Launch Point
User-centered innovation and experimentation that turns insight into impact.
Innovating
from the Needs of the Future
Understand how breakthrough innovation emerges when organizations deeply understand human needs, iterate rapidly, and build cultures where experimentation becomes everyday practice.
Location:
Orlando/Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
Duration:
2.5–3 days
Format:
In-person or modular virtual formats
Primary Focus:
Customer-centric innovation Experimentation culture
Ierative strategy
Innovation adoption
Learning takeaways
The program is set against the backdrop of NASA's transformation after the space race, using its story as a powerful metaphor for innovation and change leadership.
User-centered innovation
Uncover unmet needs and translate deep insight into innovation opportunities. Connect observation, empathy, and strategic thinking to identify meaningful value.
Experimentation as leadership practice
Test ideas quickly, learn from failure, and iterate toward stronger solutions. Build confidence in experimentation as a disciplined approach to innovation.
From ideas to adoption
Create environments where experimentation is safe, learning is visible, and innovation scales. Align teams and processes so promising ideas translate into solutions people actually adopt.
The experience in action
Launch Point is an immersive program where leaders discover the approaches that enabled NASA to drive the future of space exploration. It includes exclusive access with NASA leaders and astronauts as well as commercial partner exchanges.
Surfacing collective insight
WDHB facilitators guide reflection and sharing and an application workshop for creating the future. Sessions include tying learning back to leadership and action planning.
Is Launch Point right for you?
Launch Point is for leaders seeking to transform their organizations and address rapid change, uncertainty, and shifting customer trends. Participants learn from the past to build for the future.
Participants typically include executive and senior leadership teams, as well as high-potential cohorts — from CEOs and vice presidents to directors and managers of managers.
Designing Launch Point for you
Every Launch Point Experience is shaped to the client’s context. Let’s explore your leadership challenge and discuss how Launch Point can support your team.
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FAQs
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Experiential learning brings the real world and learning concepts together. Participants are placed in a situation with real-life context and high authenticity and are challenged to live through it for themselves. Based on this first-hand encounter, they reflect and develop ideas that are applicable for their unique leadership and organizational objectives. The outcomes of experiential learning are characterized by higher relevance, increased buy-in, broader ownership, and more sustainable impact.
We are focused on anticipating the ever-changing landscape facing organizations today. We help you create the momentum necessary to strategically solve problems and address obstacles in bold, unconventional ways. From L&D consulting to custom on-location and virtual experiential learning programs, we are here for you.
We are a forward-focused team dedicated to helping you continually improve your L&D strategy. With our robust ecosystem of experts and partners, we provide unparalleled access to people, research, and stories that provide learning mindsets, skill sets, and toolsets for you to achieve your greatest strategic visions.
The bespoke nature of our programs allows for customization in order to address challenges for all levels of leadership. Please get in touch to discuss your specific situation in more detail.
WDHB works with L&D teams focused on being future-ready and ensuring that human capital and financial resources are allocated most effectively across the organization. L&D teams can no longer be a mere provider of training — they must develop a strategic advantage for an organization.
We collaborate and partner with our clients to ensure that content and context are applicable, relevant, and customer-focused. Trust is vital to these relationships. Significant time and energy are spent in collaboration to go beyond the surface of whatever situation you are facing. When we get to the heart of the matter and address it in ways that resonate with the participants, you unlock real progress. Our research shows that effective L&D is not “one size fits all.” It is customized and evokes emotion and engagement from the participants so they connect with the content and embrace the learning journey. By customizing our programs to fit your goals, they have unparalleled impact on how learners operate as individuals, teams, and organizations.
WDHB explores both well-established theories and the latest trends in learning and development. Our research team is dedicated to understanding how learning happens in organizations and then develops cutting-edge approaches to corporate L&D for today and tomorrow. Visit our Resources page for articles and videos. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to get immediate access to our latest research reports as they as published.
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