Learning Expeditions | Immersive Strategic Learning WDHB

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Learning Expeditions are multi-day strategic discovery programs interweaving immersive experiences of unfamiliar contents, stakeholders and ecosystems with moments of reflection and creative production. Taking participants outside of their everyday comfort zone, they trigger deeply disruptive insights that will push your organization to the next level.

Sample Program

Reflection

Allocating time and space for introspection, insight-sharing and discussion establishes the perfect foundation for quantum leaps in a group’s thinking.

Intro Session

An interactive session sets the tone and the ambition, breaks the ice and familiarizes the entire group with the practices of the expedition approach.

Methodology Deep Dive

Experimenting with contemporary techniques exposes participants to the tools and approaches of high-performance innovators.

Expert Input

Targeted interventions of thought leaders offer a lay of the land, introduce disruptive ideas and establish shared vocabulary among the participants.

Ethnography

Observing end-users in their natural environment uncovers underlying needs and unexpected insights to drive consumer-centricity.

Outdoors Activity

Letting participants get physical outdoors adds much needed oxygen to the program, reinforces team spirit and creates new drive.

Exchanges

Engaged dialogues with decision-makers and change makers in reference organizations allow participants to access authentic expertise.

Workshops

Addressing strategic and organizational issues in purposeful internal sessions allows to drive engagement and generates meaningful creative output.

Cultural Dinner

Exploring cultural spaces through their culinary heritage brings groups together and allows them to learn while the enjoy themselves.

Mixer

Setting the right ambiance for perfect crowd to mix and mingle creates the fertile ground for the serendipitous connection or the perfect idea.

Panels

Bringing together divergent perspectives to discuss issues of paramount importance offers a 360-degrees approach and address questions holistically.

Synthesis Workshop

Reviewing the inspirations of the program, participants identify insights and translate those into individual and collective commitments.

DAY 1

DAY 2

DAY 3

Intro Session

Expert Input

Exchanges

Panels

Methodology
Deep Dive

Outdoors
Activity

Cultural
Dinner

Workshops

Reflection

Ethnography

Mixer

Synthesis
Workshop

DAY 1

DAY 2

DAY 3

Reflection

Mixer

Ethnography

Panels

Cultural
Dinner

Exchanges

Expert Input

Spontaneous
Change

Workshops

Intro Session

Outdoors
Activity

An interactive session sets the tone and the ambition, breaks the ice and familiarizes the entire group with the practices of the expedition approach.

Allocating time and space for introspection, insight-sharing and discussion establishes the perfect foundation for quantum leaps in a group’s thinking..

Reflection

WDHB weaves these elements together into a purposeful flow, taking into account the learning rhythm of the individual, in addition to the collective change process that a group will go through. WDHB facilitation and on-site program coordination guarantee that the participants will live the expedition as an integrated, seamless experience.

As the global pioneer in the field of Learning Expeditions, WDHB has produced over 600 of these tailor-made programs on four continents. Learning Expeditions cover a variety of topics across industries, functions and business challenges and provide the most demanding of audiences with a platform to grow as individuals, teams and future-forward organizations.

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