A Bottleneck tradition
One word. Every year.
Every year, Bottleneck chooses a single word to anchor our focus, our culture, and our work for the next 12 months. And each word is also an acronym, so it never becomes just a poster on the wall.
The nine words
Read them in order and you read the company’s story.
ANCHOR
An anchor holds the boat in place when the current pulls hard. It keeps the boat from drifting where it shouldn’t go.
Read the year →DELEGATION
Dedication, Empowerment, Leadership, Efficiency, Growth, Adaptability, Trust, Innovation, Organization, Networking.
Read the year →PREPARATION
Planning, Researching, Evaluating, Practicing, Assembling, Reviewing, Analyzing, Testing, Inspecting, Organizing, Noting.
Read the year →FREEDOM
Fighting Routinely with Enthusiasm that Empowers you to Design Opportunities that Matter.
Read the year →CURIOSITY
Curiosity Unlocks Reluctance by Investigating Opportunities to Stimulate Intelligent Thoughts, just for You.
Read the year →KINDNESS
Kindness Illuminates Natural Decency creating Neoteric Energy with Selfless Statements.
Read the year →IMPLEMENT
Impacting Mindful Professionals through Leadership, Equality, Motivation, Education, Nurture, and Thoughtfulness.
Read the year →LISTEN
Listen Intently and Soulfully To Engage Notably.
Read the year →FOCUS
Finding Opportunities by Creating Uninterrupted Strategy Sessions.
Read the year →Why we do this
Culture is something you operate on, every day.
Most companies treat culture as something you talk about at the holiday party. We treat it as something you operate on. It’s small. It’s specific. It costs nothing. And it changes everything about how a year actually feels by the time December rolls around.
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