Practice Makes Culture Reader's Guide

This Reader’s Guide is a companion to Practice Makes Culture by Christine Hudson and Ronica Roth. Each chapter gets a short summary, a “Try This” exercise your group can run together in the room, and discussion questions that move from comprehension toward application and honest disagreement. The guide closes with general questions for a single-session conversation and a quick reference to the book’s core tools, from the three elephants to the five critical culture hacks. It works for book clubs, leadership teams in the middle of a culture change, and training programs, as well as for readers working through the book on their own.

Formats
epub · pdf
License
Creative Commons BY-NC-SA

About the authors

2 authors
Christine HudsonAuthor, Practice Makes Culture, The Welcome Elephant

Affiliation as of 2026-08-31

Christine Hudson is a coach and facilitator of modern value flow and facilitative leadership. She is on a mission to help create a world full of happier humans in high-performing teams and organizations. Christine has a background in enterprise technology and tech entrepreneurship, in product development and management, and in leading change. She loves working with extended leadership teams, helping tens to hundreds of people practice together to achieve the results and culture change they want to see and feel. Her current favorite is working 1:1 with individual leaders who are striving to up their game–to improve the value flow and culture of their organizations. Christine volunteers as a facilitator for board and leadership meetings of nonprofit organizations she cares deeply about. In the past, she has helped organize and run New Tech meetups and Fort Collins Startup Week. Christine has a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from Colorado State University and a smattering of graduate courses on subjects from machine learning to organizational behavior. She speaks several languages (including some French, Spanish, and Dutch and others like Perl, Java, and C++) and loves adventuring–sailing, hiking, skiing, cycling, and climbing–with her partner, friends, and dog.

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Ronica RothCo-CEO & Co-founder, The Welcome Elephant

Affiliation as of 2026-07-24

Ronica Roth loves watching humans thrive and achieve together. She believes organizations of all types can elevate how people work together to unleash the potential of individuals and teams at all levels. Ronica wants to change the world of work, helping companies build learning organizations that do great things through the collaborative, aligned, and innovative efforts of their great people. Ronica has a background in product management, facilitation, business agility, organizational change, and coaching both leaders and coaches. She is certified in the Leadership Circle profile and is a Certified Scrum Trainer Emeritus. She also worked in newspapers and holds an MS in journalism from Northwestern University and a BA from Mount Holyoke College. In addition to business, other team sports she has enjoyed include softball, rugby, and hockey. She loves the kinds of events where people come together to be their authentic selves while celebrating art, music, and expression. Based in Boulder, Colorado, she plays all the mountain games with her dog and friends: skiing, camping, climbing, hiking, and biking.

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