Who we are

 

Curious minds.
Critical thinkers.
Collaborative partners.

We are Perceptive. We notice what others might miss, connect the signals that matter and see beyond the obvious. In a world of abundant data and increasingly automated answers, human judgement has never mattered more.

A team focused
on effectiveness.

Our solutions

Perceptive is an award-winning insights and intelligence consultancy with more than 65 specialists across New Zealand and Australia. We work with commercial, government and social-sector leaders to make sense of complexity, make better decisions and move with conviction.

More information does not automatically create more understanding. We bring together rigorous research, data and evidence with context and human judgement to identify the signals that matter and turn them into clear direction.

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See the whole picture

We connect data and evidence with human behaviour, culture and context to understand what is really happening

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Bring right minds together

Our specialists span research, strategy, behavioural insight, analytics, design, communications and technology. We bring together the expertise each question requires.

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Make intelligence useful

We move beyond findings to provide a clear point of view on what matters, what it means and what should happen next.

Trans-Tasman expertise, globally connected

Our people are specialists in their fields and collaborators by nature. We work as one Trans-Tasman team, bringing together the perspectives and expertise each challenge needs. We move beyond findings to provide a clear point of view on what matters, what it means and what should happen next.

Daniel Shaw

CEO

Jo Brockhurst

Managing Director | AU

Mark Vincett

Strategy Director | NZ

Alison French

Director | AU

Rachael Weaver

Operations Director | NZ

Jackson Humphries

Research Director | NZ

Ivana Drinkovic

Insights Director | NZ

Robbie Coshan

Business Director

What our clients say

“The team at Perceptive are amazing to deal with. They’ve established a strong lead generation programme for us and are highly proactive in reporting, monitoring and continually refining this.”

Brother International NZ Limited

“The Perceptive Omnibus has been instrumental in uncovering what's on the minds of the New Zealand public across the broad range of industries that our clients work within. It has been really useful, repeatedly providing us with valuable insights.”

Mango Communications

Memberships, partnerships and accreditations

Trust is fundamental to our work. Our independently recognised standards, professional memberships, technology partnerships and quality controls support secure, ethical and high-quality research, insights and data practice. 

Standards 

ISO/IEC 27001 — information security management  

ISO 20252 — market, opinion and social research

 

Partnerships

Qualtrics implementation partner across Australia and New Zealand

 

Quality and assurance

Technology-enabled respondent validation

Sentry and in-house data-quality controls

Approved government supplier credentials.

All-of-Government Approved Consultancy Services Provider

 

Professional memberships

Research Association New Zealand

Australian Data and Insights Association

The Research Society



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