What We Do

People + Science translates neuroscience and analytics into practical solutions for leaders, boards, and organisations. Our services span assessment, advisory, training, and long-term change to deliver measurable impact.

Diagnose with data, act with neuroscience, deliver measurable commercial results.

People + Science provides leaders, boards, and organisations with neuroscience-based products and services that go beyond surface-level reporting. Our suite of diagnostics, advisory programs, and training solutions helps accurately identify and resolve the root causes of complex challenges, from people and culture to customer experience, innovation, change management, communications, cross-cultural dynamics, and leadership or board performance.

By combining data, neuroscience, and commercial insight, we enable organisations to predict and reduce risk, prevent lost productivity, uncover growth opportunities. unlock resilience, and achieve measurable results.

From the boardroom to the market, our insights give leaders, investors, and teams the confidence to make better decisions.

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HOW WE ENGAGE

We help organisations assess, advise, train, and sustain high performance by applying neuroscience, diagnostics, and evidence-based tools.

Internal Performance and Well-being Diagnostics and Metrics

  • Psychosocial Hazard Index

  • People + Culture Board & Organisation Audit

  • Psychological Safety Index

  • Change Readiness

  • Organisational Resilience

  • Employee Engagement
  • Emotional Capital Index
  • Innovation Index
  • Workplace Investigations
  • Psychosocial Compliance Audits

Product & Market Diagnostics

  • Vali8 Market Readiness Score
  • Valid8 Desirability Score
  • Valid8 Innovation Score
  • Investor Readiness Score

External Performance and Diagnostics and Metrics

  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Brand/Market Positioning
  • Customer Loyalty and Engagement
  • Customer Psychosocial Evaluations

  • Leadership & Culture Programs

  • Change Management and Behavioural Change Programs
  • Communications and Conflict Management Programs
  • M&A Integration Support

  • Board & Governance Advisory

  • WHS & Compliance Pathways

  • Science of Influence (The Cognition Lab)

  • Leadership Programs (frontline to board)

  • Psychological Safety & Compliance Training

  • Certification for People + Culture Diagnostics

  • Tiny Habits, Big Change Programs

Our research includes the following:

  • Boardroom Psychological Safety Index 2021
  • Boardroom Psychological Safety Index 2025 
  • Boardroom Psychosocial Hazard Index 2025
  • Neuroscience of Decision-Making

  • The Future of Work & Resilience

  • Custom Research Projects

Our keynotes are as follows:

For all organisational levels:

  • The Science of Good Leaders
  • The Neuroscience of Decision Making.
  • Why Smart People Do Dumb Things
  • The Key Ingredient to High Performing Teams
  • Legacy Leadership and the 5Is.
  • Getting Unstuck
  • Non Violent Communication – It will change your life.

For Sales and Business Development

  • Applying Neuro-Marketing
  • The Science of Trust
  • Take the Journey – the Customer Journey
  • Perspective Matters
  • The Science Behind Customer Engagement

For founders and Startups

  • Valid8 – Accelerate Go to Market with these science based tips.
  • Founder Resilience 101

We apply applied neuroscience and people analytics to marketing to help organisations:

  • Understand what captures attention. Eye-tracking and attention measures reveal what customers really notice — not just what they claim to.

  • Test campaigns before launch. Predict which ads, brand assets, or messages will resonate emotionally and cognitively.

  • Optimise brand positioning. Align your story with the way brains naturally process information, building stronger connections.

  • Build trust at scale. Identify and overcome unconscious barriers that prevent audiences from engaging.

  • De-risk new product entry. Anticipate customer response to new ideas, services, and offerings before committing investment.

WHO WE HELP

Strengthen governance, reduce decision-making risk, and unlock performance.

Build safer, more engaged workplaces and meet compliance standards. Mitigate your own risk with an external and evidence based diagnostics and insights.

Bridge the gap between policy and implementation. Be confident your managers, teams and organisation is not at risk on your watch.

Navigate mergers, acquisitions, and market entry with confidence.

Apply a neuroscience lens to your campaigns, positioning, and  communications.

Apply a neuroscience lens to your user experience, barriers and project teams.

Accelerate your “go to market” strategy and ability to scale. Attract investors.

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ORGANISATIONAL STAGES

We partner with organisations at every stage of their journey:

Stabilising culture, restoring trust, resolving psychosocial risks.

Strengthening leadership, resilience, and sustainable growth.

Rebuilding customer trust and loyalty through neuroscience and journey mapping.

Delivering evidence, compliance, and assurance for boards and regulators.

Shifting habits and culture to achieve high performance.

Enhancing wellbeing, engagement, and retention.

Unlocking barriers to change and creating momentum.

CASE STUDIES

Proven Results. Real Impact.

  • A manufacturer increased productivity whilst reducing overtime (and no additional head counts).

  • A global merger reduced turnover by 23% within six months.

  • An aged care provider lifted employee engagement by 35%.

  • A board increased psychological safety scores by 40% in under a year.

THE SCIENCE

Backed by Evidence. Driven by Neuroscience.

  • Every tool we use is grounded in validated neuroscience research. We pioneered the Boardroom Psychological Safety Index and the Psychosocial Hazard Index, setting new benchmarks in governance and workplace wellbeing.

    Our diagnostics are designed not just to measure — but to predict. That means you see the risks and opportunities ahead, and make better decisions today.