About

The first iteration of Collective Intelligence dates back to 1994.

As a Director in his early 30s, our Founder, Ian Harvey, began to wonder how the wellbeing and development of our leaders and future leaders could be better and more meaningfully supported.  One answer, he believed, was in powerful, unbiased feedback from competent people.

Harv threw out the traditional “leadership development” rule book and set up a non-competitive business group with a wide variety of leaders across many industries. 


They challenged Harv, and each other. 


They unearthed both issues and opportunities for growth. 


Their diverse perspectives and mutual trust created an environment to deeply learn from each other.


The work of this group seeded an idea that eventually came to fruition more than two decades later, when Harv launched Collective Intelligence as a social enterprise in 2008. Since then, the ecosystem has grown to include international members across more than 70 industries, with dozens of teams and members ranging from 21 to 75 years old. 


We curate teams that make sense of complexity and the associated challenges of navigating the world. We believe in the magic of like-hearted people colliding in safe spaces. We love people who are ambitious to develop, have the guts to be themselves and are curious about what’s possible.



Does that sound like you?

The Collective Intelligence kaupapa is connection and belonging, diversity and inclusion, mana enhancing and aroha.  These values are woven into everything we do, every team and throughout the whole ecosystem.

We are the home of changemakers, contemplators, altruists and lifelong learners.  We interconnect individuals to catalyse authentic growth and create a sense of belonging.  No two Collective Intelligence member experiences are the same, but each has the potential to be transformative and unearth new perspectives. 

 

Together, our intention is to create a new growth paradigm where members form deep, lifelong relationships and evolve together to realise their full potential.

Meet the Team

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Meet our Members

A few of the inspiring people you will meet

Andrew Melville

Story Gatherer/Facilitator/Author

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Rod McDonald

Winemaker

Te Awanga Estate

Alana Crooks

Marketing and Communications

Here are some of the ways we’re working in support of Partnerships for the Goals:

Collective Intelligence’s work aligns closely with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. 


In particular, we are bringing collaborators together to create meaningful partnerships which align with a shared vision to centre people and the planet.

On an operational level, we are also working hard to minimise our environmental impact wherever we can, including:

  • Reducing consumption and waste wherever possible, including virtually paperless operations (we’re tracking at 1 ream of paper per year!)
  • Holding suppliers to account for their material, manufacturing and transport choices
  • Calculating and offsetting our organisational carbon emissions through tree planting.

Ongoing partnership with Tiwaiwaka  who are working to heal the mauri of the whenua


Supporting rangitahi with scholarships to participate in Collective Intelligence.  Our Koru scholarships (courtesy of our founder, Harv and other generous patrons) support prospective members with great potential, but limited resources, by waiving membership fees for 3 years.


Being intentional and committed to becoming better Treaty Partners through the creation of a Cultural Awareness framework, an organisation-wide focus on learning more about Te Ao Māori, and actively weaving more Te Reo Māori and Te Ao Māori into our kaupapa.

We are partners with Entrepreneurial Women with Purpose, helping with their work


Entrepreneurial Women with Purpose seek to evolve, activate and grow the mindsets of female leaders in New Zealand, especially harnessing our next generation of leaders.


We've been working with them over the last few years to further enable entrepreneurial mindsets, meaningful leadership and environmental stewards in our business communities which has culminated into some incredibly meaningful and life changing work.

 

We are both excited about the next stages in the evolution of this partnership.


Collective Intelligence is a certified B Corporation, which means that every aspect of our operations has met rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency.  B Corps are certified to meet comprehensive criteria which aim to transform the global economy to benefit all people, communities and the planet.

We were among the first to be B Corp certified in New Zealand because we jumped at the chance to measure ourselves against the highest of international standards.  We remain committed because being a B Corp forces us to look at how we can continually improve as a business.  Because of this, our board is more diverse, our relationship with Mana Whenua is stronger, we are more environmentally conscious and we have created a better space for our whānau to work.