7 questions to get to know the organisation

The mandate is to have an exploratory chat with people across levels and locations to "get a sense" of the organisation and how different people view the company. 

As an HR consultant working with Indian companies, this has been a standard ask. Clients want us to do this exercise in addition to any data gathering exercise that we might anyway do. This qualitative exploration helps us too. 

So, here is my secret set of 7 questions to get to know the culture of an organisation. The first question is what is called the classification question in research: 

1. Tell us about your career trajectory.

This question helps us set some parameters – functional area, total experience, education, tenure with Fateh, etc.

2. What is the best thing about being here?

3. What is it that, if changed, would make this organisation greater/better? 

4. If you had to use 5 words to describe this organisation, what would those be?

5. If you could make one change to the business model of the company, what would that change be?

6. If you could make one change to the culture of the company, what would that change be?

7. What would you never change about the company?