The Most Important Thing in the World
A little picture book about what truly matters: money, kindness, learning and the light of value that lives inside each of us.
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The institute explains value and the findings of ÆVRI research in plain words, for different readers. These materials are written by ÆVRI and are not peer-reviewed research.
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Kids
What value is, told simply, for curious young readers.
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School
Value, choices and cooperation for school students and their teachers.
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Students
Concepts, models and research methods for university students.
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Business
How value is created and lost in organisations, and what leaders can do about it.
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Government
Value for public services, policy and the people they serve.
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Latest materials
What is value? A story about a class garden
Value is anything that helps a group get better at what it wants to do. Anti-value is what quietly makes it worse.
Value, anti-value and teamwork
Why do some group projects work and others fall apart? A simple way to look at teams: what creates value, what creates anti-value, and why people want different things.
Value Management Theory in five concepts
A short guide to the core constructs of Value Management Theory (VMT) and how they are used to analyse employee-centricity as a source of competitive advantage.
Competing on employee-centricity: a value-system view for leaders
Why do investments in benefits, learning and culture often give short-lived results? The answer is alignment between value systems, not a longer list of best practices.
Public service as a value system
Ideas from Value Management Theory for public institutions: people who deliver services, the institution and citizens are three value systems that need to fit together.