Explore Performance

What Explore Performance does

Explore Performance is a Singapore-headquartered leadership development company founded in 2018 that delivers experiential learning built on real expedition-based challenges rather than classroom simulations. Its core offering comprises 7 expedition-based programmes delivered by a network of 30+ facilitators across APAC, EMEA, UAE, and the Americas, with cumulative reach of 40,000+ participants across 25 countries. The proprietary curriculum is anchored by co-founder Grant 'Axe' Rawlinson's world-record expedition credentials and original footage captured from events such as the 2025 Tasman Sea world record, which feeds ongoing programme IP development.

The company monetizes primarily through enterprise B2B engagements with multinational clients spanning banking (UBS, BNP Paribas, Standard Chartered, RBC, Citi), technology (AWS, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, Snowflake, Elastic, NetApp, TikTok), consumer goods (P&G, Heineken, L'Oréal, Reckitt), life sciences (Sanofi, AstraZeneca, ResMed), energy and commodities (Trafigura), and professional services (Deloitte, KPMG). Pricing is not publicly disclosed but follows enterprise L&D conventions of bespoke multi-six-figure programme contracts. A Train-the-Trainer licensing programme, evidenced by a Heineken case study, has been introduced to extend delivery through third-party facilitators and create scalable IP-licensing revenue beyond direct facilitation.

The product surface is expanding beyond physical expeditions: the Powerful Humans Academy targets cohort-based delivery and the Exploratory Learning Platform extends the curriculum into digital formats. In October 2025, the company opened a Dubai/UAE office with a dedicated Managing Director for the Middle East (Matt Jennison), establishing its first operational hub outside Asia. The company received a Brandon Hall Gold Award in 2025 for leadership development, providing third-party validation in the enterprise L&D procurement cycle. There are no disclosed funding rounds, revenue figures, or external investors, indicating the company has scaled to date primarily through operating cash flow.

Name

Explore Performance

Legal name

Explore Performance Pte Ltd

Website

https://explore-performance.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Singapore-based leadership development firm founded in 2018 that delivers adventure-based experiential learning through real expeditions. Operates 7 programmes across 25 countries with 30+ facilitators, serving enterprise clients including UBS, AWS, BNP Paribas, Google, Microsoft, and other global brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Leadership Development & Executive Training

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Outdoor Training & Team-Building Programs (Experiential Learning) (THAAAOAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Talent Management & Leadership Advisory (Succession, Performance, Culture) (BPACAJAH), Event Strategy & Experience Design (BPAFAGAA)

Keywords

• Leadership development training
• Experiential learning programs
• Executive coaching services
• Team alignment workshops
• Culture transformation consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel

Revenue model

1. Leadership Development Programmes: Customised experiential leadership programmes delivered to enterprise clients. Programmes range from 30-60 minute interactive keynotes to multi-month learning journeys spanning 6-12 months. Revenue generated through programme fees based on format, duration, audience size, and customisation requirements.
2. Adventure Simulations: Flagship simulation experiences (Everest, Tasman, Bay of Bengal, Peak 2 Peak, Waves of Impact, Cyclone Alley, Charting Your Future) sold as standalone experiences or as part of broader programmes. Pricing based on audience size, delivery format (face-to-face, virtual, hybrid), and customisation.
3. Coaching Services: Focused 1:1 coaching engagements of 6-12 months for senior leaders. Integrated with programme delivery or standalone.
4. Train-the-Trainer Licensing: Training internal facilitators to deliver EP content (e.g., Heineken case: 30 workshops in 12 months delivered by internal team). Enables organisations to scale at lower incremental cost.
5. Skill Curriculum: Series of 30-90 minute facilitated skill modules sequenced into a curriculum over 3-12 months. Topics include innovation, resilience, cognitive diversity, leading through change, psychological safety.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Explore Performance designs and delivers adventure-based experiential leadership development programmes built on real expeditions planned, executed, and filmed by its own team. The company runs immersive simulations, multi-month learning journeys, keynotes, 1:1 coaching, and train-the-trainer programmes for enterprise leadership teams facing high-stakes moments such as mergers, transformations, and culture shifts.

