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BUSINESS ACADEMY

Professional Development beyond your day job

academyEX is your knowledge partner to get your team ready for a world in constant motion.

Your Business Academy

We work with you to build impact-driven, tailored learning aligned to your business goals. Combining our academic DNA with your business EXpertise, we’ll deliver a purpose-driven learning academy that’s right-sized for you.

Micro-credentials
Short courses

Co-designed and accredited

  • Turn your IP into new capability
  • Co-designed with your EXperts
  • NZQA accredited (optional)
  • Scalable to grow with your business
  • Delivered by industry leaders for real-world impact
  • Online or in person delivery
  • Ideal for: professionals at every level
Leadership Incubator
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Innovative, dynamic learning

  • Innovation labs
  • Real world scenarios for the future
  • Gamification
  • Peer-led learnings
  • Work-based pilot project
  • Industry specific context
  • Delivered online, and in-person
  • Ideal for: execs and senior management
AI Bootcamps
Professional learning

Hands-on AI for immediate impact

  • Tailored to your sector
  • Latest in AI tools
  • Applied learning
  • Designed for immediate application
  • Case studies
  • Full day to full courses
  • Delivered by EXperts
  • Ideal for: the whole team
Custom Learning
Director workshops

Bespoke online learning EXperience

  • Transformational topics that up-skill your workforce for the future
  • Custom content co-created with subject matter experts
  • Modules designed to scale
  • Self assessment and digital badges
  • Short courses
  • Videos, quizzes, slides
  • Ideal for: the whole team

WE ARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS

Let’s build something EXtraordinary.

Start with a discovery session

What sets us apart

The academyEX Way

We know that true impact comes from great partnerships. Our tailored approach means we work hand-in-hand with you to tackle the real-world challenges that matter most to you.

Discover

We don't start with courses; we start by learning about your business and it's unique challenges and opportunities. This lets us map learning to your business outcomes.

We assess where you're starting from, what success looks and how you'll know we've got there together.

Define

Our EXperts and EdTech innovators get creative crafting a proposal tailored to your unique needs.

Together we agree on the solution, deliverables, timeframes, cost, and a plan for tracking success.

Design

This is where we design, prototype and develop learning EXperiences that align with your strategic priorities.

Want to name and brand your learning academy? You’ve got it. Let's tweak it together until it’s EXactly right.

Deliver

Go time! Your business academy is ready, let’s get your people started.

Expect ongoing collaboration using data and insights to make great decisions together.

Pilot emerging technologies to drive innovation.

Why work with us

"academyEX is where knowledge meets impact. Our approach blends innovation with deep expertise to deliver customised learning experiences that drive business outcomes. Let us be your knowledge partner to build future-fit teams who drive change, innovation, and results where it matters most - your business."

Ana Ivanovic-Tongue, Chief of Delivery

Ana Ivanovic-Tongue | Chief Delivery Officer
Ana Ivanovic-Tongue | Chief Delivery Officer
Ana Ivanovic-Tongue | Chief Delivery Officer

TESTIMONIALS

What our EXceptional partners say about us

Frances and her team at academyEX curated a unique and dynamic experience for our leaders that fitted our brief perfectly. Delivering power packed sessions designed to prepare our people leaders to lead in a changing world, her sessions were immersive and won their interest. The sessions brought our people into the future of work, with all of its uncertainties and opportunities. Sharing the concept of adaptive leadership, it provided a framework to address these complex challenges. It encouraged our people leaders to think and act in emerging contexts with strategic brilliance.

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Melissa Story
Head of Leadership, Talent and Growth, MBIE.

Working with academyEX on this project has been amazing. They have been true partners in this work, hustling right alongside us to achieve what we set out to and adapting as needed. They have been so communicative and flexible within this project which has had unforeseen challenges and learnings. Their expertise in the world of learning content creation has been invaluable to us in this process.

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Liv Sisson
Digital Commerce Programme Manager, NZTE

The Digital Boost programme development has had an extremely demanding and changing workload with a wide range of industry transformation initiatives all revolving around the central Digital Boost platform and the team at academyEX. In dealing with all these pressures and constantly changing demands, the academyEX team have been responsive, innovative, adaptable and creative in delivering this public service for the Government.

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Malcolm Luey
Director, Digital Boost, MBIE

The team has been outstanding, particularly with their patience, flexibility and creativity.

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Cara Jacoby
Programme Manager, ENZ

“Really amazing to work with.”

That’s what the Ministry of Social Development says about us. Together, we created Digital Passport, engaging, free and easy accessible learning platform to help New Zealanders develop essential digital and workplace skills. From concept to launch, we delivered the full EXperience in just six weeks, reaching 13,000 learners and counting.

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CASE STUDIES

Check out some of our customised learning

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Digital Boost

Launched in 8 weeks, this government-funded learning hub for SMEs harnessed academyEX's extensive knowledge and technology, supporting 70,000+ users.

Digital Passport Case Study

Digital Passport

This government-funded platform empowers users with essential digital and life skills. Launched from concept to delivery in just 6 weeks.

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Think New

Facing a post-pandemic dip in international students, Education NZ engaged us to launch a platform for educational providers to access global markets.

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Trade & Enterprise

We teamed up with NZTE to create 50 educational resources, boosting exporters' supply chains and online strategies for greater revenue and growth.

WSA Innovation and Impact Award

Digital Passport clinched the coveted Innovation and Impact Award at the World Summit Awards. Celebrated globally, this award recognises our game-changing contributions to the United Nations SDGs—advancing quality education, spurring economic growth, reducing inequalities, and fostering powerful global partnerships.

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Get your team future-ready

Start with a discovery session