Tracks + Rondo

New hires drowning in slides. Culture reduced to a handbook.

Onboarding that accelerates belonging and capability, not just compliance.

Most onboarding is a data dump. Here's your laptop, here are 47 policies, here's your desk. We design experiences that help new hires feel capable and connected - faster.
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THE CHALLENGE

The onboarding paradox

  • Information overload that nobody retains past week two
  • Culture communicated through documents instead of experience
  • New hires left to figure out "how things really work" on their own
  • Months before people feel genuinely connected to the mission
  • High early attrition because people never truly arrived

Our Solution

Onboarding that builds capability, not just compliance

The first 90 days set the tone for everything that follows. Yet most onboarding is a checklist of systems, policies, and mandatory modules that teach compliance but not capability.

We design onboarding experiences that orient new hires to how work actually gets done. The culture beneath the stated culture. The decisions they'll need to make. The relationships that matter.

Because onboarding should accelerate contribution, not just complete paperwork.

Tracks

The flight simulator for business skills
Format

Virtual or in-person facilitated

Best For

Intact teams of 8-30, manager cohorts, emerging leaders

Duration

2-hour to full-day sessions, multi-week programs

Facilitated team programs

Ready-to-run programs for teams. Build essential skills through hands-on learning.

Build skills through lifelike situations before facing them on the job

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What’s included

  • Experience design for the full 90-day journey
  • Scenario-based modules for critical early decisions
  • Culture immersion that goes beyond stated values
  • Manager toolkit for effective new hire support
  • Milestone checkpoints and success metrics

What changes

  • Time-to-productivity measured in weeks, not quarters
  • Culture absorbed through immersive experience, not policy review
  • New hires building real relationships from day one
  • The unwritten rules made explicit through practice
  • People who feel like they belong before their first month ends
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In practice

See how this approach played out with a real client.

DIG

A redesigned onboarding program featuring gamified learning, interactive challenges, and hands-on kitchen activities - turning orientation from routine HR into culture acceleration.

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What they say...

Todd

Hansen

Executive Producer - Web Summit
“Cracking the code of designing engaging learning environments is what these guys understand and deliver”

About Wavetable

We design learning experiences that actually change behavior.

Wavetable is an experiential education studio.
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We work with leading organizations to create immersive simulations and scenarios that help teams practice high-stakes situations before they face them in real life.

Our approach combines narrative design, learning science, and deep expertise in leadership development.

Trusted by teams at:
amplitude
dig
havas
ey
columbia business school
whalar
sxsw
nyc
the new york times
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wasserman
amplitude
dig
havas
ey
columbia business school
whalar
sxsw
nyc
the new york times
we