Building a consortium alliance for learning – the Volvo experience

Describes experiences of building a consortium alliance for learning among three partner providers to a single client – Volvo Car UK. Explores the events leading up to establishing a rationale for a consortium approach, proposes a hypothesis and explains how the process was built, focusing specifically on programme design and programme delivery. Notes the learning for client, participants and partner providers (consultants) and links it to programme outcomes. Highlights implications for the future. Generalizes learning from this specific client experience and pinpoints key issues of wider application. Explores the potential for different consortium approaches of single/several providers to single/several clients and identifies helping and hindering factors aimed at securing added value in consortium alliances.