Developing U.S. Space Force Organizational Culture with Future-Facing Intention

Abstract

In this paper, we spotlight how the Space Force's organizational culture-embodied by its de facto beliefs, values, and practices-will affect its outcomes. Whether fostered deliberately with intention or left to grow haphazardly, this organizational culture will drive the service's performance, operational effectiveness, and long-term success.In its earliest stages, the Space Force carried over numerous values and practices from the Air Force, enabling continuity while a cadre of senior leaders developed new doctrine, structures, processes, values, and goals tailored to its space-