YOUR PEOPLE ARE YOUR COMPETITIVE EDGE

The future belongs to the workforces we build today.

We start with your business problem and build the learning to solve it. Specialising in AI readiness, we  cover leadership, human skills and compliance through custom digital elearning, live facilitation, thought leadership, or ready-made where it fits. Designed around your outcomes, for a world that keeps changing the rules.

THE REALITY CHECK

Your workforce’s landscape is increasingly complex. We know how to navigate it.

aEX Learning Solutions brings together academyEX and BSI Learning to build transformational capability inside organisations.

AI is already inside your organisation


The question is: who's in charge? The divide between hyper-productive teams and those left behind is widening fast. Access to AI is not the same as the ability to use it well. This is not a technology problem. It is a human capability gap.

Leadership is under unprecedented pressure


Global economic volatility, geopolitical instability, and rapid technological change have rewritten the rules of leadership. Leaders who can't adapt, make decisions under uncertainty, and build psychologically safe teams are a liability, not an asset.

Your workforce is shifting beneath your feet


Population ageing, skills shortages, hybrid work and changing employee expectations are reshaping every sector. The organisations that survive this decade will be the ones that invested in skills for the future before it became urgent.

Risk mitigation as strategic protection


Every organisation must decide: is compliance a passive paper exercise, or a core operational discipline? Securing your business in this high-stakes environment requires a fundamental shift in how your workforce maintains operational integrity.

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TRUSTED BY

Learning that transforms

Combining our academic DNA with innovative technical expertise, we spark a love of learning that transforms how people show up at work. This is education that rewires minds and reboots cultures. Built for the brave, not the comfortable.

POWERING AI SKILLS ACROSS NEW ZEALAND

Proud to power AI learning for ASB and Xero customers.

4000 New Zealand businesses now have access to practical, structured AI training in a 12 week programme - built by academyEX, made available through two of the country's most trusted names in business.

FOR BUSINESS

Disruption doesn't hit every layer the same way

From the boardroom to the front line, we build the specific skills your business needs to thrive.

IMMEDIATE UTILITY

For your teams

Your team needs practical skills they can apply straight away. Our workshops and custom digital learning are built around real workplace challenges, covering AI readiness, critical thinking, communication and problem-solving. People leave with skills they can use immediately.

Digital Learning Solutions | AI Skills in the Workplace | Workforce Capability Training

CONFIDENT DECISION MAKING

For your leaders

The rules of leadership have changed. Mid-to-senior leaders need to make better decisions under pressure, lead teams through constant change, and stay ahead of technology without losing the human edge. Our workshops, short courses and blended programmes are built around those exact challenges, to equip your people to deliver with confidence.

Leadership in the Age of Disruption | Custom Leadership Programs

MACRO TRANSFORMATION

For your whole organisation

When you need to shift the needle for an entire workforce across a scale of 50 to 50,000+ people, you need infrastructure. We create tailored, fully branded learning platforms and self-paced virtual course libraries designed to deploy seamlessly across large organisations.

AI for Business | Compliance & Induction Programs | Learning & Development Audit

GOVERNANCE & HORIZONS

For your board and executive team

We work directly with governance teams and senior executives through strategic coaching, keynote presentations and discovery briefings. Every engagement is built around your organisation's specific challenges, whether that is AI governance, leadership capability, change readiness or compliance.

Executive Coaching | Keynote Speakers | Strategic workshops

Can't find what you need?

We'll build it.

Every complex challenge is different. If none of the above fits your organisation precisely,
that's not a problem, it's a brief. We co-design bespoke learning solutions from scratch.

PROOF IN NUMBERS

How we quantify results

30,000+

Learners through Digital Passport


MSD, 2023 — UN World Summit Award

4,000+

Businesses through AI Bootcamp


ASB / Xero, 2025

3,000+

Health workers in leadership programme


Health NZ, 2025–2028

94%

Agreed the programme improved their leadership


Health NZ leadership course evaluation

CASE STUDIES

We work with the brave

True impact comes from great partnerships.
We work alongside government agencies and top-tier organisations across
Australasia to tackle the challenges that actually matter.