Product overview

Explore Performance is a people and leadership development company offering adventure-based experiential learning programmes built on real expeditions planned, executed, and filmed by their own team. The portfolio is structured around a core of seven Adventure Simulations – immersive leadership experiences built on specific real-world expeditions (Everest, Tasman Sea, Bay of Bengal, Peak 2 Peak, Waves of Impact, Charting Your Future, Cyclone Alley) – supported by a suite of follow-on and extension products including Interactive Keynotes, the Explorer's Mindset Skill Curriculum, Focused 1:1 Coaching, the Exploratory Learning Platform (digital modules), Team Health Assessments (powered by Belbin), and the Powerful Humans Academy. The Charting Your Future culture transformation methodology (Define → Introduce → Embed) functions as a distinct programme track, notably winning the Brandon Hall Gold Award 2025 for the UBS integration. A Train-the-Trainer offering enables clients to licence and internally deliver EP content at scale. All programmes are available face-to-face, virtually, or in hybrid formats, and can be combined into multi-month learning journeys spanning 6–12 months.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Everest: For Those Who Dare Immersive leadership simulation built on two real Everest expeditions. Participants make real-time decisions against actual summit footage, surfacing alignment gaps. Develops ABCDE framework for team alignment and empowerment. Delivered face-to-face, virtually, or hybrid.
• Into The Unknown – The Tasman Crossing Adventure simulation built around the 2025 world-record row of the Tasman Sea. Develops mindset and Bold Unique Goals capability. Used for transformation, growth ambition, and belief in goals not yet achieved.
• Human Power – Bay of Bengal Adventure simulation built on the human-powered crossing of the Bay of Bengal. Explores leading self and personal performance, covering seven principles for sustaining peak performance under pressure: purpose, accountability, energy management, and difficult decisions.
• Peak 2 Peak High-altitude traverse simulation focused on essentialism – achieving more with less. Builds discipline around identifying vital few priorities and eliminating everything else.
• Waves of Impact Built around the circumnavigation of Phuket Island by open water swimming. Focuses on communicating and influencing under pressure; surfaces default communication patterns and builds the ACT framework (Acknowledge, Choices, Tell a Story).
• Charting Your Future Navigation-themed expedition and three-phase culture transformation methodology. Helps organisations discover, articulate, and embed their purpose and values at scale through qualitative interviews, an emotionally engaging adventure simulation, and ongoing embedding support.
• Cyclone Alley Built on open ocean sailing through volatile weather systems; focuses on ESG and systems thinking. Reframes ESG from compliance obligation to a genuine leadership lens by connecting individual decisions to systemic outcomes.
• Interactive Keynotes Live event experiences built around specific event themes and business context, using expedition footage as the emotional engine with live facilitation. Available in-person and virtually, 45 minutes to 2 hours, for any audience size.
• Explorer's Mindset Skill Curriculum Series of 30–90 minute facilitated skill modules building specific leadership capabilities through decision-based, expedition-anchored experiences. Topics include innovation, resilience, cognitive diversity, leading through change, and psychological safety. Sequenced into a curriculum over 3–12 months.
• Focused 1:1 Coaching Sustained 6–12 month 1:1 engagements with coaches experienced in leadership transition, performance under pressure, executive presence, and transformation leadership. Integrated with programme delivery or standalone.
• Exploratory Learning Platform Self-paced digital modules of 14–25 minutes each, placing learners inside the expedition alongside Grant 'Axe' Rawlinson. Maps directly to Adventure Simulation themes; accessible on any device for sustained learning after live programmes.
• Powerful Humans Academy A 7-week virtual academy for high performers combining immersive simulation experiences, performance science, and practical skill-building. Curriculum covers mindset, energy management, purpose, influence, and peak performance habits; cohort-based with peer network.
• Train-the-Trainer Programme Internal capability-building programme that trains clients' own people to deliver EP's expedition-based simulations independently. Enables organisations to scale EP content internally at lower incremental cost.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20,000 leaders aligned across 5 continents in 8 months for UBS cultural integration
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers23 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Korn Ferry: Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm with a sizeable leadership and talent development practice alongside executive search. It competes for enterprise L&D budgets and offers both assessment-led and experiential leadership offerings to similar Fortune-500 clients.
• Center for Creative Leadership (CCL): CCL is one of the largest and most established leadership development research and training institutions globally. It serves similar enterprise audiences and overlaps with EP on leadership development, though its methods are research- and classroom-led rather than expedition-anchored.
• Dale Carnegie & Associates: Dale Carnegie is a long-established global corporate training provider focused on leadership, sales, and professional development. It competes for similar enterprise L&D budgets but with a more standardized, classroom-led curriculum than EP's expedition-anchored simulations.
• FranklinCovey: FranklinCovey is a long-established global leadership and organizational performance company selling enterprise training programmes and content licenses. It competes in the same enterprise leadership development category as EP, with a broader and more classroom/methodology-driven portfolio.
• Duke Corporate Education: Duke Corporate Education delivers custom executive education and leadership programmes for global enterprises. It is comparable to EP as a premium B2B leadership development provider targeting C-suite and senior HR buyers, though its delivery is academic/case-based rather than expedition-based.

Direct peers

• Mobius Executive Leadership: Mobius Executive Leadership specializes in experiential leadership development using adventure-based simulations and assessments. It is one of the closest direct comparables to EP, with a similar methodology and enterprise target market.
• Outward Bound Professional: Outward Bound's professional division delivers adventure-based experiential leadership and team development programmes for corporate clients. EP and Outward Bound both anchor leadership development in real outdoor expeditions with similar learning objectives around resilience, teamwork, and decision-making under pressure.
• BTS: BTS is a global professional services firm specializing in business simulations and experiential learning for leadership and sales effectiveness. Like Explore Performance, BTS uses scenario-based simulations to drive behaviour change in enterprise settings and serves large global clients.
• The Ken Blanchard Companies: Blanchard is a global leadership development and management training company with a mix of classroom and experiential programmes sold to enterprise audiences. It is comparable to EP in its consultative, enterprise-field-sales model and focus on senior leadership behaviour change.

Others

• Heidrick & Struggles: Heidrick & Struggles is a global executive search and leadership advisory firm with growing leadership assessment and development offerings. It is comparable as an enterprise leadership services provider targeting C-suite buyers, but its core business is search rather than training delivery.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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