Speaking & Keynotes
Talks that turn values into a working advantage.
Bradley Hook — author of Start With Values (Penguin) and founder of the Values Institute — delivers keynotes and workshops on values, resilience and high performance, grounded in original research from 114 countries and two decades with the world's leading organizations.
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Signature talks
Every talk is tailored. These are the starting points.
Start With Values
The flagship keynote, based on the book. Why values are the operating system underneath decisions, habits and culture — and how to find and actually live yours. Includes a live values exercise the whole room does together.
Best for: All-hands, offsites, conferences
The Values-Living Gap
Built on the Global Values Report: what 9,656 people across 114 countries revealed about the distance between what we value and what we live — and why closing that gap is the wellbeing and performance lever most organizations miss.
Best for: Leadership summits, HR & culture events
Values for High-Performing Teams
Why elite teams — in sport, the military, the operating room — run on values. The brain science of deciding under pressure, what the All Blacks got right about culture, and how to build the same foundations into your own team.
Best for: Executive teams, sports & performance organizations
Values in the Future of Work
AI is reshaping work and identity faster than most organizations can adapt. How values give people the anchor — and teams the shared language — to move through change without losing themselves, drawing on the FLAME Method.
Best for: Tech companies, transformation programs, conferences
Keynote
30–60 minutes, tailored to your theme. In person or virtual.
Workshop
Half or full day. Interactive values discovery and team alignment, with tools your people keep using.
Program
Multi-session engagements pairing talks with the Team Values Report and coaching.
What sets Brad apart is his ability to translate high-performance concepts into something tangible and actionable. We've seen the impact firsthand — not just in the moment, but in how our people keep applying the tools in their day-to-day roles.
About the speaker
Bradley Hook is the founder of the Values Institute, author of Start With Values (Penguin, 2025) and creator of the FLAME Method. He has delivered keynotes and programs for PwC, Bridgestone, Electronic Arts, Fonterra and Fletcher Building, partnered with Chartered Accountants Worldwide, and been featured in Entrepreneur. His talks combine values psychology, predictive-processing neuroscience and original global research — delivered with the practicality of someone who has spent twenty years in the room with real teams.
- Author, Start With Values (Penguin, 2025)
- Founder, Values Institute · Creator, FLAME Method
- Original research: the Global Values Report
- Featured in Entrepreneur · Partner to Chartered Accountants Worldwide
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