• Welcome to Tech with Heart

    Specialising in the intersection of Future Technology and People Psychology

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  • Prepare your leaders, teams or clients for the Future of Work

    As a global expert in her field, Melissa is available to speak at conferences and seminars worldwide.

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  • Future of Work Consulting

    Melissa specialises in helping companies navigate and prepare for technology
    and psychology trends.

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Future focused business consulting

We are a global company based in Auckland, New Zealand specialising in the intersection of Future Technology and People.

HOW CAN WE HELP?

We offer the following services

Tech with Heart offers a range of consulting, mentoring and speaking services to ensure your business and staff are ready for the future.

Keynote Speaking

Speaking Topics

Future of work
The intersection of People Psychology and Future Technology

Your digital body language
What message are you really sending to other humans and AI

Future Ready Leadership
How Future Fit are you?

Future Technologies
What’s coming our way and are you ready?

People & Technology impacts
Changing behaviours and unintended consequences

Connection
Humanity in a digital world

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Consulting

Strategic Foresight Projects and Consulting

Future of Work Strategy Projects

Technology Projects and Implementations

Human Centered Design Consulting

Robot and Human Behaviour Workplace Integration Projects

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Future Fit Executive & Leadership Team Training

Customised Executive and leadership team sessions.

Is your Leadership Team Future Fit
Future Simulations Workshop

Future of Work Workshops

HR Team Upskilling
Technology, Psychology and Future of Work trends

Themes centre around future capabilities, future technology & potential impacts, psychology research, tech trends, innovations and global best practice.

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We believe the future of business is in learning how to optimise the best of technology & people, to create a better world.

Tech with Heart brings experience across both sectors to provide a unique and rounded perspective, adding a human focus to technology projects and providing future technology insights to people projects.

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Melissa Crawford

Meet Melissa Crawford

Melissa is passionate about helping boards, executives and leaders better prepare for the future.

As a certified futurist with 2 technology degrees and currently completing her master’s degree in psychology, Melissa brings a mixture of academic and practical experience across a range of industries.

As the Director of Tech with Heart, Melissa applies her rare blend to her consulting, governance positions and global keynote speaking.

MORE ABOUT MELISSA

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Organisations we’ve worked with

AA
2 Degrees
Academy Ex
Air New Zealand
Alpine Energy
ASB Bank
Assure Quality
Auckland City Council
Auckland University of Technology
Baker Tilly Staples Roadway
BNZ Bank
Buddle Finlay
Chapman Tripp
Coca Cola
Comexposium Asia Pacific

Cooperative Bank
DLA Piper
EMA
Employers & Manufacturers Association
Foodstuffs
Fonterra
H2R
Hannover Fairs Australia
HEB Construction
HRNZ
IAG Insurance
KPMG
Manawatu District Council
Master Plumbers
MGI Australasia

Public Trust
Skills Consulting Group
Skycity
Southern Cross Healthcare
Suntory
Te Pou
Te Whatu Ora Health NZ
The Warehouse Group
Toitu
Tribe Recruitment
Turners and Growers
Unison
Vector
Virgin Airlines
Woolworths

What do our clients say?

“We highly recommend Melissa for your conference or event. Her session was not only thought provoking but also encouraged the audience to think about the future, their role in it and how they can navigate changes. Melissa was exceptionally well-prepared with her presentation and during it, successfully got everyone involved and catered to the different learning and information processing styles of the audience. The feedback we received on and after the event was overwhelmingly positive.”

“Brilliant opportunity to lift ourselves onto the balcony and focus on what is strategically important”

“Melissa’s session was both insightful and transformative. Beyond her expertise, she was an absolute pleasure to work with—always responsive, collaborative, and genuinely kind.”

“Melissa’s expertise and unique blend of HR and Tech is exceptional. Melissa has the ability to decipher the blocks and facilitate the development of strategic plans that build the bridge between HR and tech.”

“We have utilised Melissa’s expertise as a presenter and a panellist at our last three HR Tech and Innovation conferences across New Zealand and Australia due to both her engaging content and style. A crowd favourite, Melissa’s content is always relevant, current and thought provoking with a future focus that pushes people to think ahead.

Her brand of Tech with Heart is exactly why we like working with her as she manages to weave the intersection of future technology and people psychology to help her audience understand why both will play such a critical role in our future.”

“Melissa brings a remarkable blend of warmth, professionalism, and insight to her conversations. In our corporate setting, her ability to engage authentically while introducing thought-provoking and sometimes challenging ideas created an atmosphere that was both inspiring and enjoyable. The afternoon spent with her was not only intellectually stimulating but also genuinely uplifting”

“On behalf of the NZPSHA executive, I take this opportunity to thank you for presenting to our recent NZPSHA conference. Your excellent presentation on emerging technology and digital psychology behaviour’s shaping the future of work was insightful, engaging and very though provoking.”

We recently had the pleasure of having Melissa present on “The Impact of Technology on the Future of Work.” to our business community.

Melissa prepared a thoroughly captivating and informative presentation that really resonated with our audience. It was evident that Melissa was not just sharing information but that she was genuinely passionate about the subject matter.

Not only was Melissa professional in her approach but she managed to seamlessly inject a sense of fun and enthusiasm into her delivery whilst keeping the audience engaged and eager to learn more.

I would highly recommend Melissa for anyone seeking an informative and enjoyable speaker. She exceeded all expectations, leaving a lasting impression on our audience.

“Don’t change anything – Melissa was a fantastic facilitator, has huge knowledge and she kept us all engaged for two straight days!”

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