About us
Historically, SymComm has been a provider of powerful and scalable tools and techniques for business education in companies and universities. Our competitive edge has been though our focus on experiential techniques where participants “learn by doing” and in particular, by using simulation. We now provide this knowledge to other authors, teachers, instructors and trainers to use in their courses and training programmes, through our powerful SpreadSims simulation technology.
We have been training senior and mid-level New Zealand business people since 1999 using a “blended-learning” approach where online simulation and delivery is combined with face-to-face, expert facilitation. This has been proven to be a very effective and efficient form of delivery with some studies suggesting that the uptake, retention and usability of knowledge is enhanced by as much as a factor of 10 over more traditional methods.
Since 1999, we have delivered a powerful blended programme called The MiniMBA to over 40 high quality mid-sized companies for training their high-potential mid-level functional specialists. These companies include the Cullen Investment Group (Bendon, Excell Corporation, Hanover Group, Pacific Retail Group), Microsoft and its channel partners, and New Zealand Trade & Enterprise. In total, more than 600 participants from a cross-section of New Zealand businesses and multi-national companies have completed The MiniMBA and variations of the programme
We have worked closely with the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants to take the best of these courses and develop a radically different programme called Strategy in Action, specifically for accountants who work with New Zealand SMEs. We have structured the programme to take into account the time constraints faced by participants and other convenience issues such as the ability to pick and choose modules in any order. We have developed the supporting tools and online systems to make it easy for accountants to help SME’s develop and maintain powerful and measurable strategies.
Now we have taken all of this experience and technology and provided it conveniently to empower others to get the same great results that we have been getting and to make a difference with their communities.