Forthcoming book

The Hidden Gap

Solving the Human Alignment Problem

How operating values drive behaviour, conflict and culture

Most organisations do not have a dysfunctional behaviour problem. They have a human alignment problem.

The Hidden Gap explores the distance between what people and organisations say matters — and what actually drives behaviour when pressure rises.

Available June 19th, 2026.

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What the book covers

What the book helps you see

Not just what people say they value — but what is actually operating underneath behaviour, decisions and culture.

The difference between declared values and operating values — between what is said and what is actually reinforced when pressure rises.

How misalignment shows up as conflict, cynicism, stalled change, energy drain and hidden patterns that keep repeating regardless of intervention.

A clearer way of understanding what is really going on — and a more intentional, practical way of working with it.

"The gap does not close because people try harder.
It closes because they see more clearly."

— The Hidden Gap

Part 1

Why values collide, what keeps the hidden gap alive, and the energy cost of misalignment.

Part 2

How to surface, clarify, and work honestly with the values already operating in your life.

Part 3

What happens when values work moves from the individual into teams and organisations.

Part 4

The Inner Coach, the Choice Triangle, and how to spot and respond to the gap as it appears.

Part 5

The human alignment problem at civilisational scale — and what each of us can do about it.

Four minutes. Locate where your values actually sit using the Values Integrity Model from the book.

The Human Alignment Diagnostic — a two-week senior engagement that locates your organisation's hidden gap with precision.