Culture
Ownership without chasing
We take ownership of our work. We do not wait to be chased, reminded, or pushed to do what we have already committed to doing.
Ownership is behavioural. If something is yours — a deliverable, a reply, a decision — you move it without needing repeated reminders. Needing to be chased is not a small flaw; it burns other people’s time and breaks trust.
Responsibility vs ownership
Responsibility means you accept the outcome. Ownership means you act before the outcome fails. You clarify expectations. You raise blockers. You finish what you committed to, or you renegotiate early — you do not go quiet and hope the deadline softens.
What we reject
Waiting to be chased. Treating commitments as boxes to check. Passing blame when something goes wrong. Those patterns are listed under what we do not accept on our values & culture page — not as one-off mistakes, but as behaviour we will not normalise.
The practical test
After you commit, does anyone else have to chase you for a status, a decision, or a delivery? If yes, ownership has already failed — even if the work eventually ships.