We're David and Jaimie.
Strategy, coaching, and research in service of work that matters.
Jaimie
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Dr Jaimie Monk
Research Economist · Fellow, Motu ResearchJaimie Monk is a research economist whose work starts from a simple premise: before you can change a system, you need to understand it as it actually is, not as you'd prefer it to be.
As a Fellow at Motu Economic and Public Policy Research and Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Canterbury, she draws on some of New Zealand's most comprehensive longitudinal datasets, including Growing Up in New Zealand, to examine how housing, income, and family circumstances shape children's development and long-term wellbeing.
A consistent thread in her work is the bridge between academic rigour and practical policy impact. Her research has informed national policy conversations at the highest levels of government, and she regularly communicates her findings to public and professional audiences, because evidence only counts for something if the right people can understand it.
In 2023 she was awarded the Jan Whitwell Prize for Doctoral Research by the New Zealand Association of Economists, recognition of work that takes seriously both the complexity of the questions and the precision of the methods used to answer them, contributing the evidence base that makes purposeful change possible.
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Strategist · Coach · DirectorDavid's roles have changed often, but the underlying work has always been the same, helping people and organisations that care deeply about their mission find the clarity to move forward.
Ready Think Go is the most recent expression of that. Through it, he works to help leaders, teams, and organisations close the gap between their purpose and their practice.
David's MBA and studies in applied psychology were focused primarily on understanding how to unlock the unique talents that every person carries, and helping those talents find practical expression. He has used these skills to start, establish and grow many businesses and charities.
Alongside this he is a trained executive coach and experienced facilitator. He serves on multiple governance and advisory boards in Aotearoa's for-purpose sector. His various roles take him overseas regularly, contributing to conversations about community development, impact investment, and housing across the Pacific and beyond.
He also writes, because a little thought, in his experience, tends to go a long way.
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The conviction behind the work
Ready Think Go started from an observation: that the leaders and organisations making the most meaningful progress weren't the ones who rushed to action. Rather they were the ones who had learned to make space for thinking, space for refinement, in the midst of their activity.
David works directly with leaders and organisations, through coaching, facilitation, and the strategic work of helping people find their footing and move. Jaimie works to understand what's actually happening in the systems surrounding them, the research that tells you whether what you're doing is making the difference you think it is.
Together, it adds up to something distinctive. A practice that can hold both the human dimension and the empirical one, the work of helping people move, and the understanding of the systems they're moving through.
The work, at its heart, is simple: help purpose-driven people and organisations find their footing, move forward, and flourish in what they're doing.
Bespoke response to your opportunities
We aim to respond to the opportunities you face, drawing out the capability and clarity together.
That might mean strategy facilitation or governance advisory. Executive coaching or leadership development. Academic research, data analysis, and policy work. Systems analysis and business development. Webinars, workshops, and keynotes.
What connects all of it isn't the type of work, it's the disposition brought to it. Drawing out perspective rather than prescribing solutions. Holding space for thinking and refinement. Working alongside rather than above.
If you're wondering whether any of this might be useful, the best place to start is a conversation.
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