30/09/2026
Most "how we build culture" stories are really about software companies: free lunches, flat hierarchies, Slack channels. Manufacturing is a different animal.
Ola Electric's Futurefactory offers a sharper lesson. Its shop floor is staffed almost entirely by women, over 10,000 at full capacity, and it shows what happens when a startup tries to industrialize its mission before it's finished industrializing its processes.
What stands out:
◇ Culture on the shop floor isn't built from a values poster, it's built into how the line is run
◇ Scaling culture and scaling headcount are not the same project
◇ The real test is closing the gap between what's happening on the factory floor and what's happening in the corporate office
Fast growth tests culture in ways a values deck never will.
How is your organisation building culture while it scales? 👇
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