Breakfast 40 & Community Culture Report
St. Joseph Spoke.
We Should Listen.
78%
OF SURVEYED COMMUNITY RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR DIRECTION FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
But this report isn’t a prediction of our future. It’s an honest picture of where we are today and an opportunity to decide what comes next.
500+
LEADERS HELPED SHAPE THE DREAM
317
COMMUNITY VOICES RATED OUR PRESENT REALITY
78%
ARE LACKING HOPE.
WE NEED TO CALL A TIMEOUT.
Breakfast 40 & Community Culture Report
The Story Behind the Report
Breakfast 40 was the 40th and final gathering in The Joseph Company’s five-year community breakfast series. It brought together five years of listening, learning, and working alongside leaders from across St. Joseph.
In this presentation, you’ll see how the journey unfolded, hear what more than 500 local leaders helped us discover about the community we aspire to become, explore the results of the 2026 Community Culture Survey, and see where we believe the journey can go from here.
Watch the full presentation below, or keep scrolling to explore the findings for yourself.
Presentation Chapters
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Presentation Outline
- 00:00 — Welcome & The Plan
- 03:50 — The 3D Journey
- 07:54 — Building a 3D Community
- 08:30 — Seeing the Dream (Seasons I–III)
- 16:14 — Exploring 3D (Seasons IV–V)
- 24:07 — 3D Spotlight: St. Joseph Police Department
- 29:03 — City of St. Joseph Progress Report
- 35:40 — Implementation & Operation: SJPD
- 48:38 — Community Culture Survey Overview
- 50:22 — The Definition of a Coach
- 52:56 — Community Culture Survey Results
- 1:04:51 — 3D Master Class
- 1:08:03 — The Great Exploration
- 1:11:55 — 2027 3D Culture Summit
- 1:16:19 — The Future
COMMUNITY CULTURE SURVEY
What We Heard
The results reveal a community with real strengths, meaningful cultural gaps, and a serious concern about the future.
01 - OUR STRENGTH
We Show Up for One Another In Hard Times.
St. Joseph’s strongest cultural qualities are compassion, support, and resilience.
02 - CULTURE GAP
Accountability, Humility and Relationships.
Our greatest cultural challenges center on how we take responsibility, protect relationships, include others, and navigate disagreement.
03 - A CLEAR SIGNAL
Confidence in St. Joseph's Future Is Low.
78%
did not give a positive rating to the statement:
This was the lowest-scoring question in the entire survey.
Want to dig deeper?
Explore the complete Community Culture Dashboard for a deeper look at the findings.
COMMUNITY CULTURE SURVEY
What Are We Measuring Against?
The standards used in this survey weren’t created in a boardroom.
They emerged from the voices of St. Joseph.
Over the past five years, more than 500 leaders across St. Joseph have shared their leadership ideas, purpose statements, legacy statements, values, and vision for the future.
Those thousands of words and ideas were distilled into a shared leadership language and Seven Cultural Distinctives that describe the culture St. Joseph aspires to build together.
Our Common Language
The collective voices of 500+ people were synthesized to articulate our shared cultural ideals—and establish a standard to measuring against.
SEVEN CULTURAL DISTINCTIVES
The Culture St. Joseph Aspires to Build
Distinctive 1
Serve With Compassion
We are people who move toward needs and use our influence to help, protect, and uplift others.
Distinctive 2
Pursue Excellence Together
We are a community of teammates who work for the common good, persevere through challenges, and pursue excellence together.
Distinctive 3
Engage & Build People
We are encouragers who see potential in people, speak life, and intentionally help others grow stronger in skill, mind, and heart.
Distinctive 4
Lead With
Integrity
We are leaders who do the right thing, tell the truth, follow through, and create trust by being the same person in public and in private.
Distinctive 5
Treat People Like Family
We are a people-first community that values relationships, supports one another, and creates belonging.
Distinctive 6
Grow on
Purpose
We are learners who pursue excellence, embrace growth, and stay humble enough to keep improving.
Distinctive 7
Love & Respect People
We are people who honor others with respect, bring joy to the culture, and lead with love.
This is the dream.
The Community Culture Survey helps us understand the gap between this shared dream and our present reality.
THE GOOD NEWS
The Future Hasn't Been Created Yet.
This survey is not a prediction of where St. Joseph is headed. It is simply an honest snapshot of where we are today.
Culture is not static. It is shaped every day by the choices we make, the words we speak, the relationships we build, and the values we choose to live out.
We now have a clearer picture of the culture we want to build and the culture people are experiencing today.
The question is what we choose to do with that knowledge.
The Dream
- ORIENTS OUR DIRECTON
The Data
- TELLS US WHERE WE ARE
Our Actions
- DETERMINE OUR FUTURE
FROM INSIGHT TO ACTION
A Plan to Increase Hope.
01
COACHES' TIMEOUT
Start the Conversation
- Pause, listen, reflect, and discuss what out community is telling us.
02
THE GREAT EXPLORATION
Equip the Leaders
- Bring leadership teams through 3D Master Class to clarify purpose and intentionally shape culture.
03
3D CULTURE SUMMIT
Multiply the Impact
- Establish an annual gathering in St. Joseph where leadership teams are resourced and equipped to build stronger cultures.
Turn Hope
Into Action.
Hope grows when people can see a better future—and believe they have a role in creating it.
STEP 01 - START THE CONVERSATION
Coaches' Timeout
The future of St. Joseph will be shaped by people who choose to invest in it.
On Tuesday, September 1, leaders from across St. Joseph will gather for a Coaches’ Timeout—a chance to pause, listen, and talk honestly about what our community is telling us and what we can do about it.
DATE
Tuesday, Sept. 1
TIME
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
LOCATION
WOLC Event Center
- Examine what the Community Culture Survey is saying.
- Listen to different perspectives.
- Discuss honestly the culture we desire to create.
- Consider what it will take to build greater hope for our future.
Bring Your Leadership Team.
This will be more of a conversation than a presentation. Come ready to listen, contribute, and consider what your team can do to help move St. Joseph forward.
Why Coaches Call Timeouts
Great coaches know that stopping in the right moment can change the outcome. Timeouts create space to gain perspective, realign, and move forward with clarity.
During Season III of The Joseph Company, Dr. Jeff Duke, founding partner of the 3D Institute and architect of the 3D Framework, talked about the value of calling a timeout in a crucial moment.
STEP 02 - EQUIP THE LEADERS
Join the Great Exploration
Each season, The Joseph Company has a theme. For Season VI, we’re calling it The Great Exploration.
Leadership teams from across our community are invited to join us for a city-wide 3D Master Class—a nine-week journey to clarify identity, establish purpose, and learn how to intentionally shape culture.
As more leaders EXPLORE the 3D training, they will add their voices to the ongoing work of defining the culture St. Joseph aspires to build together.
The future of St. Joseph will be shaped by people who are equipped to lead with purpose and intentionally build healthy cultures.
STEP 03 - MULTIPLY THE IMPACT
Establish the 3D Culture Summit
Every great movement needs a launching point.
The 3D Culture Summit will bring leadership teams from across the country to St. Joseph to be resourced, equipped, and launched to architect culture within their organizations and across their communities.
Bring Your Team. Bring Your Dream. Leave With a Plan.
TAKE THE NEXT STEP
Join Us for Coaches' Timeout
The future hasn’t been written yet. Before we decide where we go next, we need leaders from across St. Joseph at the table.
Join us September 1. If possible, bring your leadership team.
