About

  • Hi I’m Renee,

    I’m an internationally qualified Behavioural Scientist and Management Consultant, with an MSc (Distinction) from the London School of Economics, which is one of the world’s leading social science institutions.

    I’ve been Business Director at Ogilvy Change, and helped apply the rigour of behavioural science to advertising and communications campaigns, primarily in the public sector. I have also worked at MartinJenkins in Wellington and Auckland, and as the Behavioural Science Lead within PwC’s Human Centered Design team.

    My expertise ranges from strategy, to reviews of operating models and specific functions, to research and evaluation. The unifying thread is always: to ask good questions, distil the insights that matter most, and identify how organisations could make change for the better.

    In 2020 I established Thrive Lab. It’s been really rewarding to work on projects that make a genuine difference.

    Qualifications

    • MSc (Distinction), London School of Economics. 1st in class for ‘Behaviour, Happiness and Public Policy’. Winner of Charles Mostyn Lloyd Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Master’s student.

    • PGradDip Arts equivalent, University of Auckland. Senior Prize in Sociology.

    • BCom / BSc, University of Auckland. Senior Prize in International Business.

    • Certified Individual and Team Coach, with International Coaching Community.

  • Simon Sinek reckons we should ‘start with why’. So here goes.

    I do this work because I want to help more people to live fulfilling lives. I’ve been interested in dialling up ‘contentment in society’ since age 10, because I find it fascinating that we are wealthier than any other period in history, but we’re facing high levels of distress. Social isolation. Questions about how to find purpose. And more. I’d like to play my part in helping us to live happier, fulfilled lives.

  • There are two key threads in my work.

    The first is ‘deep chats for change’. I’m passionate about connecting meaningfully through conversation, and then driving real-world change off the back of that.

    The second thread is that everything I do is evidence based. Those insights could come from you and your team, about what matters most, or they could come from happiness research, behavioural science, management consulting and coaching approaches - about what people need to thrive, and how to drive change.