The speed and effectiveness of learning increasingly drives competitive advantage. BCG U combines the expertise of world-class faculty and leading experts with technology to provide the necessary organizational learning and employee development programs to create competitive advantage. We help build powerful learning organizations quickly and at scale, so teams are ready to succeed in a rapidly changing future.
Whether it’s the evolution of digital and AI, the shifts in work models and customer expectations, or the need to address climate and sustainability issues, the pace of global change is dizzying. Employee development programs must keep up to prepare a workforce for the future.
At BCG, our global purpose is summarized in one simple statement: unlocking the potential of those who advance the world. The depth and breadth of our experience in every industry and capability uniquely positions us to offer science-based organizational development training and high-reach, scalable learning to organizations that need to pivot the scope of their capabilities in order to thrive in tomorrow’s environment.
BCG U enables organizations to upskill their talent by using the latest upskilling training programs and technology, application-focused learning approaches, and a world-class faculty. Our rich, contextualized learning offerings build capabilities at all levels of an organization—from the C-suite to the frontlines.
Capability Building Solutions
For organizations facing large-scale transformations, BCG U’s capability and role-specific skill building programs drive business impact that’s critical to future success. They bring timely, relevant content to the most strategically important change makers across an organization—with speed and at scale.
Learning Strategy
BCG U’s learning strategy experts help organizations by diagnosing current strengths and weaknesses, developing a customized reskilling and upskilling training program with measurable impact and enabling a sustainable learning ecosystem for every client.
Executive Coaching
BCG U’s executive coaching helps leaders meet the challenges of an increasingly complex world and drive transformational change—for their people, customers, investors, partners, and for society.
Singapore’s digital-talent gap has been a key challenge for companies, often hindering the country’s ambition to be a tech hub. Together with SkillsFuture Singapore, BCG U set about shrinking that gap by launching a unique train-and-place program called Rapid and Immersive Skill Enhancement. As of early 2023, the program has upskilled more than 2,000 midcareer Singaporean professionals, enabling them to pivot their career paths into in-demand data and digital roles. The upskilling training program is on track to teach at least 8,000 more over the next two years.
A leading global insurer saw that a changing climate and a transition to a low-carbon economy would present new business risks and opportunities. The company asked BCG U to deliver a climate-activation program to drive awareness, alignment, and activation on climate change across the company. The BCG U program went beyond climate literacy to drive tangible impact on the business. It illuminated how climate change and a low-carbon economy affects the company’s business lines, sparked cross-company dialogues, and helped the insurer begin to drive change throughout the organization.
A leading global mining company was looking to conduct a holistic reset of its learning and development (L&D) function, which was widely acknowledged within the company to be falling short of needs. BCG U assessed the company’s learning ecosystem to benchmark its performance and maturity against the ecosystems of peers and to understand its strengths and weaknesses. BCG U then helped the client identify best practices and form a vision for a fully reimagined, more robust L&D function.
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BCG U is backed by a team with deep talent transformation expertise and established track records in supporting capability building, skills development, and professional development.
