Training & Development Group

What Training & Development Group does

Training × Development Group (Тренинг × Развитие Группа) is a Moscow-based B2B corporate training and facilitation firm operating in Russia and the CIS since approximately 2009. The company delivers custom and off-the-shelf corporate educational programs, facilitation sessions, business games, and video courses to large enterprises and top-management teams across pharmaceuticals, construction, real estate, hospitality, banking, telecom, insurance, manufacturing, IT, and government. Named enterprise clients include R-Pharm, Saint-Gobain, Samolet, White Rabbit Family, and MTS.

The firm's core technology is the LEGO® Serious Play® facilitation methodology — a facilitated technique combining play, metaphor, constructionism, and storytelling in which teams build LEGO brick models to surface strategy and decisions. The company has practiced LSP since 2013, claims 100+ sessions delivered, operates the largest LSP facilitator certification program in Russia, translated and published the first Russian-language LSP book, and moderates the LSP Russia community. Around this core it has built a proprietary content library of 10+ business games (e.g., Aviatary, Korporatsiya, Peregovornyy Turnir, Creative Machine, Steps to the Future), 20+ video courses covering leadership, change management, emotional intelligence, facilitation, and AI topics, and adjacent facilitation formats (World Café, Forsight, visual facilitation).

Training × Development Group makes money primarily through professional-services engagements — quote-based, custom corporate training programs and facilitated sessions delivered on-site or remotely — supplemented by subscription and standalone licensing of online video courses. Programs are sold via direct B2B consultative sales (no self-serve or marketplace distribution), with sessions accommodating 4 to 1,000+ participants and durations from 1.5 to 40 hours. The firm is privately held by co-founders Dmitry Alexandrov (General Director) and Albina Dzhalil (Director of Future), operates with ~11 employees and 13 named specialists, and discloses no external funding rounds or institutional investors.

Name

Training & Development Group

Legal name

ООО «ТД груп»

Website

https://trainingroup.ru

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Training × Development Group is a Moscow-based B2B corporate training firm serving large enterprises across Russia and CIS with LEGO Serious Play facilitation, business games, video courses, and custom leadership programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Training Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Business Schools and Computer and Management Training (6114)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAGAKAC

Corporate Learning & Training Content Development

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Instructional Design & Content Development Services

SECONDARYEDABABAC

Consultative Selling & Discovery

Education/Corporate Training & Professional Development/Sales & Customer Success Training

SECONDARYEDABAHAC

Product Management (Core)

Education/Corporate Training & Professional Development/Project, Program & Product Management Training

Keywords

• Corporate training services
• Experiential learning programs
• Facilitation and business games
• Leadership development training
• LEGO Serious Play sessions

Headquarters

HQ city

Moscow

HQ country

Russia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Corporate Training Programs: B2B corporate educational programs delivered in online and offline formats. Programs include workshops, seminars, and structured training courses on topics such as leadership, creativity, sales, service, personal effectiveness, and management. Programs are typically delivered to groups of 4 to 1000+ participants with durations ranging from 1.5 hours to 40 hours.
2. Facilitated Sessions (LEGO Serious Play): LEGO Serious Play facilitation sessions and related facilitation formats (World Café, Forsight sessions, Visual facilitation). Sessions are tailored to client business challenges and delivered by certified facilitators.
3. Business Games and Simulations: Game-based training experiences sold as structured programs (e.g., Negotiation Tournament, Aviatary, Corporation, Creative Machine, Steps to the Future). Games are designed for team building, skill development, and strategic planning, with physical materials and digital components.
4. Online Video Courses: Video-based course subscriptions and standalone course licenses covering professional development topics. Courses are available in online format and include video lessons, self-diagnostics, longreads, tests, and homework assignments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Training × Development Group sells B2B corporate education programs to enterprises across Russia and CIS, including LEGO® Serious Play® facilitation sessions (2–40 hours, 4 to 1,000+ participants), proprietary business games and simulations (Aviatory, Corporation, Creative Machine, Negotiation Tournament, Hangar, City, Steps to the Future), structured training courses (leadership, emotional intelligence, strategic thinking, change management, sales, service, creativity, cross-functional collaboration), and an online video course library. Programs are delivered online and offline by certified in-house facilitators on a consultative, quote-based basis.

Product overview

Training & Development Group (T×DG) is a corporate education company offering a diverse portfolio of training programs, facilitation sessions, and business games. The portfolio includes the core LEGO® Serious Play® facilitation methodology, video courses, training programs, games (such as Корпорация, Авиаторы, Переговорный турнир, Creative Machine, Steps to the Future), and facilitation sessions (Фасилитация, Мировое кафе, Форсайт-сессия). The company also offers AI-focused courses and programs covering topics like continuous improvement, change management, leadership, strategic thinking, emotional intelligence, and cross-functional collaboration. The products are delivered in multiple formats including online, offline, video courses, programs, sessions, and games.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• LEGO® Serious Play® facilitation A facilitation methodology that uses LEGO brick construction to enable dialogue, strategic thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making; sessions run 2–40 hours for 4 to 1,000+ participants and are delivered by certified in-house facilitators for corporate teams.
• Aviatory (Авиаторы) business game

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% participant engagement — 100% of session time
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• LEGO® Serious Play® / LEGO GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Training × Development Group has worked with the LEGO Serious Play methodology since 2013. The company is one of the leading practitioners in Russia, operating as an authorized facilitator network. They translated and published the first Russian-language book on LEGO Serious Play, organized the first Russian conference of LEGO Serious Play facilitators, moderate the LEGO Serious Play Russia community, and publish unique cases in the global LEGO Serious Play community. The company certifies its own facilitators in the methodology.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Development Dimensions International (DDI): Global leadership and talent development company with assessment, classroom, and digital learning programs for enterprises. Comparable in target buyer (HR/L&D) and offering mix around leadership, sales, and behavioral skills.
• Center for Creative Leadership (CCL): Global leadership development institution offering assessment, executive education, and facilitation. Overlaps with T×DG's leadership, team-coordination, and managerial training programs at a much larger scale.
• Cegos: International corporate training and leadership development group with multilingual programs across Europe and emerging markets. Comparable breadth of catalog and B2B go-to-market.
• SHL Russia (part of SHL): Global assessment and talent measurement provider with a Russian presence, selling psychometrics, leadership development, and training solutions to large enterprises. Comparable to T×DG's leadership and personal effectiveness offerings.

Regional players

• IBS Training Center: Russian corporate training provider focused on IT, management, and business skills for enterprise clients. Competes with T×DG in the Russian market for technical and managerial training programs.
• Changellenge: Russian education and employer-branding company running corporate case competitions, training, and graduate programs. Adjacent to T×DG's business games, negotiation tournaments, and corporate case-club offerings.
• Ward Howell (Russia): Russian executive search and leadership development firm offering executive education and corporate training programs. Competes with T×DG in the Russian enterprise market for top-team and leadership development engagements.

Direct peers

• Innovation Point: UK-based consultancy and a leading global LEGO Serious Play facilitator network. Direct methodological peer to T×DG in the LSP facilitation niche, with similar training, certification, and corporate facilitation offerings.
• BTS Group: Swedish-headquartered business simulation and corporate learning company that builds business games and assessment-driven experiential programs for enterprises - directly comparable to T×DG's business games and simulation portfolio.

Emerging players

• Playing Lean (Serious Games for Business): Norwegian start-up building serious business games and simulations for entrepreneurship and innovation training. Comparable to T×DG's game-based learning products and experiential methodology.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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