WHAT WE DO / CULTURE
Culture
Culture is not only what an organisation says it values. It is what people experience, repeat and make possible every day.
01 / THE SITUATION YOU RECOGNISE
Does this sound familiar?
01
Values and experience diverge
The organisation has clear values, but people describe very different experiences of how those values show up at work.
02
Inclusion is stated, not felt
Inclusion initiatives exist, yet some employees are unsure whether they can speak openly about identity or difference.
03
Messages don’t translate into behaviour
New policies or culture messages have been communicated, but everyday behaviours around them have not shifted in the same way.
02 / WHAT SHIFTS
What changes in the room.
BEFORE
What is happening beneath the surface
Values and intentions are visible, while the gap between intention and experience is difficult to discuss.
AFTER
What becomes possible
People can examine the behaviours and assumptions shaping culture, hear different experiences and identify what needs attention.
03 / WHAT A SESSION LOOKS LIKE
How it runs.
Format
Facilitated culture conversations, values-in-action workshops, inclusion sessions or a sequence of interventions. In person, online or hybrid.
Group
Leaders, people and culture teams, employee groups or cross-organisational audiences.
Length
A focused session or a longer sequence, shaped by the context and scope.
Method
Facilitated dialogue, reflection, storytelling and experiential activities that connect values to lived experience.
04 / WHO IT’S FOR
Who asks for this.
- People and culture leaders reviewing organisational culture, values or ways of working.
- DEI leaders and practitioners working with inclusion and belonging.
- Business leaders who want to address the gap between stated values and lived experience.
05 / RELATED WORK
Where it has been done.
More than 400 employees have participated in closed-group sessions on sexual orientation facilitated during Jim’s corporate career. Further client attribution and outcomes will be added only when confirmed.
The method behind it
Storytelling, theatre and experiential learning, held inside a process. Visit The Lab and The Unsaid Process.