Enspire Performance Accelerators provides custom and online learning programs to help companies build leaders, transform managers, and drive results. Founded in 2001, it now has over 50 talent development professionals creating interactive experiences for Fortune 500 companies. Enspire offers a learning journey through various accelerators to develop people across career levels from leadership to management to business acumen. Its simulations and challenges are designed to provide safe practice environments for skills development and self-discovery.

1. Enspire Performance AcceleratorsBuild Leaders. Transform Managers. Drive Results.BjornBillhardt, CEOJohn Roberts, COO

2. The Enspire StoryStarted in 2001 as business school field study

3. 50+ talent development professionals

4. Creating active learning experiences for Fortune 500Shared Interests & Common Passion“The job of an educator is to teach people to see vitality in themselves.”- Joseph Campbell

5. Taking the Pulse of Business Needs

6. 10 Years in the MakingCustomSolutionsEnspire PerformanceAccelerators™200120052010LearningPrograms

7. The Developer’s DilemmaCompanies are increasingly challenged with the false choice betweenexpensivecustom learning and stale off the shelf material…The industry hasresponded withcatalogs, libraries,and archives – movingoffline content onlineand allowing it to age.The cost elementsof custom design aremany and they’re allgoing up…Average RFP - 2 monthsEmployees perlearning professionalDemand for interactivityComplexity of e-learningGlobal nature of business“…place-based traditional studies will be five times less important than today.The self motivated learner will be on the web…” - Bill Gates

8. 7What got you here…Companies increasingly face challenges of saturation for certain audiencesand uncertainty about suitable new learning for those audiences.Over the HorizonWhat does the leader of the future look like?critical thinking

9. business partnering

10. cross-cultural fluency

11. iterative innovation

12. macro-thinking

13. leading the extended enterprisesocial participation

14. ubiquitous learner

15. able to crowdsource

16. results-focus

17. take advantage ofhyperconnectivityThe 2020 WorkplaceJeanne C. Meister & KarieWillyerdFoundational Skillstechnical ability

18. project management

19. business writing

20. teamwork

21. active listeningThe Wisdom of CrowdsThe good news is that all of usis smarter than any one of us.Companies share similar challenges…$GrowrevenueManage connectedvalue chainsBe more productiveExpanding globalfootprint

22. RoadMapsThe Wisdom of CrowdsThe good news is that all of usis smarter than any one of us.…and diverse views into potential solutions creates clarityInnovationDelegationSupply chainVirtual teamsRoot causediagnosisBe more productiveDecision makingunder uncertaintyIntegrationExtendedenterprise“…much of what we’ve seen so far suggests that a large group of diverse individuals will come up with better and more robust forecasts and make more intelligent decisions” - James SurowieckiWisdom of Crowds

23. 10A Learning JourneyAn opportunity to develop people and learningacross the employee life cycle. Director/VP level employees

24. High-potential managers