Who we are.
What we obsess over.

Nerd/Noir was founded in 2015 by David Laribee & Alexandra West to help product and engineering organizations build elite teams and cultures of continuous improvement. We have witnessed firsthand the absurd wastefulness of large consulting shops and constantly seek to differentiate ourselves accordingly.

We take a learning-forward, action-biased, non-dogmatic approach to affecting change, meeting each client where they are in the moment. By partnering with us, companies realize cost-efficient value, clarity in complexity, market-leading delivery speed, and enhanced team capabilities — all while innovating and modernizing with confidence.

We transform your constraints into your strengths, ensuring your growth and competitive advantage.

OUR VALUES

People

Change doesn’t spring from meetings, tools, or vendor solutions. Real innovation comes from people working together to form motivated, highly capable, and self-directed teams. We believe creating and sustaining an environment of psychological safety is the foundation upon which such teams are built.
"Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life." – Amy Poehler
Creativity

Empowering individuals to think and act creatively has all kinds of wonderful side effects — more innovation, higher employee engagement, more productive days, increased joy.

“If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.” - John Cleese
Results

We favor outcomes over outputs, results over mechanics. While we exploit processes to provide enabling constraints and reduced friction in collaboration, we encourage a focus on target outcomes over procedure.
“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” - Winston Churchill