In this featured piece by the Wisconsin State Journal, the outlet profiles Singlewire Software as part of its 2024 Top Workplaces series, highlighting how trust and open communication shape the company’s culture. Terry Swanson, Singlewire’s CEO, described the company’s culture as a three-legged stool, where strategic direction, product focus, and core values work together to create a healthy, engaged workplace. Swanson explained that Singlewire, which develops software helping organizations detect threats, notify people, and manage emergency incidents, emphasizes trusting employees’ judgment and avoiding rigid organizational hierarchy. The company reinforces this culture through leadership meetings with new hires, planned employee roundtables, and social events like an annual homecoming picnic.
Key Takeaways
- Singlewire Software was named to the Wisconsin State Journal’s Top Workplaces list for the fourth time in 2024.
- Terry Swanson, Singlewire’s CEO, described the company’s culture as a three-legged stool linking strategic direction, product focus, and core values.
- Singlewire employs 155 people and emphasizes trusting staff judgment and collaboration over rigid organizational hierarchy.
- Singlewire leaders meet individually with every new hire to share the company’s culture, history, and strategic goals.
- The company organizes social events, including new-product celebrations and an annual homecoming picnic, to connect remote and on-site staff.
Original Story
Terry Swanson sees the workplace culture at Singlewire Software as a three-legged stool.
“It’s when the strategic direction is tightly linked with the product,” said Swanson, Singlewire’s CEO. “If your cultural core values are embedded in your vision and mission statement and your strategy, you’re creating a recipe for a good, healthy, fun place to work.”
Singlewire, which has been named to the Top Workplaces list four times, develops software solutions that enable organizations, including schools and corporations, to detect threats, notify people, manage emergency incidents and protect their people.