Everything I Have Learned About Values

Everything I Have Learned About Values offers a practical guide to understanding values as the hidden architecture of human systems. It distils decades of research, consulting, and practical application into a clear and accessible exploration of how values shape human behaviour, leadership, and culture.

The book’s central insight is that values are not abstract ideals, but active drivers of decisions, relationships, and organisational performance. Drawing on global values data and real-world case studies, it shows how personal, organisational, and societal values align—or fragment—and the consequences for trust, engagement, and effectiveness.

The book reveals why conscious values alignment enables individuals and institutions to move from fear-based functioning toward coherence, purpose, and shared responsibility.