Most culture problems aren't culture problems. They're human problems. Teams don't break down because of a lack of strategy. They break down when people feel unseen, unheard, misaligned, or guarded. When production matters more than presence. When conversations become transactions. When collaboration becomes compliance. In Roots , Chris Angell and Jodee Bock offer a simple but profound reframe: culture doesn't improve from the top down.

It strengthens from the inside out. Through four foundational roots--Embodied Conviction, Empathetic Connection, Emergent Conversation, and Expansive Collaboration--this book guides leaders back to the human framework beneath thriving teams. Blending story, lived experience, practical structure, and honest reflection, Roots challenges leaders to look beneath performance metrics and organizational charts to the soil that sustains everything. If you care about culture, leadership, and the kind of workplaces people don't just tolerate--but grow in--this book is an invitation. Not to do more. But to lead differently.