We connect with people, we listen and we understand.
Helping people flourish, helping them perform.

It doesn’t matter what type of business, organisation or community you lead
– your people matter.

People are at the heart of everything you do and everything you want to achieve. Your employees cause the results you strive for, your partners help you succeed and your customers are the people you serve with the power to refer.

We get people – our mission is to improve our collective human experience.

What people matter to you?

• understand the journey of your customer
• discover what your employees need to be well and happy
• find out what your clients really care about
• understand how to engage and enable your employees to deliver
• understand the experience of your users

Our people services

Engage with your people

Digital Product Design

People Matter can be your trusted partner – with a background in business, client facing agencies and complex corporate organisations. Grounded in the realities of strategy and marketing, we know what it takes to perform well.

We balance this practical business accuman with a deep understanding of what it means to be human. It’s important for us, in what ever we do, that we are making a meaningful difference in peoples lives.

We bring wisdom and care – think of us as your guiding companion on whatever journey you’re on.

Deliver better outcomes

Connected experience

Human-centred design/design thinking/co-design

While there are many different approaches to design, we think its more important to have the right mindset and principles than get stuck on following one pre-determined process. We like to combine tools and techniques into a powerful combination we like to think of as Human-centred design thinking.

Human-centered design thinking is a creative approach to problem solving that focuses on the people you’re designing for and ends with new solutions, tailor made to their needs.

Our core principles
• clearly understand the problem
• clear sense of purpose
• context is key
• value diversity and perspectives
• relentless curiosity
• elevate lived experience

We believe that connection and community two of the most important things the world needs right now.

We also care a lot about the wellbeing, or flourishing of people, who in turn help their whānau, communities and organisations flourish.

We love to see individuals build their capability and capacity to meet life, as well as teams working together with shared purpose and camerardery.
The outcome of people being engaged and effective is better results. 

We have a small core team of consultants and a wide network of creatives and professionals we can call on to get things done.

As a consultancy, we are nimble and can tailor the perfect team to respond to your brief. Keeping our overheads, and carbon footprint low.

Kyle Jones

Kyle likes to solve complex challenges and create better human experiences. For almost 30 years, he’s worked in agencies, small businesses, large consulting firms, and local and central government organisations. This, combined with a broad range of expertise, means he’s well prepared to understand complex organisations, competing priorities and stakeholder needs. Kyle likes to take a human-centered approach to achieving successful outcomes for organisations and better experiences for people. Linkedin

Mitch Olson

Brent Courtney

Brent loves to create distinctive and purposeful brands. With a 20-year career in design and advertising agencies, Brent has developed a Swiss Army knife of skills. He has creatively led high-value projects for some of NZ’s best-known brands, and created award-winning campaigns for Forest & Bird, World Wildlife Fund and NZ Book Council. Putting his skills into action, Brent curates art exhibitions campaigning for environmental protection. Linkedin