Solving business problems with coaching, collaboration and curious minds
We are all about helping organisations succeed! We are New Zealand's most experienced coaches, we help your teams to collaborate better, deliver better outcomes, and work on the right things.
Nomad8 is a restless group of passionate people with complementary skills and a shared belief in continuous improvement. We’re expertly grounded in Agile, we live it, breathe it and bring it to everything we do - as a flexible, evolving set of principles and practices that help your business to thrive.
Upcoming Events
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Product Owner Course
Learn how to understand your user's motivations, validate your ideas, prioritise your work, and create the best context for product delivery.
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Keynotes & Motivational speaking
Book us for conference keynotes and motivational speaking on high-performing teams, doing more with less and self-organising organisations.
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Creating Great Teams Training
Get hands-on with self-selection—learn the strategies, best practices, and real-world tactics straight from the authors.
Latest Articles
Our posts include case studies, thoughtful articles, new discoveries and creative rambling. See the latest posts below, or see the full list of articles here.
Creating Great Teams
How Self-Selection Lets People Excel
People are happiest and most productive if they can choose what they work on and who they work with. Self-selecting teams give people that choice.
For leaders, managers, and HR pros looking to build high-performing teams—this updated edition dives into self-selection with fresh insights, real-world case studies, and step-by-step guidance. Learn how to run self-selection events, adapt them for remote and hybrid teams, and overcome common challenges to create engaged, resilient, and productive teams.
AI won't fix learned helplessness—it will accelerate it. When you give a workforce that has learned helplessness a tool that provides instant, easy answers, they stop thinking. AI becomes an engine for conformity, not creativity. Autonomy is the prerequisite for agility.