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]

WDHB
Company typePrivate Limited
IndustryExecutive Education
FounderPascal Baudry
HeadquartersDenver, Colorado
Key people
Sunil Narang (CEO)
Websitewww.wdhb.com

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]

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  1. ^ "WDHB Strategic Learning to sponsor Talent Management Asia | Human Resources Online". Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
  2. ^ Morgan, Eileen (2012-09-10). Navigating Cross-Cultural Ethics. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-01137-5.
  3. ^ "10-forces-shaping-the-workplace-of-the-future". Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
  4. ^ "Consulting Magazine - July/August 2009". Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
  5. ^ Liebig, James E. (1994). Merchants of Vision: People Bringing New Purpose and Values to Business. Berrett-Koehler Publishers. ISBN 978-1-881052-42-5.
  6. ^ "Vive la difference". The Washington Times.
  7. ^ "Getting in Touch". wdhb.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2010. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  8. ^ "When Impact Professionals Collide". 10 November 2014.
  9. ^ Leadership by Design, Albert A. Vicere, Robert M. Fulmer, (1998) ISBN 0875848311
  10. ^ "An expedition into inspiration".
  11. ^ "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. ^ "Consulting Magazine - July/August 2009". Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
  14. ^ "Q2 News from the International President". June 2017.
  15. ^ "News" (Press release).
  16. ^ "Reisen bildet: Wenn Manager auf Reisen gehen".
  17. ^ "Fuehrungskraefte Auf Bildungsreise". genios.de. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  18. ^ "WDHB Strategic Learning to sponsor Talent Management Asia | Human Resources Online". Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
  19. ^ "Comment activer la créativité des managers". 26 February 2009.
  20. ^ "Perspectives" (PDF). pbaudry.com. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  21. ^ "Vive la difference". The Washington Times.
  22. ^ French and Americans: The Other Shore, Pascal Baudry, (2005) ISBN 0976057026