Get better at AI. Every fortnight.
An ongoing coach for your key people, on the work in front of them now. They get better at AI while AI gets them unstuck.
Sounds like you if your team has done the training and the work still hasn't changed.
- A fortnightly rhythm that holds
- A real bottleneck cleared each cycle
- The playbook stays yours, and it compounds
The room was energised. Then it drifted back.
The training wasn't the problem. A single day can't outweigh months of how things have always been done, so the habit creeps back the moment the room empties. Lasting change takes a rhythm, not one big push.
After a workshop
With a coach on the rhythm
The workshop lifted the room, then the habit crept back.
A fortnightly session, so the new way of working holds.
Your best AI user is streets ahead, and no one knows how.
What your top people do, written down for the rest.
A recurring cost that's really just another meeting.
A named action cleared each cycle, and the lift measured.
The habit holds. This month, and the month after.
Every fortnight, on the work that's slowing them down.
A named coach works with your key people on a two-week rhythm - long enough for real work to happen between sessions, short enough that the momentum never drains. Three things each cycle:
Review the real work
We start from what your people actually built last cycle, captured on RIVER+, our coaching platform - not a self-report on how the session felt.
- What they built and used since last time
- Where it worked, and where it stalled
- The gap that's worth closing next
Work the bottleneck live
We take the thing slowing them down right now and work it in the room with AI, so they leave with it moving, not with homework.
- The current problem in their role or business
- Solved live with the right AI, hands on keyboards
- The habit modelled, not just described
Agree what lands next
Each session ends with named actions, small enough to finish before the next one, and a playbook that grows every time.
- Actions owned, and sized to land in a fortnight
- Your team's prompts, agents and workflows kept on RIVER+
- A monthly read for the leader on what moved
Grounded in real work, and built to last.
Coaching starts from what your people actually built, corrects it while they work, and holds a steady rhythm - so the capability compounds instead of fading the week after.
Everything a procurement or legal team needs is in our Trust Centre
- Built on the real work your people are doing, session after session.
- A fortnightly rhythm, so momentum holds instead of draining after a day.
- Capability measured against the same real work over time, so you can show the lift.
- The prompts, agents and workflows stay yours on RIVER+, and compound.
- Included from the Retainer tier, so it grows with the work.
- 100% New Zealand built, Māori and Pacific owned.
RIVER learnt our business inside out, and found growth we hadn't seen ourselves. That is what changed our ability to scale.
Jay HarrisonFounder, Edison Health · 2022Start next cycle. The rhythm does the rest.
Tell us who your key people are and where the work keeps stalling. We put a coach on a fortnightly rhythm with them, and the first bottleneck starts moving from the first session.
- A named coach with your key people
- A real bottleneck worked live each fortnight
- A growing playbook, kept on RIVER+
The investment
An ongoing coach for your key people, on a fortnightly rhythm.
Included from the Retainer tier, so it grows with the work.
Scoped to your people and cadence, and adjustable month to month.
Every engagement includes
- A named coach working with your key people every fortnight
- Each session on the bottleneck slowing them down, worked live with AI
- Real actions agreed each cycle, small enough to land before the next
- A growing playbook of your team's own prompts, agents and workflows on RIVER+
- Capability measured over time, and a monthly report for the leader
The questions people ask when they’re ready to move.
Those get your team started. This keeps them getting better, for as long as you want. A workshop is a day; performance coaching is an ongoing rhythm.
- Fortnightly sessions, so momentum never drains between them.
- Built on your people's real work, so every session earns its place.
- Capability tracked over time, not just at the end of a day.
We review, we work the real problem, and we agree what's next. The work between sessions is what makes each one land.
- Review what your people built last cycle, from their own work on RIVER+.
- Take the bottleneck slowing them down and work it live with AI.
- Agree the actions, small enough to land before the next session.
Your key people - the ones who can change how the work happens. A bottleneck is cleared by someone with the authority to change it.
- Usually a leader and their key people, or a team lead and their team.
- Scoped with you up front, and adjustable as it runs.
A growing playbook of your own work, and it stays yours. The capability compounds instead of leaving with a trainer.
- Your team's prompts, agents and workflows, captured on RIVER+.
- What your top performers do, written down for everyone else.
- Month twelve is a long way from month one.
It runs on a monthly retainer, scaled to your people and cadence. Coaching fills a retainer tier of its own.
- Included from the Retainer tier.
- A build running alongside it moves you up a tier, so each has room of its own.
- Scoped to your rhythm, and adjustable month to month.
+ GST.
Easy to start. Fast to prove. Built to scale.
Tell us about your performance coaching, and we’ll take it from there. Prefer to look first? Ask Moana, or take the free Readiness Check.
Ideas from the field.
Guides and research from a team that ships it.
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Teams like yours, in their own words.
A decade of work, across health, sport, finance and the public good.
RIVER learnt our business inside out, and found growth we hadn't seen ourselves. That is what changed our ability to scale.
Jay HarrisonFounder, Edison Health · 2022We crunch through complex data to generate insights, and RIVER made it simple to work through, while keeping everyone aligned on our core value proposition.
Alex OsbornCTO, trev · 2024Our business runs on what RIVER built. They have been central to our technology and our growth, and it keeps driving results.
Mark BramwellDirector, Commercial Realty · 2024RIVER listens, understands what we actually need, and gives us our time back. That is what a good partnership looks like.
Tony NaiduDevelopment Manager, Auckland Badminton Association · 2025RIVER helped us validate our market and launch our platform, and they haven't stopped since. They've been with us every step.
Mike CollinsFounder, iMatch Sport · 2025RIVER has been a trusted partner from the start, and they exceeded what we expected. We're already seeing the difference their work is making.
Ellen LekkaProgramme Specialist, UNESCO & SVSG · 2025The team at RIVER has been an incredible partner from day one. Their ongoing support helped make our success possible.
Scott TownshendFounder, trev · 2022RIVER approached every detail with care. Every decision was made with consideration and purpose.
Daemon CoyleGM, Mental Health Foundation · 2021Our new brand is bold and effective, and customers love it. The website has driven a real increase in leads.
Marcus SinGM, Cleanly · 2020We have always been ambitious about what our site should do, and RIVER take on the hardest parts of it. They make it happen, no matter how complex.
Chris HartFounder, Real Groovy · 2021RIVER are responsive and always ready to adapt. We have never had to chase them, and their support has been critical as our needs changed.
Supriya Kulkarni-PadhyeM&E Coordinator, Oceania Football Confederation · 2020We love our new brand. It reflects who we are as a team and resonates with our customers. Thank you for bringing our vision to life.
Tracy BergeGM, Greentree Advisers · 2021