The Hidden Gap
The Living Appendix
The tools, exercises, and resources referenced throughout the book — gathered here and updated as the work grows.
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Tools and exercises
The exercises from the book — ready to use
Each tool below can be used independently or alongside the relevant chapter. Download, print, or work through them digitally.
Part 2 — Chapter 9
Values Self-Exploration Exercise
The exercise referenced in Chapter 9. A structured process for surfacing the values already operating in your life — not choosing admirable words from a list, but discovering what is actually governing your decisions. Takes 30–45 minutes across one or two sittings.
Download PDF →Part 3 — Chapter 15
Creating a Working Agreement
The working agreement template referenced in Chapter 15. A practical guide for creating the shared norms that make values conversations possible — before the first post-it goes on the wall. Includes the key additions for a values session.
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The Hidden Gap Diagnostic
The interactive Values Integrity Model diagnostic. Takes about four minutes. Locates where your values actually sit — not where you wish they did — and generates a personalised Hidden Gap profile with a recommended values journey.
Take the Diagnostic →Coming Soon
Games Organisations Play
The full diagnostic table from Chapter 19 — ten of the most common organisational scripts mapped across declared value, intended behaviour, and actual behaviour. Coming soon as a standalone article and diagnostic tool.
The community
Recognition without community is fragile.
The gap has a way of reopening when we return to systems that are still running on underground values. What sustains the journey is not willpower alone — it is the presence of other people doing the same honest work.
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