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Transform mindsets. Shift behaviors. Achieve results.

A proven, digital-first culture transformation journey.

3 Shifts framework · Developed with Project Light Advisory · ISO/IEC 27001 certified

The SmartLab Culture OS environment showing journeys, initiatives and culture dashboards

SmartLab is an award winning solution used by Fortune 500 companies

Fosway 9-Grid 2025 — Strategic Leader for Learning Systems Learning and Performance Institute — Top 15 Learning Technologies Learning Technologies Award Employee Engagement Awards

Developed in partnership with Project Light Advisory

Project Light Advisory brings evidence-based culture transformation built on leading academic research and decades of global practical experience — three shifts, five CEO imperatives, eleven proven modules.

“We are entering a new era of organizational performance. Technology has finally developed sufficiently that culture transformation can be scaled by applying leading academic research, global practical experience and AI-enabled technology.”
Nikola JurisicFounder, Project Light Advisory
“If you are looking to strengthen or transform your company’s culture, or your leadership of it, I can recommend no one more highly. In my thirty year career at McKinsey, leading organization culture and performance work globally, I have worked with no one better.”
Former Director EmeritusMcKinsey & Company

Proven results

Culture OS turns culture strategy into tangible, high-impact results

National sector opening

+52mincrease in annual visits
94.4 pointincrease in visitor satisfaction

Legacy organization turnaround

+45-pointimprovement in organizational health
2.5×market cap growth
+11%market share

Industrial performance surge

$1.5bin profit in year three
90%employees reporting major culture improvement

Multi-market growth enablement

~10-pointrise in organizational health
+49%revenue growth
+37%EBITDA growth

The program

What is SmartLab Culture OS?

Design culture to drive performance.

The SmartLab Culture OS environment showing diagnostics, journeys and initiatives

SmartLab Culture OS is a scalable, digital-first transformation experience that reshapes the way people think, feel, and connect—turning culture into your ultimate sustainable competitive advantage.

Combining SmartLab with Project Light Advisory’s evidence-based approach to culture change, SmartLab Culture delivers a practical, high-impact pathway to shift your culture through the systems, behaviors, and mindsets that make change stick.

The 3 Shifts Framework

A proven model for deep, lasting culture transformation

1

What Shift

Define the future you want

  • Diagnose your current culture with precision
  • Define your 4–7 year aspiration and values
  • Select the 2–3 priority behaviours to shift first
2

Inner Shift

Transform from within

  • Launch tailored inner shift journeys aligned to priority behaviors
  • Empower leaders and influencers to role model the culture
  • Demonstrate initiative quick wins to build belief and momentum
3

Outer Shift

Activate change across the organization

  • Select & activate 5–10 high-impact initiatives
  • Embed changes into systems, structures, rituals, and processes
  • Refresh your Culture Operating Model

Fit

Who is SmartLab Culture OS for?

Who has the biggest impact on culture?

  • Board

    Appoint senior role models.

  • CEO and top teams

    Senior culture role models.

  • Culture initiative teams

    Deliver culture shaping initiatives.

  • Culture orchestration teams

    Coordinate the work, so it all comes together.

  • All employees

    Bring the culture to life in their team.

The SmartLab Culture OS interfaces tailored to the board, leaders, initiative teams and all staff

The culture challenge today

When culture falls out of sync with your strategy, everything becomes harder

  • 70% of transformations fail due to culture-related reasons. (McKinsey)

  • Organizations often try to change behaviors but measure only engagement.

  • Systems and incentives frequently support the old culture.

  • Leaders lack practical tools to reinforce the behaviors they want.

  • Without a digital-first approach, culture change doesn’t scale.

  • Culture becomes invisible—and therefore unmanaged.

  • Coordinating the thousands of actions that shape the culture every day.

Why now?

Culture is the root of organizational performance.

Financial performance. Top-quartile cultures deliver 3x higher TSR.

McKinsey

3.1×

Environmental performance. Inclusive cultures are 3.1x more likely to achieve environmental commitments.

$700B

Wellbeing performance. WHO data shows $700B in potential savings from healthier cultures.

WHO

85%

Employee health. Employees in companies with strong cultures report 41% lower incidence of chronic diseases.

WHO

Where it applies

SmartLab Culture OS accelerates transformation across contexts

  • AI adoption & digital transformation

    Cultural and behavioral challenges are the #1 barrier to delivering digital objectives.

  • Agile transformations

    Agile ways of working are far more effective when culture aligns (reported by 76% of respondents).

  • Mergers & acquisitions

    Organizations that effectively manage culture are 50% more likely to capture revenue & cost synergies.

  • Talent-led transformations

    PE firms report 250% higher net returns when talent and culture transformation is prioritized.

  • Operational efficiency

    Strong cultures of cost ownership (e.g., ZBB practices) deliver 10–30% total cost savings.

  • RTS / performance transformations

    Organizations nearly double their excess TSR when they implement a full culture transformation recipe.

Difference

What makes SmartLab Culture OS different?

A practical, human-centered approach to transformation, delivered at scale.

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Scalable by design

  • Live and asynchronous learning and collaboration
  • Tailored pathways for leaders and influencers
  • Real-time analytics and insight
  • Diagnostics connected directly to action
  • Designed for hybrid organizations

Together

How SmartLab Culture OS stands apart

Powered by SmartLab. Designed with Project Light Advisory. Built for impact.

SmartLab platform interfaces: journeys, environments, dashboards and apps

SmartLab features

  • Dynamic timelines → systemic orchestration
  • Immersive environments
  • Integrated video conferencing
  • Adaptive journeys
  • Personalised dashboards
  • Decision-making & collaboration apps
  • Resource libraries
  • SmartLab AI for decisions, data, learning, and production
Project Light Advisory consultants working with a leadership team

Project Light Advisory expertise

  • 3 shifts / 5 CEO imperatives
  • 11 proven modules
  • 40+ workstreams
  • 90+ deliverables
  • Evidence-based methodology
  • Behavioral and systemic change capability
  • Trusted by global organizations

Inside the experience

Inside the SmartLab Culture OS experience

Flexible delivery models — choose the pathway that fits your ambition.

The SmartLab Culture OS delivery model, from platform deployment through to expert support
Every pathway includes the three components below.

SmartLab Culture Digital Platform

Deployed organization-wide with tailored interfaces for the board, CEO and top team, Culture Initiative teams, Culture Orchestration team, influencers and all staff.

Module Activation Labs

12 module-specific 2-day workshops to build your team and organization’s in-house culture transformation capabilities.

Dedicated Expert Support

Three levels of dedicated expert support:

  • L1: Technical support
  • L2: Module specialists
  • L3: Global culture experts

Journey

Your SmartLab Culture OS journey

Dream · Diagnose · Design · Pre-Delivery · Deliver

Dream

Define cultural purpose, aspiration, and strategic intent.

Diagnose

Understand where you are and what needs to shift.

Design

Co-create the future culture, journeys, and initiatives.

Pre-Delivery

Prepare teams, align stakeholders, and set up systems.

Deliver

Activate learning, run initiatives, track behavioral change.

Start your culture shift

Build a culture that moves with you—and moves your organization forward.