Culture Outruns Code
December 15, 2025
A reflection on trust, culture, and leadership when speed outpaces alignment.
Teams
Strengthen Team Performance and Culture
Building trust is fundamental to sustain high performing teams. And, leaders need new skills and deeper awareness to manage hybrid and remote teams.
CultureTalk gives you an instant snapshot of a team’s makeup, helping you to identify emerging leaders, missing skills, and opportunities for team development.
Organizations also face a growing demand for HR programs to move beyond hiring stats towards building teams where people feel a sense of belonging.
Leaders need to be intentional about the development of the team dynamic and take responsibility for the ongoing challenge of human beings working together.
Investing in effective teamwork strategies helps organizations address competitive challenges and grow in positive ways.
CultureTalk Profiles help teams build trust quickly. Collaborations become more productive when each person’s motivations and strengths are aligned. Even conflict can be put to good use when we trust others to challenge our ideas and see what we don’t see.
Case Studies
Build the Team to Tackle New Challenges
Research Department Shifts Team Culture and Reputation
A CultureTalk Team Building Experience
Video: A team reflects on learning their Archetypes
"Our team is very pleased with our CultureTalk outcomes. The amazing accuracy of the tool helped us understand a lot more about each other. This insight enables us to work together more skillfully, effectively and with greater sensitivity."
— Marty Vangas, Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership 
"Using the CultureTalk Survey was a super fun process. Our entire team was involved and everybody had some say in it. Learning about our Archetypes was very validating for us, it gave us a way to talk, a way to present ourselves, a way to tell our story."
— Michele Nichols, Unique Venues 
"CultureTalk enabled us to address the gap between the executive team and staff."
— Chris Stratford, Re:Gen Leadership & Development 
"Using the Archetype Reports on our Group Retreat was such a great icebreaker. It helped us connect in an immediate, yet deep way, and it was also fun! Throughout the weekend, the conversation kept coming back to our Archetypes."
— Julie Chazotte 
Blogs
Has “Diversity” Become a Dirty Word?
November 18, 2025
𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲𝘀 are a more human and neutral way into these diversity conversations — they offer a lens that gets beneath the surface to our motivations, patterns, and lived experiences.
Your Archetype Results Are In. Now What?
November 7, 2025
After certifying more than 200 coaches and consultants in Narrative Intelligence, I’ve learned this: validation isn’t optional—it’s essential.
The Prediction that Stunned the Board
October 16, 2025
When you can map organizational Archetypes, you can predict where a change will break down—before it does.
Maybe the Team Isn’t Misaligned
October 5, 2025
Just a few hours of guided story work can shift years of misunderstanding. Story isn’t soft—it’s a strategic unlock.
12 Tips to Make Client Breakthroughs Predictable
September 18, 2025
The magic is not random. When you map Archetype stories, breakthroughs follow patterns.
"CultureTalk helped to open the conversation and get us on the same page, both as a department and individuals."
— Sandy Padula, Turner Entertainment 
"CultureTalk has made us stronger individuals, stronger leaders, and a stronger team.
— Steve Kantscheidt, Three Group 
"CultureTalk uncovers your strengths and shadows in a way that is empowering, insightful, and life changing. .You’ll become more compassionate. You’ll deepen your connection with others. You’ll find common ground faster."
— KyAlea Monma, Consultant and Coach 
