Value proposition

People products and support for startups, scale-ups & small businesses who want to create a culture they can be proud of

The Pioneers provides people products and support to start-ups, scale-ups and small businesses who really care about their people and culture.

We help in two ways...

Modular People Products: Templated products designed by experts to help you rapidly build out key areas of your people experience

People Ops as a Service: An experienced People Partner to shape your people strategy and coach your leaders, paired with a workflow expert to automate your people processes


Why work with us?

We’re insightful: We do the legwork of keeping on top of the latest research in people science, so we can help you to see round corners and spot the opportunities others miss.

We’re applied: We get under the hood of your business to build solutions that get results.

We’re pioneering: If you want to create a culture that sets you apart, you need to work with partners who’ll give you the challenge and confidence to forge your own path.


What clients say...

“If you really believe in the importance of people and if you want to create a culture that sets you apart, you need to work with The Pioneers. They bring this magical mix that stretches your thinking and helps you to build groundbreaking stuff really quickly, while keeping you laughing along the way.” Chantal Wilson, People Director at Honest Burgers

"The Pioneers really helped us understand the strengths and weaknesses in our approach to people management and culture at TSK. They helped clarify where we needed to focus our efforts if we wanted to continue to grow and be a great place to work for our people. For us it soon became clear that we needed to find a way of inspiring and aligning our people as well as supporting them to co-ordinate and collaborate around work more easily and these were the first things we addressed.” Iain Holden, Founder and Managing Director at TSK Group

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