Culture and benefits at CogBase

At CogBase we believe that having an impact in the world starts with a specific point of view on what is worth achieving and how to achieve it. The most successful teams share a common culture which informs communication styles, personal priorities, and how we respond to the unexpected challenges we will encounter. At CogBase that culture is defined by these values: Outcome Oriented We prize clear statements of every real-world outcome we are trying to affect as a company, and as individuals. This degree of clarity is desired in matters as small as a meeting agenda and as important as our product roadmap. Truth Seeking We constantly seek a better understanding of our work, how it is received by customers, and how it impacts the wider world. Continuously deepening our understanding of these things is critical to ensure we understand the strengths and weaknesses of the company’s operations in every stage of growth. It is also critical to ensure we are all individually growing. Direct Communication We ask hard questions of each other and do not hold back. Engage Complexity (Don’t Fear It) Good software is simple. It elegantly abstracts problems to their core. Many software companies achieve this by running away from complex customers and workflows. We run toward them with open arms and still come away with elegant solutions. Fault Tolerant and Always Learning Achieving big outcomes is our #1 value, but we understand we won’t hit the mark every time. When things go wrong we seek to understand and improve, not to blame and remove. When we miss an important outcome expect to get deep into the Five Whys and to make your next outcome ensuring that whatever contributed to the miss doesn’t happen again.