WDHB explained

WDHB
Type:Private Limited
Industry:Executive Education
Founder:Pascal Baudry
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Hq Location:Denver, Colorado
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Key People:Sunil Narang (CEO)
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WDHB Strategic Learning is an international firm specialized in immersive education programs[1] for corporations and executives.[2] [3] WDHB was the first company to establish the concept of Learning Expeditions and create a new international learning experience for business people.[4] It was founded in Berkeley (California) in 1989 by Pascal Baudry[5] [6] and now has offices in Denver, Paris, Singapore, Shanghai and Zurich.[7]

The company's main offering is custom made learning programs, which are tailored for and offered to executives of a single company,[8] and represent the fastest growing segment of the executive education market.[9] The company uses design thinking methodology to build its programs in cooperation with clients.[10] Programs include a large variety of activities, such as immersive visits and hands-on workshops[11] that take place outside of the office[12] and classroom, as well as daily debriefings.[13] Learning Expedition themes have included evolutions in retail & customer centricity,[14] fostering a culture of innovation,[15] media,[16] mobile lifestyles and models of collaboration.[17]

WDHB's President and CEO, Sunil Narang, is a regular speaker on experiential learning and change management.[18] The company's founder, Pascal Baudry,[19] is a psychoanalyst, engineer,[20] intercultural expert[21] and author.[22]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WDHB Strategic Learning to sponsor Talent Management Asia | Human Resources Online . 2015-05-26 . 2015-05-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150526130915/http://www.humanresourcesonline.net/events/wdhb-strategic-learning-sponsor-talent-management-asia/ . dead .
  2. Book: Morgan, Eileen . Navigating Cross-Cultural Ethics . 2012-09-10 . Routledge . 978-1-136-01137-5 . en.
  3. Web site: 10-forces-shaping-the-workplace-of-the-future . 2015-05-26 . 2015-05-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150526133606/http://www.talentmgt.com/articles/10-forces-shaping-the-workplace-of-the-future . dead .
  4. Web site: Consulting Magazine - July/August 2009 . 2015-05-26 . 2015-05-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150526130921/http://www.consultingmag-digital.com/consultingmag/20090708?pg=40#pg40 . dead .
  5. Book: Liebig, James E. . Merchants of Vision: People Bringing New Purpose and Values to Business . 1994 . Berrett-Koehler Publishers . 978-1-881052-42-5 . en.
  6. Web site: Vive la difference. The Washington Times.
  7. Web site: Getting in Touch . wdhb.com . March 25, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100325011743/https://wdhb.com/en/contact/getting-in-touch . March 11, 2023.
  8. Web site: When Impact Professionals Collide. 10 November 2014.
  9. Leadership by Design, Albert A. Vicere, Robert M. Fulmer, (1998)
  10. Web site: An expedition into inspiration.
  11. Web site: Office of Innovation.
  12. http://www.genios.de/presse-archiv/artikel/FTD/20120525/fuehrungskraefte-auf-bildungsreise-/A52102049.html (English version available: http://designpublic.in/blogs/executives-on-an-educational-journey/)
  13. Web site: Consulting Magazine - July/August 2009 . 2015-05-26 . 2015-05-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150526130921/http://www.consultingmag-digital.com/consultingmag/20090708?pg=40#pg40 . dead .
  14. Web site: Q2 News from the International President. June 2017.
  15. News.
  16. Web site: Reisen bildet: Wenn Manager auf Reisen gehen.
  17. Web site: Fuehrungskraefte Auf Bildungsreise . January 26, 2024 . genios.de.
  18. Web site: WDHB Strategic Learning to sponsor Talent Management Asia | Human Resources Online . 2015-05-26 . 2015-05-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150526130915/http://www.humanresourcesonline.net/events/wdhb-strategic-learning-sponsor-talent-management-asia/ . dead .
  19. Web site: Comment activer la créativité des managers. 26 February 2009.
  20. Web site: Perspectives . January 26, 2024 . pbaudry.com.
  21. Web site: Vive la difference. The Washington Times.
  22. French and Americans: The Other Shore, Pascal Baudry, (2005)