CURRENT STATE
In our rapidly changing world, organizations struggle to meet their ambitious performance and people development goals with the methods they have used in the past.
Global WIAL
About WIAL
The World Institute for Action Learning (WIAL) is the world's leading certifying body for Action Learning, a powerful tool for solving problems and developing leaders simultaneously.
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Our Perspective
VISION
We believe that ambitious organizations need new ways of thinking, doing business, and collaborating to solve their complex problems and achieve their desired results.
MISSION
WIAL coaches elevate team performance through action learning. They support teams in identifying breakthrough solutions to real problems, while accelerating individual, team and organizational development. WIAL’s team coaching leads to more effective organizations, positive business impact and a learning culture.
PURPOSE
We transform ambitious organizations into places of continuous learning, making them capable of solving today’s challenges and embracing the opportunities of tomorrow through the promotion and practice of action learning.
What the current site says about WIAL
The current About Us page states that WIAL provides training and certification programs internationally and is supported by affiliates around the world.
That same page also highlights client outcomes and points to large organizations and universities that have adopted the WIAL model in practice.
- Action Learning in Action
- Optimizing the Power of Action Learning
- Action Learning for Developing Leaders and Organizations: Principles, Strategies, and Cases
Action Learning's foundation was built on collaborative problem solving.
WIAL History
Professor Reginald Revans is the originator of Action Learning. He invented and developed this method in the United Kingdom in the 1940s, working in the Coal Board. He encouraged managers to meet together in small groups, to share their experiences and ask each other questions about what they saw and heard. The approach increased productivity by over 30%.
In 1995, WIAL co-founder Michael Marquardt met Reg Revans, widely recognized as the father of Action Learning. The two men began a dialogue that led to the development of the WIAL model of Action Learning, which focuses on continual learning. After years of testing, research and refinement, the model took final form in the renowned six components and two ground rules of Action Learning.
A compact history
1940s
Reg Revans develops Action Learning
The current site credits Professor Reginald Revans with inventing and developing Action Learning in the United Kingdom while working with the Coal Board.
1995
Michael Marquardt meets Reg Revans
The two men began a dialogue that led to the development of the WIAL model, synthesizing decades of research and practice.
Today
A global certification body
WIAL now uses a shared certification standard and a distributed affiliate network, supporting organizations across the globe.
Next step
Review certificationSee how certification fits into the full model
The certification page now lives inside the same shell, with the CALC, PALC, SALC, and MALC structure preserved from the current site.