OUTPACE CHANGE.
We develop leaders with purpose and give them clarity to lead in a changing world.
Stay ahead with the expertise of brilliant business minds and influential Financial Times journalists.
Trusted by global leaders
Meaningful business transformation starts from within. These are some of the clients whose businesses we’re helping to reinvent, with programmes designed to bring out the best in their people.
How we help our clients
Global organisations today face complex issues that can’t be solved by generic solutions. We work globally with clients to deliver tailored solutions to help them adapt and thrive in change.

Custom Programs
Customisation is our core expertise. Our approach is adaptable, but one thing is always the same: we start with your real business needs. If you have a complex structure with multiple learning needs, this might be right for you.
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Enterprise Programmes
Don’t settle for traditional programmes. Outpace the speed of change with enterprise-wide, custom learning solutions. Drive transformation, at scale.
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Strategic L&D Consulting
It’s time to make better-informed L&D decisions. Our bespoke consulting services are designed to help you evolve your L&D operations and integrate learning into your business strategy.
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Financial Times & IE: Clarity and Credibility
Headspring is the strategic L&D partner for businesses in transformation.
As the joint-venture of Financial Times and IE Business School, we blend journalistic acuity with academic innovation. We have the Financial Times’ seasoned journalists who decipher tomorrow’s trends today, coupled with IE’s world-class faculty who transform these insights into pragmatic leadership skills.
This potent mix means we’re not just responding to the business landscape, but architecting its future.
That’s Headspring: educating with purpose and impact, preparing leaders to pioneer.
Learn MoreDesign Jams: bringing your program to life
A Design Jam is where the design of your programme becomes real.
Turning Learning Design into Business Impact
Every single leadership development program we create is unique. Yet, each one of them is created based on fundamental principles which underpin our learning designs.

Custom Program Design
We believe executive education is a craft, not a commodity. With each new client, we develop an entirely fresh approach. Together, we ensure your learning journeys meet strategic goals and create value.
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Journalistic Approach
Our work starts with understanding, empathizing with, and challenging your assumptions, vision and objectives. For each client, we build a team of learning, impact and customer experience experts - supported by top professors and FT journalists.
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Measurable Business Impact
To achieve real value-creation, our collaboration continues during and after the program as we work with you to ensure that learning outcomes are preserved in your business.
How we work →Partnerships with real impact
Our work begins with a blank canvas and, through real collaboration, we gain an in-depth understanding of your business’s learning needs and strategic goals. Our programmes are customised, innovative and outcome-led.

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Global Reach

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Insights for Leaders
Access our best insights on learning and development (L&D), strategy, organisational development and talent.