Values are easy when nothing is at stake. We rehearse them for when something is.
Employees need to see values in action - to know what living them looks like, what crossing the line means, and how to respond when they're ignored. We do the preparation work to bring your specific values into the room, so participants hear language they recognise, not a generic script about values in the abstract.
The preparation is the differentiator
Values training lands when the trainer arrives knowing your specific values in your specific language. Before delivery we work with your team to understand what your values mean in your context - what supports them, what undermines them, what crossing the line looks like in your everyday work. Participants then hear language they recognise, not a generic script about values in the abstract. The outcome is values that live in everyday calls - hiring, promotion, performance, the quiet moments when no one is watching.
This is the training most commonly booked when a new CEO brings a culture agenda, when merged organisations need values reconciliation, when induction programs want a values module that connects, or when a published values set has drifted from how the workforce behaves.
A participant who walks into the session hearing the language they've been hearing from the ELT recognises that we did the homework. That recognition is what makes the difference between a session that lands and one that gets filed under 'corporate exercise'.
Corporate Theatre bypasses the defensive response. Characters make the case; participants draw their own conclusions. Cynicism toward values statements is one of the main reasons L&D leads come to us - and the format we use is built to defuse it.
Corporate Theatre
Custom-made plays where characters nail it and others miss the mark - sparking self-reflection and illuminating conversation about what living the values looks like on a Tuesday morning.
Dynamic Facilitation
Our facilitators know your values - not values in the abstract. Extensive preparation gives us strong awareness of your organisation's unique culture so the conversations in the room land.
Skills In Practice
Participants apply what they've discovered - inclusive challenges that spark insight, connection and honest discussion about what the values mean back at the workplace.
Values can't just live on posters
Employees need to know what living the values looks like, what crossing the line means, and how to respond when they're ignored.
Our tailored approach helps employees recognise the behaviours that align - and misalign - with your values, giving them the tools, direction and confidence to navigate toward meaningful impact.
This is the training most commonly booked when a new CEO brings a culture agenda, when merged organisations need values reconciliation, when induction programs want a values module that connects, or when a values refresh has landed on posters but not in behaviour. It's the moment where posters alone will fail.
How we build values into everyday behaviour
Corporate Theatre
Makes values visible. In our custom-made plays, employees meet characters who nail it and others who miss the mark, sparking self-reflection and illuminating conversation about supporting and conflicting behaviours.
Dynamic Facilitation
Carries your specific values into every moment of the session. Extensive preparation gives us strong awareness of your organisation's unique vision of culture, so we share insights and foster conversations that speak directly to learners in the room.
Skills In Practice
Get learners moving and connecting with your values. Participants apply what they've just discovered - practising behaviours in inclusive and relevant challenges that spark insight, connection and laughter.
Where this pairs with other work
Living The Values commonly sits alongside:
- Apprentice and graduate induction programs - The Apprentice Play is often the anchor
- Post-merger culture reconciliation
- Values refresh rollouts from new leadership
- Leadership development programs where living the values is a competency
The plays we use for this topic
Nothing is delivered off the shelf. These are the plays in our repertoire - every one gets tailored to your workplace before it goes in the room. Jacob picks and adapts on the scoping call.
Four very different new starters arrive together. Explores company values through their eyes; especially powerful for apprentice, graduate and new-starter cohorts.
The Wombat car company team chases sales at the expense of company values. Communication, courage, integrity and respect tested in real time.
What a session looks like
Half-day or full-day, depending on whether the session anchors a values rollout event or forms one module within a broader program. Values rollouts often involve multiple sessions across sites or business units - Jacob will design the rollout with you.
- Deep preparation - your values, your language, your culture context
- Customised Corporate Play that nails it and misses the mark
- Dynamic Facilitation anchored to your specific values
- Skills In Practice activities for real-world application
- Guided debrief and honest discussion about on-the-job application
- Multi-site rollout capability for company-wide programs
“We partnered with The Experience Lab to design a program to roll out our new Corporate Values. The whole approach was very powerful, innovative and left a lasting impact on the participants. The actors were great and played the part of the defined characters to perfection.”
— Manager, Organisational Development, Synergy
Frequently asked questions
Yes, and the customisation is the differentiator. We spend preparation time understanding your values in your organisation's terms - what they mean, what supports them, what undermines them - so the scenarios and facilitation reflect your specific language and dynamics.
Yes. We regularly deliver rollout programs across multiple sites, sometimes over weeks or months. The consistency of content and facilitator briefing ensures the values land the same way everywhere - that's a core capability we've built.
Yes. The Apprentice Play is specifically built for apprentice, graduate and new-starter cohorts as a values-anchoring module. It runs 90–120 minutes and is designed to work within an induction program structure.
Yes - and cynicism is one of the main reasons L&D leads come to us. Corporate Theatre bypasses the defensive response people develop to values slideshows. Characters make the case; participants draw their own conclusions.
Ideal 30 to 40. Up to 50 also possible. Values rollouts typically run multiple sessions across sites - Jacob will design the delivery schedule with you based on your workforce size and rollout timeline.
Training Delivered Differently
Let's talk about your values rollout
Whether you're rolling out a new values set, reintroducing existing values after a period of drift, or integrating values into apprentice, graduate or leader induction, twenty minutes with Jacob will help you scope what a program for your organisation could look like.