WHY VANTASET EXISTS
Organisations have operating systems for finance, technology, and operations - but not for human performance.
Vantaset exists to fill this gap.
After decades working across elite sport and large, complex organisations, we saw the same pattern repeatedly: performance breakdowns were not caused by people, effort, or intent - they are a consequence of disconnected systems people have to contend with.
Performance-OS was created to give executive leaders a purpose-built operating system to align their strategy, leadership, culture, capability, and performance so they can perform to their potential.
WHAT WE ARE – AND WHAT WE ARE NOT
Vantaset is not a consulting firm, leadership training provider, or HR solution.
We do not assess organisations and then recommend disconnected initiatives. We do not deliver standalone development programmes. We do not replace HR, consultants, or internal functions.
Instead, Vantaset exists to deploy and steward Performance-OS - the world’s first high performance operating system - to help executives align their entire organisation to execute their strategy.
HR, consultants, and functional initiatives become far more effective once they are working within a coherent performance system.
WHERE PERFORMANCE-OS CAME FROM
Performance-OS was not created in theory - it emerged following decades of applied work in environments where performance matters.
Its foundations draw on:
- Elite and professional sport, where performance systems are non-negotiable
- Large public-sector organisations operating under scrutiny and complexity
- Commercial organisations required to execute strategy at scale
Across these environments, the same insight held true: high performance is never accidental — it is designed into the system.
Why we do it
As everyone knows, the world has changed and so too have the demands on leaders
To succeed in this fast-paced environment, leaders need new tools to transform their organisation’s effectiveness while adopting better ways of working to attract and retain the talent they need to remain competitive. Success today demands more than smart strategy and AI. It requires transformational leadership that’s powered by proven people-first systems.
Vantaset exists to enable leaders to build organisations people believe in and want to support.
What we do
We help organisations realise a breakthrough in their performance and productivity.
From government agencies to Fortune 500 companies, if people are central to your organisation’s success, Vantaset is the answer.
Our customers aim higher, strive to deliver more value and set the standard for their sector.
Since introducing Performance-OS™, it has proven to be up to 10x more effective than international best practice.
Deploying Performance-OS
Deploying Performance-OStransforms organisations as it:
- Reorientates organisations to focus staff on critical outcomes
- Embeds a cycle of success to optimise the impact of every person
- Introduces high-trust practices to lift people’s productivity and experience
- Provides data and analytics to transform your progress and decision making
Supported by purpose-driven software, Vantaset transforms organisational outcomes and employees’ impact and experience.
This isn’t theory.It’s transformation in motion.
HOW WE WORK WITH ORGANISATIONS
Vantaset works with executive leaders and boards to deploy Performance-OS as the operating model for organisational performance.
This typically includes:
- establishing clarity of strategic intent
- aligning the 5 Drivers of Workplace Performance™
- enabling leaders to operate within a coherent performance system
- providing a structure to assess the ROI of initiatives and interventions
The result is not another programme, but a shared way of working that brings coherence, accountability, and performance across the organisation.
Who we've assisted
THE TEAM BEHIND PERFORMANCE-OS
Vantaset brings together experience from elite performance environments, complex organisations, and large-scale transformation.
Our role is not to act as external advisors, but as stewards of the Performance-OS operating system - supporting leaders as they embed a coherent performance system across their organisation.

Craig Steel
Founder and
Chief Executive Officerc.steel@vantaset.com+64 27 242 5840LinkedIn ProfileCraig Steel is the founder and Chief Executive of Vantaset.
Craig is considered one of the world’s foremost performance transformation experts and Australasia’s leading authority on workplace performance. He has helped athletes win over 20 World Cup and World Championship titles, and hundreds of leaders transform the performance and productivity of their organisations.
His proprietary high-performance operating system Performance-OS™ has been described as ‘the single greatest breakthrough in workplace performance in decades’.
Today, Craig and his team are helping CE’s globally build more competitive future-ready organisations.

Jo Dickson
Co-founder and
Chief Operations Officerj.dickson@vantaset.com+64 123 4567LinkedIn ProfileLooking after all things legal, financial and contractual, Jo also oversees our interactions with both customers and suppliers. She has worked full-time in the business since its inception and remains a cornerstone of our culture and commitment to customers.

Moss Burmester
Head of
Productm.burmester@vantaset.com+64 21 118 4603LinkedIn ProfileMoss oversees all aspects of our programme development. His experience as both an Olympian and extreme sportsman has proven invaluable in helping our customers realise the benefits our human performance technology offers. In his former life, Moss was not only an avid user of our product as an athlete (and the first New Zealander to win a World Championship title in Swimming), he is one of our ‘100 percenters’, i.e. every time he competed in a tier 1 event, he produced a personal best.

