Success Stories

Tim Tracey - Pickle and Pie

14 January 2025

Tim Tracey joined CQ at the early stages of his new cafe venture Pickle and Pie in central Wellington.

Like all new ventures it was hairaising at times, with Tim putting in massive hours as the sole chef. What was evident was that little by little Tim was developing his leadership capabilities, allowing him to get his eyes up onto the horizon. The issues he was bringing to his CQ team were changing from managing a tight cash flow and workload overwhelm, to organisational structures and strategy. Today Tim has grown from having one outlet with 10 staff, to 7 outlets employing 55 staff. We have loved our journey with Tim.

“Collective Intelligence has grown with me, in the beginning the meetings forced me to take time away from the business and allowed some time for perspective. Now our Collective Intelligence team and I spend more time on strategy, management style and leadership. My Journey with Collective Intelligence has been about constant growth and I’ve gained the confidence to keep growing our Hospitality business and this year (2024) we featured on Deloittes nationwide Fast 50 index with Wellington's fastest growing consumer and retail company.”