hosted a brief session to share the high level around the people science of employee experience. We covered the basics around our employee engagement, performance management, career development tools as well as the research we are conducting. 

To watch that session, click here.

What is the Culture First Community?

Community at Culture Amp is where global people leaders and change agents come together to be inspired by their peers, ideate and share best practices to create a better world of work.

It is the the largest HR community in the world that believes a better world of work is possible. 

Community lives in a lot of different places with the chapters community being one of those places. It also includes our People Geek Slack community, our Culture First Global conference, our Culture FIrst podcast and more. 

Locations, size of the chapters program, and global presence

The Culture First Chapters program was announced at Culture First Global 2019. It began with four pioneer city chapters and has since grown to encompass over 100 chapters with more than 150 volunteers worldwide.

• The community has hosted over 100 events since 2019, with 355 events in 2023 alone.

• Our global chapter membership now exceeds 17000 members.