Roger Shakes
Technology
Sector Advisorr.shakes@vantaset.com+64 21 058 9676LinkedIn ProfileRoger leads our strategic positioning as a technology company. His experience as a tech-focused media expert has proven invaluable in not only helping us position Vantaset™ in the market but explain the benefits it offers stakeholders and directors in a practical sense.

Brett Baker
Chief
Technology Officerb.baker@vantaset.com+64 21 283 3360LinkedIn ProfileBrett oversees all aspects of our platform development and implementation. Although we’ve refined our process over the past decade to ensure it works across industry, bringing it to life in a digital format to enable users to realise the benefits it offers requires a deep understanding of coding as well as an appreciation of human interactions and behaviour in large, complex organisations which Brett provides in spades.

Julian Fordyce
Graphic
Designerj.fordyce@vantaset.com+64 27 430 9071LinkedIn ProfileJulian oversees the customisation of the Platform to ensure it seamlessly integrates visually into our customer’s businesses as well as our marketing materials and documentation. A passionate English-born designer, Julian has worked full-time in the industry for over 20 years prior to winging his way to New Zealand in 2018.
Delivery Partners

Darren Shand
Global Ambassador
SportLinkedIn ProfileDarren Shand (NZ) was the All Blacks Manager from 2004 to 2023. For more than two decades, Darren was the driving force behind the culture and high-performance environment that shaped the All Blacks into the world’s most successful international sports team.
His focus on building the “team around the team” created an environment that underpinned the All Black’s phenomenal success on the world stage including a winning percentage of over 75% across more than 600 tests; a figure unrivalled in international sport. This included back-to-back World Cup victories in 2011 and 2015, runner-up in 2023, and the first professional team to go undefeated during an International season in 2013. In his time, the All Blacks won the Southern Hemisphere Tri-Nations and Rugby Championship 15 times, the Grand Slams against the four UK Home Nations 3 times, World Rugby Team of the Year 10 times, and the World Sports Team of the Year in 2015.
Darren (Shandy) has joined Vantaset to help both corporates and sporting organisations globally realise a step change in their performance.

Mike Potter
Vice President
Law Enforcement and Defence CanadaLinkedIn ProfileMike Potter (CAN) is a highly skilled Programme Manager and Transformation Lead having overseen significant change programmes and installations for the Canadian Government and Defence Sector.
He was Canada’s country manager for BAE systems, the Programme Development Director for SPAR Aerospace, and the In-Country Contract Manager for Lockheed Martin’s C130J Aircraft In-Service Support contract with the Canadian Government.
As Consulting Director, Mike led transformation initiatives with Canada’s National Research Council, International Development Agency and Department of Agriculture.
Mike’s track record of overseeing large complex programmes while managing contract negotiations and customer relationships is second to none.
As our Vice President for Canada, Mike has joined Vantaset to help the Canadian Government including its Defence Department and Law Enforcement agencies realise the benefits our new-generation Performance tools offer both Governments and critical agencies globally.

Anthony Mosse
US AmbassadorLinkedIn ProfileAnthony Mosse M.B.E. is an investor, advisor and board director in both the public and private sectors and he is the New Zealand Honorary Consul for San Francisco. Anthony chairs the New Zealand Olympic Committee – Americas Foundation in preparation for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, and is a US-based advisor to New Zealand Trade and Enterprise with respect to their investor attraction program. Previously, Anthony was a senior advisor to the NZ/US Business Council and in recent years, he has leveraged his skills as a director to advise a number of high-value start-ups.
Before his advisory and board work, Anthony was Treasurer and Vice President of Corporate Finance for Sir Richard Branson’s US-based airline Virgin America where he was a member of the executive team that grew the company, took it public and sold it to a competitor for US$4 billion. Before Virgin, Anthony was a private banker, investing and advising a range of companies including infrastructure, real estate and aviation assets. Anthony has a BA (Hons) from Stanford University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Prior to his public and private sector roles, Anthony was a competitive swimmer for New Zealand, winning medals at the Olympic Games, World Championships and Commonwealth Games. At Stanford, he was a 10-time All-American, and NCAA Champion and is a Member of the Stanford Hall of Fame.
Anthony’s belief in the value of building high-performing teams makes him a perfect fit to act as our Ambassador and Director for North America.

Lodestar
Law Enforcement
Canada
World Policing
Delivery Partner
IF THIS RESONATES
If the idea of deploying a purpose-built operating system to help you optimise the performance of your organisation resonates, the next step is not a sales conversation, it’s a strategic one.
We work with leaders who recognise that performance is a system problem, not a people problem.
To find out what Vantaset could do you’re your organisation, contact us.
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