Know your humans.
Kia ora, and welcome to good people.
We create bespoke solutions with human-centred design.
We
support
good people.
We’ll give your organisation and
your team the support you need
to make human-centred design
work for you.
We
advocate for
good people.
Because the success of your product, service, or organisation as a whole is driven by people – your employees and your customers – not just processes or technologies.
We
consult & coach,
design with,
mentor & grow,
good people.
What we can do
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Custom consulting & coaching
Support you to use a human-centred design (HCD) approach to solve problems and realise opportunities.
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Capability building & training
Upskill your team in HCD principles and methods, and help shape your team with role development and recruitment expertise.
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Programme design & project work
Design a programme of HCD activities tailored to your needs and deliver aspects of that programme for you, like qualitative research, or workshop design and facilitation.
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Mentoring & career growth
Provide guidance for career progression in human-centred design from graduate level through to leadership.
How we work
We’ll work with you, not for you, and support you to succeed. We’ll never give you a framework, methodology, or set of activities that you can’t or won’t use.
We believe in a tailored approach that matches your needs.
Who we are
Marijke Preston (she/her)
Connector of people & dots
Marijke (Mj) has been helping people solve all kinds of problems during her 15+ years in the design industry. She leads with empathy and integrity across projects, programmes, and teams of all sizes. Mj’s secret sauce is her ability to blend business acumen and commercial considerations with a commitment to putting people first.
Amy Stoks (she/her)
Bringing clarity to complexity
Amy learned to be human-centred as a content writer tasked with translating huge policy PDFs into plain English. 15+ years later she applies her ability to analyse and digest highly complex information to qualitative research projects, human-centred design strategies, and capability building frameworks. Amy is an expert at cutting through the noise to get to the heart of a problem, and always delivering solutions powered by people.
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“Mj and Amy guided me and my team through many critical phases of our digital transformation project, and were integral to the success of our work. In the field of human-centred design their knowledge and expertise is reassuringly expansive, and generously shared.”
Vanessa van der Schraft
Channel Owner, Inland Revenue NZ -
“Mj and Amy are people people, and are skilled at helping businesses see the human side of things. I’ve worked with both of them and rate them highly.”
Lulu Pachuau
Director of Design, Hatch NZ -
"Marijke (Mj) and Amy are a wonderful team with complementary skills. Together they provide the full package, with depth of knowledge and experience across HCD strategy and delivery. They create ease when working with teams through their warm style and considered approach to engaging people."
Kirsten Bockett-Smith
Operating Model Design Consultant, Te Pūkenga
Some ways we can help
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• Maturity assessments for human-centred design.
• Tailored strategies to grow and embed human-centred design.
• Trial of a good people-led project using human-centred design, end-to-end.
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• Monthly retainer for a strategic partnership, leadership coaching, and advocacy.
• Monthly retainer for capability building and people development.
• 1-1 or group sessions for mentorship and advice on career progression.