Learn in a way that works for you and your team

Your Learning Partner

At Gathered Minds, we make learning easy and effective, ensuring any investment in your team's development pays off.

Why learning matters

Learning isn’t just about keeping skills fresh. It’s about building teams that can handle change, spot opportunities, and bring ideas to life. When learning becomes part of everyday work, people adapt faster and your business grows stronger.

Why work with us?

We Listen First: Our process always begins with understanding your unique business, your people, and your specific challenges and aspirations.

Practical & Proven: We draw on principles of business psychology and extensive L&D experience to design learning that is not only insightful but immediately applicable.

Collaborative Spirit: We believe in the power of shared knowledge and create environments where teams learn from us, and from each other.

Proudly Based in New Zealand

Gathered Minds partners with organisations locally and globally. Whether you're in Australia, the Pacific, or beyond, we're here to help. Great learning transcends borders so we can help you, no matter where your team may be.

About me

Hi, I’m Mike Jones, and I started Gathered Minds because I believe learning works best when it’s practical, people-focused, and built to last.

I’ve spent my career in training, learning and development, organisational development, and leadership roles, and I’ve seen the difference great learning can make. I’ve also seen plenty of wasted potential when training feels irrelevant or forgettable.

With a degree in Business Psychology, I design learning that fits how people actually think and work. My approach is simple: Understand what drives people, give them the right tools and environment, and they can learn anything.

I formed Gathered Minds to help teams learn together in ways that stick. Because when learning is clear, practical, and supported, people achieve more. And they take that growth with them long after the workshop ends.

Our courses

Start developing your team straight away. We have workshops and training ready to go, which can be delivered on-site at your workplace or online. Everything we deliver is designed to build the skills your people, and business, need to succeed.

  • Learning that makes people more effective at their roles, and supports a strong team who can collaborate well.

  • Leadership development that supports new or aspiring leaders to master the skills that will guarantee their team’s success.

  • When your team understand your customer, they can solve their problems faster. Training in this space teaches team members to identify what success looks like for any customer, and tailor their approach accordingly.

  • Take the experts you have within your team and use their knowledge to grow those who are less experienced.

    Having strong trainers in your workplace will build a culture where people want to learn and improve.

Our services

Gathered Minds is here to help you learn about learning. We have services to help you build a workplace where employee development is prioritised and effective. Your people will want to learn and you’ll see results.

  • Sometimes you just need an independent voice in the room to guide the conversation.

    If you need someone to lead conversations with a focus on reaching results and outcomes, or if you have your own training materials and need someone to facilitate them, reach out.

  • Become an organisation that learns how to learn.

    A strong learning strategy sets the tone for development throughout your business.

    As part of the development of your strategy we can consider your budgets, your business challenges, and the experience levels of your leaders and team members alike.

    Let’s build a strategy that’s uniquely yours.

  • Have an idea for learning at work?

    Maybe you’re not sure where to start and need some guidance.

    Sometimes a conversation is all you need to get the ball rolling!

    Coaching, mentoring, or even just a quick bit of advice. Reach out and let us know what you need.

  • We can help you design effective Instructor-led training sessions or workshops that get results, and e-learning that’s engaging and memorable.

    Gathered Minds will work with you to understand your exact learning needs, and we’ll then build a learning experience that you can deliver in a way that works for your business.

Ready to start your learning journey?

Reach out today for an obligation-free chat about how Gathered Minds can help you build a skilled, engaged, and effective team.