ANZ


We re-worked ANZ’s branch onboarding into an award-winning digital learning ecosystem, cutting training costs by 33% and accelerating time-to-competency by 54%.

National Australia Bank


We co-engineered a multi-year compliance transformation that halved the mandatory training load for 40,000 banking colleagues, achieving a 98.4% on-time completion rate and fostered a proactive risk culture.

ASB & Xero


We built the AI for Business hub for two of Australasia's most trusted brands, moving 4,000 companies past the hype and straight into secure, automated daily workflows. 

Ministry of Social Development


We created Digital Passport, a UN World Summit Award-winning enterprise platform that delivered practical digital fluency training to over 30,000 learners across a massive, distributed workforce.

TESTIMONIALS

Hear from our EXceptional partners

"The quality of training produced is of a very high standard. They know the trends and are always bringing contemporary ideas and solutions to the table.”


-Zoe Minton

Capability Manager


Melbourne Water


"The programme brought our people into the future of work with all its uncertainties and opportunities."


-Melissa Story

Head of Leadership Talent and Growth


MBIE - Adaptive Leadership Series

“It’s been an absolute pleasure working with the team. If a potential customer asked about whether to work with them, they would have a strong recommendation from me.”


- Derick Brumley

Senior Manager, Assurance Business Learning


PwC

"Sparked plenty of 'mind-blown' moments. Our team left energised and excited for what's possible."


-Catherine Smith

Director of People & Organisation


Auckland Museum - AI Bootcamp

OUR PEOPLE

Real-world expertise for high-stakes environments

Our team brings decades of collective, hands-on experience navigating the precise structural shifts your organisation is facing.

FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE CHAIR - AEX EDUCATION GROUP

Frances Valintine

One of Australasia’s foremost voices on technological disruption and organisational evolution, Frances Valintine has profoundly changed the face of tech education for over two decades, predicting future changes well before they became widely adopted.

As a global Top 50 EdTech Educator and New Zealand Hi-Tech Hall of Fame inductee, she has transitioned thousands of professionals into high-yield roles through academyEX. For enterprise boards and major public institutions alike, Frances bypasses abstract technical hype to deliver immediate operational outcomes: building AI readiness frameworks and converting passive workforces into agile, future-ready operators. 

Felix Scholz

Authority in AI


Felix translates complex artificial intelligence into high-yield commercial strategies, equipping leadership teams to securely scale operational efficiency and capture new market opportunities.


Brielle Raven

Student First, Consultant Second


Brielle is completing her masters with academyEX, so when she talks about what the learning does, she is speaking from experience. Her background in Psychology, HR, and Sales means she starts with your business problem, not a course catalogue. A coffee with Brielle is a conversation, not a pitch.


Paula Gair

Expert in AI research, ethics and governance


Paula de-risks corporate AI adoption by designing airtight governance and ethical frameworks that protect brand reputation while maintaining absolute regulatory compliance.


Evey Burilin

Expert in facilitation tooling and engagement


Evey converts disengaged workforces into high-performing teams by engineering immersive digital learning tooling that drives rapid skill adoption and knowledge retention.

RECOGNITION & CREDENTIALS

Our extensive expertise drives collaborative business results

NZQA Category 1


New Zealand's highest rating for private training establishments - awarded after rigorous External Evaluation and Review.

14× NZQA Qualifications


Across micro-credentials, postgraduate certificates, and master's programmes. More accredited qualifications than any comparable EdTech in Australasia.

UN World Summit Award


Digital Boost recognised by the United Nations as one of the world's best digital learning initiatives. 2023.

2022 AITD Award Best Induction & Onboarding Program - ANZ


Runner-up 2025 & 2026 AITD Award Best Learning Culture in an Organisation for work with NAB. AITD Excellence Awards recognise the best in the L&D industry.