{"id":1184,"date":"2017-09-14T10:43:12","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T10:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessexcellence.org\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T16:21:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T16:21:59","slug":"about-the-institute","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/businessexcellence.org\/about\/about-the-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1184\" class=\"elementor elementor-1184\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a77760e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a77760e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c983c45 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c983c45\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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     <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >BEX Team Growth<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Membership grows to 43 countries<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Core Team expands with the addition of 2 Operations Managers<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Significant work on Public Sector Excellence<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amy Edmondson and Hayat Sindi inducted into the Excellence Hall of Fame\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask 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class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-description\"><ul><li>Membership expands to include members from 38 countries<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                                          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strong into the future<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><div id=\"story-2ad8f5b\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-description\"><ul><li>SciFest launch the Business Excellence Institute Award for science projects with greatest potential for positive business impact<\/li><li>Joe Schmidt and Rita Gunther-McGrath inducted into the Excellence Hall of Fame<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask 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class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_subtitle\" >2020<\/div>\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >Still expanding in this challenging time<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><ul><li>Dalhousie University becomes a training delivery partner<\/li><li>Andrew Kakabadse and Teresa Kemppi-Vasama inducted into the Excellence Hall of Fame<\/li><li>BEX established in Munich<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                                             <div class=\"ue_text_one\">BEX<\/div>\n             <div class=\"ue_text_two\"><\/div>\n             <div class=\"ue_text_three\"><\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-4f8a994 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_164e3fd_item7\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_subtitle\" >2019<\/div>\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >Members spaning through 6 continents<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><div id=\"story-0813afd\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-description\"><ul><li>The Institute\u2019s membership grows to span 6 continents<\/li><li>The Excellence Manifesto is published (see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/excellencemanifesto.com\/manifesto\/manifesto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ExcellenceManifesto.com<\/a>)<\/li><li>4th Annual Conference On Business Learning Games &amp; International Business Learning<\/li><li>Clara Shih, Feargal Quinn, and Henry Mintzberg inducted into the Excellence Hall of Fame<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                                             <div class=\"ue_text_one\">BEX<\/div>\n             <div class=\"ue_text_two\"><\/div>\n             <div class=\"ue_text_three\"><\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-5b54c51 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_164e3fd_item8\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_subtitle\" >2018<\/div>\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >Members from 34 countries<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><ul><li>Membership expands to include members from 34 countries<\/li><li>BEX established in Seville<\/li><li>3rd Annual Conference On Business Learning Games &amp; International Business Learning Games Competition (Lisbon, Portugal)<\/li><li>Julia Chang Bloch, Marie Lindsay, and Raomal Perera inducted into the Excellence Hall of Fame<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                                             <div class=\"ue_text_one\">BEX<\/div>\n             <div class=\"ue_text_two\"><\/div>\n             <div class=\"ue_text_three\"><\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-f904986 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_164e3fd_item9\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_subtitle\" >2017<\/div>\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >Expansion into Latin America<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><div id=\"story-6a0f2e1\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-description\"><ul><li>BEX Partners with the Latin American Quality Institute to promote Excellence in the region<\/li><li>2nd Annual Conference On Business Learning Games &amp; International Business Learning<br \/>Games Competition (Lisbon, Portugal)<\/li><li>BEX established in Athens and Lisbon<\/li><li>Don Haider, Eileen McDonnell and Martin Naughton inducted into the Excellence Hall of Fame<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                                             <div class=\"ue_text_one\">BEX<\/div>\n             <div class=\"ue_text_two\"><\/div>\n             <div class=\"ue_text_three\"><\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-b35a994 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_164e3fd_item10\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_subtitle\" >2016<\/div>\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >First Hall of Fame member<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><div id=\"story-6905a04\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-description\"><ul><li>The Institute starts sponsoring SciFest<\/li><li>1st International Business Learning Games Competition &amp; Mini-Conference (Dublin, Ireland)<\/li><li>Jon Prusmack inaugurated into the Excellence Hall of Fame<\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduced Government &amp; Public Sector Excellence<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                                             <div class=\"ue_text_one\">BEX<\/div>\n             <div class=\"ue_text_two\"><\/div>\n             <div class=\"ue_text_three\"><\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-1e68e5d \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_164e3fd_item11\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_subtitle\" >2015<\/div>\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >Expanding<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><ul><li>The BEX Management Ecademy is launched<\/li><li>BEX established in Brussels, Oslo and Tokyo<\/li><li>APEX the Boardroom Board Game\u2122 launched<\/li><li>First Excellence Baseline audits conducted<\/li><li>The Business Excellence Alignment Model published<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                                             <div class=\"ue_text_one\">BEX<\/div>\n             <div class=\"ue_text_two\"><\/div>\n             <div class=\"ue_text_three\"><\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-0c870b6 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_164e3fd_item12\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_subtitle\" >2014<\/div>\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >Going strong in our second year<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><div id=\"story-e8c1141\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-description\"><ul><li>Chartered Business Excellence Professional qualification launched<\/li><li>BEX Excellence Baseline published<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                                             <div class=\"ue_text_one\">BEX<\/div>\n             <div class=\"ue_text_two\"><\/div>\n             <div class=\"ue_text_three\"><\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-fdd3958 \" 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