TIAO

What TIAO does

TIAO SA/NV is a Brussels-headquartered, privately held collaboration and change-management consultancy founded in 2016. The company operates The TIAO Network and its associated CONNECTS platform, a digital environment for trusted business collaboration, and delivers a portfolio of three training products: the Building Resilient Associations Program (6 learning modules plus 6 peer-to-peer workshops, priced at €1,495 per person or €4,950 per team of 4-8), the Culture Change in Organisations course (two modules at US$295 and US$590, full course at US$850), and In-House 2-Day Workshops for teams and managers (capped at 20 participants). Beyond training, TIAO generates revenue through full-service consulting, co-creation and facilitation engagements, operations and systems support, and participation as a consortium partner in grant-funded EU and public-sector tenders.

The company serves a heterogeneous mix of customer segments: advocacy networks and civil-society organisations, change agents within large enterprises, association leaders and boards, HR and culture-change practitioners, and teams and managers. Distribution is split between regional direct consulting and consortium work centred in Brussels with proximity to EU institutions, and globally accessible online training. The TIAO Community for Positive Change, with more than 1,000 members, functions as both a marketing channel and a community-embedded benefit within the full training program, and is the principal customer-acquisition and engagement asset. The company operates with 1-10 employees and a multidisciplinary team of strategists, facilitators, trainers, and platform developers, with no disclosed funding, ownership structure, or revenue figures.

Name

TIAO

Legal name

TIAO SA/NV

Website

https://tiao.world

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

TIAO is a Brussels-based change-management consultancy and collaboration network that delivers training programs, consulting, and the CONNECTS platform to associations, large organisations, HR leaders, and EU/public-sector professionals across Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB)

Keywords

• Collaboration consulting
• Organizational change management
• Culture transformation training
• Leadership development programs
• Association resilience training

Headquarters

HQ city

Ixelles

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Services and Training: TIAO generates revenue through consulting engagements, training programs, and consortium partnerships. Services include leading change initiatives, co-designing and facilitating change processes, delivering training workshops, and providing operations and systems support. Training is offered as modular programs and in-house workshops.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

TIAO is a Brussels-based network of experts that delivers collaboration consulting, facilitation, training and consortium partnership services focused on organizational resilience, culture transformation and complex multi-stakeholder change. Its commercial offerings include the Building Resilient Associations Program, the Culture Change in Organisations course, customized 2-day In-House Workshops, end-to-end consulting lead engagements, and operations and systems support, all underpinned by its proprietary CONNECTS digital collaboration platform.

Product overview

TIAO is a network of experts specializing in collaboration consulting, organizational resilience, and culture transformation. The company offers a portfolio of professional services organized around three core training offerings: the Building Resilient Associations Program (6 learning modules + 6 P2P workshops for association leaders), the Culture change in Organisations course (two-module training on understanding and leading cultural change), and In House Workshops (2-day workshops combining strategic doing methodologies with practical project development). TIAO also provides consulting, facilitation, operations support, and consortium partnership services, all delivered by a multicultural, multidisciplinary team of change agents, strategists, and facilitators.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CONNECTS: A global platform for trusted business collaboration led by Jean Verschure.
• Resilience Program

Products and services

• Building Resilient Associations Program A training program designed to equip association leaders and boards with the mindset, tools and collaborative skills to lead their organisations through uncertain terrain, delivered as six learning modules plus six facilitated P2P workshops.
• Culture Change in Organisations A two-module virtual course for leaders and change agents covering culture assessment, understanding the deep roots of organisational culture, and leading meaningful cultural change for strategic success.
• In-House Workshops (2-Day Workshop Series) A 2-day workshop series delivered on client premises that transforms team approaches to innovation, resource management and collaborative problem-solving by combining strategic doing methodologies with hands-on project development.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 100 people trained during 2024/2025
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Centre for Creative Leadership: CCL is a global provider of leadership development, executive coaching, and organizational change programs for mid-to-large organizations. It is comparable in target audience (change agents, HR leaders, senior teams) and in the bundled training-plus-consulting delivery model TIAO uses.
• FranklinCovey: FranklinCovey is a global leadership and organizational performance training firm selling modular programs (e.g., The 7 Habits, Leading at the Speed of Trust) to individuals and enterprises. Its subscription-style, module-priced training model closely mirrors TIAO's modular Culture Change and Resilient Associations programs.
• Dale Carnegie & Associates: Dale Carnegie offers globally distributed, modular corporate training programs in leadership, communication, and organizational change, sold both to individuals and as in-house workshops. Its course catalogue and franchise-based distribution closely parallel TIAO's training-plus-workshop structure.
• Senn Delaney: Senn Delaney is a leading culture-shaping consultancy acquired by Heidrick & Struggles, focused exclusively on organizational culture transformation. It is directly comparable to TIAO's 'Culture Change in Organisations' training and consulting practice, serving large enterprises on culture diagnosis and change leadership.

Emerging players

• RHR International: RHR International is a boutique leadership and organizational effectiveness consultancy focused on executive development and culture change. It addresses the same 'change agent within large organisations' buyer TIAO targets but with a primarily coaching-led delivery model.
• WBECS (World Business Executive Coach Summit): WBECS is a global coaching and leadership development community offering modular course-based training to professionals and teams. Its subscription-style learning community model and modular program structure are closely analogous to TIAO's TIAO Community for Positive Change membership.
• Hydrogen (formerly Influence at Work): Hydrogen is a culture and HR advisory firm working with global clients on employee experience and change programs. It is a comparable emerging player in culture transformation consulting, similar in size and approach to TIAO's culture-change practice.

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte (Human Capital practice): Deloitte's Human Capital practice delivers large-scale organizational transformation, culture change, and learning programs to global enterprises and public-sector clients. It overlaps directly with TIAO's full-service change consulting and consortium partnership offerings, but at significantly broader scale.
• Korn Ferry: Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm with dedicated culture, change, and leadership advisory practices. It addresses the same enterprise buyers (HR leaders, change agents, senior executives) but at vastly greater scale and with proprietary IP, positioning it as a broad incumbent against TIAO's niche.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Heidrick & Struggles is a global executive search and organizational consulting firm with a culture transformation practice (formerly anchored by Senn Delaney). It serves the same culture-change and change-leadership buyer as TIAO but across a much wider portfolio and footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Xx.com/tiaoworld

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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