Categories

Latest Buzz

Letter from Riyadh

I have just completed a third tour of training in Riyadh. Once again it was a challenging but extremely rewarding experience. The people make. Their hunger for knowledge very exciting. More......

Unique Methods

THINK DIFFERENT

My highlights were, “The group size and informality, pace and knowledgeable facilitators who enjoyed their work, novelty of using a theatre.  I have learnt a lot and will continue to work on what you have told us”.  Mark Thomas, Head of Professional Education, Johnson & Johnson Ethecon Endo Surgery

Our greatest skill is taking complex subjects and making the essential information accessible, memorable and usable everyday.

Such an eclectic mix of training professionals is always going to produce a very creative training experience.  Creative Director, William Anderson, says, "When you can draw on so many disciplines - drama, magic, hypnotherapy, psychology and so on - you have a lot of new ideas to choose from."  We then apply these ideas to the subject in hand.  The result is a new game or exercise at every turn, so delegates spend very little time seated and listening.  Our training is all about contributing and doing.  And it is the doing - the 'feeling' - that cements the learning for the long term.
We observe the Psychology of Learning

Our Methodology for people and team development is underpinned by Psychology.

People like to learn and receive information in different ways.

  • 35% prefer to See it.
  • 25% prefer to Hear it.
  • 25% prefer to Feel it.

So we create content that triggers all three senses; and more if we can.

As children we learn some important lessons for life.  We do this by using Physical learning to reinforce Cognitive learning.

  • So we use physical activity to cement the cognitive processes.

We learn best by teaching others.

  • So we create an opportunity to do just this amongst your colleagues and, in some cases, with school students!

We also learn more quickly through our mistakes.

  • So we make a conscious effort to encourage trial and error.

And then we go beyond the senses and into the subconscious.

The result is a highly interactive, provocative and physically invigorating training experience; increasing uptake and long term retention of the message; a deeper learning experience that is fun and leaves you with practical tools to take away.

Our Philosophy

Use only the best.
Use horses for courses.
Be passionate, honest and loyal.
And have fun creating content just for you.

Even when selecting venues, we challenge the norm.  We heighten sensitivity and anticipation by taking people to relevant and exciting venues.  Or venues that give us access to the people we need to facilitate practice, such as students.  In this way, our venues add to the learning experience.

My highlight was small group sizes, pace and knowledgeable facilitators who enjoy their work

Mark Thomas Head of Professional Education (Johnson & Johnson). See more testimonials