Culture Blooming Paperback by Abi Adamson

Product Details

• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2026-08-25)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 176 pages
• ISBN-13: 9798890572103
• Item Weight: 226.8 grams
• Dimensions: 22.86 x 15.24 x 1.32 cm

This book, the first to treat workplace culture like a garden instead of a construction project, offers a proven framework that transforms toxic environments into thriving ecosystems where all talent flourishes.

Organizations fail when they treat culture like a construction project. They thrive when they treat it like a garden, cultivating conditions for growth rather than engineering behavior through rigid blueprints.

Award-winning consultant Abi Adamson introduces the SERN™ framework (Soil, Exposure, Roots, Nutrients) to guide sustainable cultural transformation. Drawing from her experience working with international clients, including Spotify, Sony Music, and Match Group, Abi shows how to do the following:

• Identify and detoxify the soil poisoning organizational foundations
• Expose who's hoarding the light while others wither in shadows
• Strengthen the root networks where real culture actually lives
• Distribute the nutrients people actually need to thrive (hint: it's not pizza Fridays)

Unlike traditional culture initiatives, focused on compliance and conformity, this framework reveals why expensive transformation efforts keep failing and how to spot "nutrient vampires" draining your best people.

For C-suite leaders, executives, people managers, and anyone who has ever felt invisible at work, this guide offers a sustainable alternative: treating culture as a living ecosystem requiring ongoing cultivation, not a one-time fix.

Because as Abi says, "We bloom together or we wilt alone."™

About the Author

Abi Adamson is the award-winning founder of The Culture Partnership and creator of the SERN Framework. Recognized as one of the UK's top workplace culture experts (Favikon, #6) and named a thought leader on LinkedIn by The New York Times, she delivered her 2025 TEDx Talk “Who Owns Culture?” challenging how organizations think about cultural ownership. Adamson has built global culture strategies for hundreds of organizations, including Spotify, Sony Music, and Match Group, equipping leaders with practical tools to navigate the conversations that drive real change. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Raconteur, and People Management. London raised, she now lives in America, bringing a unique global perspective to workplace culture transformation.