Your Journey From
Now To Next.

Based on the best-selling Relationship Economics®, 3rd Edition book and methodology, The Nour Group offers a series of live/in-person or virtual, train-the-trainer (T3) certification programs, enterprise licensing of our assessments, and training material.

The highly engaging and interactive individual- and small-group exercises in each program focus on identifying, nurturing, sustaining, and capitalizing on business relationships within and outside the organization. Extremely relevant for a broad spectrum of participants, front-line sales, marketing, and operations professionals to mid-career managers and line of business/P&L leaders.

Relationship Economics®

Some aspects of leadership and lasting change have been in the business psyche for decades. Yet, the fundamental skills, knowledge, and, most importantly, the appropriate behaviors to lead in the post-pandemic world must evolve for every leader to remain relevant.

That’s why we believe there is a better way to achieve leadership evolution and sustained transformation at The Nour Group. Welcome to Learning Expeditions – a highly immersive and experiential learning journey from now to next.

The willingness of leaders to be bad at something represents a powerful mindset that embraces vulnerability, continuous learning, and fundamental growth. That's why we combine this highly immersive new learning experience with discussions of leadership effectiveness, brand, and organizational culture.

From cultivating a learning culture to encouraging and empowering real innovation, building authenticity, modeling resilience, breaking down fear of failure, practicing cross-skilling, amplifying problem solving, enabling experiential empathy, and strengthening succession planning, The Nour Group Learning Expeditions is all about creating a safe space for personal and professional growth.

And you leave with a "flex" picture! 

Learning Expeditions - Fly Fishing

What do you get when you gather the right mix of your most innovative thinkers and impactful operators in an intensive, time-bound process to focus on developing a new product, service, or business model?

Borrowed from the Agile methodologies sprint, closely related to design sprints and hackathons, the Nour Group Innovation Sprint combines a relationship-centric approach with a structured process and a set of distinct phases to turn ideas into actionable solutions rapidly.

Especially useful when addressing complex problems, outdated business models, or flat market share - all of which require fast iterations, quick non-traditional thinking, and hypotheses to validate concepts and value propositions before committing any significant resources.

If you seek to transform your culture to one of experimentation and unafraid of intelligent failures, you must begin by identifying, developing, and nurturing intrapreneurs. They may surprise you as they are seldom the right "fit" in any traditional organization boxes.

Innovation Sprints

Delivered at Emory University's Goizueta Business School and Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management Executive Education programs, as well as privately for several global clients, The Nour Group Strategy Visualization training program focuses on helping leaders combine the art of storytelling with visual media.

This unique approach to conveying narratives visually is particularly impactful because it engages audiences, clarifies complex information, and leaves a lasting impression. Neuroimaging data shows that our brains process visuals 60,000 times faster than text, creating enhanced engagement, increased comprehension, retention, emotional connection, and story differentiation.

Combining the narrative power of storytelling with compelling visuals, Strategy Visualization significantly enhances how leaders convey the essence of their strategic initiatives. More importantly, using this methodology for education purposes, marketing campaigns, investment justifications, and clarity on a strategic path forward elevates the signals the target audience receives and both a practical and emotional value in your communication. 

Visual Storytelling

Based on the Co-Create book and methodology, The Nour Group offers a series of live/in-person or virtual train-the-trainer (T3) certification programs, enterprise licensing of our assessments, and training material.

Fundamental pillars of collaboration and co-creation delve into practical, highly relevant, and applicable best practices in nurturing and sustaining, value-based, multi-faceted relationships, common mission/vision as the guiding light, and three (3) phases/ten (10) unique steps in the co-creation process. Utilizing the Co-Create Canvas to guide participants through this innovation journey, the courses focus on fundamental customer experience journies, purposeful and provocative leadership, adaptive innovation, leading drivers vs. lagging indicators, introspection, and unconscious bias.

Optional 2-day program incorporates Business Model Generation, Value Proposition Design, and related canvases to create a highly immersive experience in creating business model innovation, interactive exercises to test hypotheses and create sustainable differentiators. 

Co-Creation