The Wave Manifesto

The Wave Manifesto captures who we are, what we believe in, how we live our values and develop our culture.

 

Like all humans we are not perfect, so we will make mistakes. We will use this as our guide to hold ourselves accountable and to ensure that we forever strive to get better as people, as teams and as leaders.

Outline

1.

Our North Star

Connecting Purpose to Vision

Why we do what we do

2.

Our System of Behaviours

Connecting Purpose to Values

How we behave

3.

Our Rocket Fuel

Connecting Vision to Values

What makes us move faster

4.

From the Leadership

Our Commitments and Expectations

Culture is

Purpose [why we exist]
+
Vision [what we promise to our customers]
+
Values [how we get it done]
=
Impact [where we make a difference]

Culture is

Purpose [why we exist]
+
Vision [what we promise to our customers]
+
Values [how we get it done]
=
Impact [where we make a difference]

Who is a Waver?

A Waver embodies the entrepreneurial spirit*.

A Waver lives and breathes their craft.

A Waver has uncompromising character.

Wavers provoke each other to greater heights; to achieve more; to do our best work.

Wavers thrive in the face of challenge.

Wavers support other Wavers.

The word “impossible” ignites our competitive natures.

I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.

Steve Jobs

Who is a Waver?

A Waver embodies the entrepreneurial spirit*.

A Waver lives and breathes their craft.

A Waver has uncompromising character.

Wavers provoke each other to greater heights; to achieve more; to do our best work.

Wavers thrive in the face of challenge.

Wavers support other Wavers.

The word “impossible” ignites our competitive natures.

I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.

Steve Jobs

*Entrepreneurial spirit is

Entrepreneurial spirit is building resourcefully, leading with purpose, solving with curiosity and crafting with passion.

*Entrepreneurial spirit is

Entrepreneurial spirit is building resourcefully, leading with purpose, solving with curiosity and crafting with passion.

True customer empathy requires being able to put ourselves in their shoes.

Behaving with an entrepreneurial spirit, helps us become entrepreneurs building software for entrepreneurs.

Doing the right thing often requires disregarding the rules and upending the status quo but sometimes it means following the rules and ensuring safety for ourselves and our customers. Entrepreneurial spirit is choosing the right approach for the right opportunity.

At Wave, entrepreneurial spirit means a preference for action over process and bureaucracy. We value results delivered over busy work. If you are passionate about your craft, if you are obsessive about finding solutions to complex problems, you’ve found your team.

What I wanted was to be allowed to do the thing in the world that I did best—which I believed then and believe now is the greatest privilege there is. When I did that, success found me.

Debbi Fields

Doing the right thing often requires disregarding the rules and upending the status quo but sometimes it means following the rules and ensuring safety for ourselves and our customers. Entrepreneurial spirit is choosing the right approach for the right opportunity.

At Wave, entrepreneurial spirit means a preference for action over process and bureaucracy. We value results delivered over busy work. If you are passionate about your craft, if you are obsessive about finding solutions to complex problems, you’ve found your team.

What I wanted was to be allowed to do the thing in the world that I did best—which I believed then and believe now is the greatest privilege there is. When I did that, success found me.

Debbi Fields