Figure 1. shows a simple diagram of the basic business blocks. Human, Finance, Market, and Product, these are like four parts of jigsaw puzzles and Culture part as the glue that keep all these parts together. The idea behind this diagram is, you can build these four pieces of the jigsaw puzzle together, but without the culture as the glue to all these four parts, they may fall apart. As we are putting these puzzle pieces together, the centerpiece should never be forgotten, and it should be managed actively.

To drill this down to the must-have major parts of the business, Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates, which is a global macro investment firm and is the world’s largest hedge fund, posted his thought on his Linkedin post drilled it down to 2 Major parts, Culture and People (human). We would discuss this mechanic further in other blog posts.