Life and work, but better.

Evidence-based coaching and experiences that lift human performance.

Tired of well-meaning advice that doesn’t help? Eye-rolling another HR program promising to improve your resilience and further your career? Barely above water with daily disruptions at work and home?

We know the feeling. We also know how to blend research and entertainment to make learning, change, and coaching not suck worth your investment.

The 984Collective hosts and designs practical experiences to improve yourself, your team, the organization, and community. We’re at the intersection of science and the real world. Where experts in human and system development work for you.

Because what you’ve learned from HBR (or that LinkedIn influencer) isn’t working.

Thomas Payne

Founder, Executive Director

I started the 984.Collective with one goal in mind: To make more leaders and teams like the best through engaging and evidence-based experiences.

Here is a sample of what I’ve done in the last year as an executive coach and consultant inside an industry leading global AI company, and as a weekend business owner at the 984Collective:

  • Coached 50 Leaders across 250 one-on-one sessions, resulting in 16% improvement in leadership capability (3-month program)

  • 434 Leaders completed the Conditions for Growth workshop within 90-days, where 97% of survey respondents agreed: “This was a valuable use of time.”

  • Built an Accountability Partner A.I. agent to support just-in-time coaching and follow-up after sessions, “The agent was a powerful resource earlier this week. It helped me quickly clarify my own accountability and reset the standard of work with my VPs and Senior Directors.” - SVP, Consulting

  • Partnered across Sales and HR to develop and deliver a skill and simulation based experience on emotional intelligence and leadership / 2-day in-person session with 287 graduates globally, 94% agreed: “I’m more confident now in coaching my team to lift performance.”

  • Built and certified 20 internal facilitators to run EQ program across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific

  • Designed multi-day summits in Boston, Denver, London, Madrid, Montreal, Munich and Nice, as well as 6-month leader learning journeys in Bangalore and Hyderabad that clients chose to repeat and expand based on Leader participation and business outcomes.

*Not opinion! Research from Fortune identified Cisco as the “Best Place to Work” in the world (2019, 2021-2023)!

Workshops that Work: Conditions for Growth

  • 434 Leaders | 15 Workshops | 90 Days

    Knowledge and skill practice that lifts performance through High Standards and High Support

    97% of Leaders agree / strongly agree: “This was a valuable use of my time.”

  • “Engaging and valuable. I learned new concepts, worked on a real-world case, and left with practical tools (the agent) that I can immediately apply.”

    Director, Product Engineering

  • “Exceeded my expectations going into the meeting. Forced me to think critically and want to dig in on the concepts presented.”

    VP, Solutions Consulting