The Action Learning Institute (ALI) is an Australian Registered Training Organisation (RTO Provider 40676) and the first education institution in the world to deliver nationally recognised qualifications entirely through action learning. This is made possible through unique assessment methods using proprietary software, which maps evidence of competency from collaborative cloud-based platforms to performance criteria in the Australian VET Framework.

Based in Adelaide and Launceston, ALI is owned by Cother Consulting Pty Ltd, a family-owned and operated Australian company. The company engages a team of facilitators across Australia.

ALI has designed action learning programs for a wide range of contexts. Our design process involves a high level of stakeholder consultation and is centred around the ‘wicked’ problems or opportunities under focus. We believe strongly that the central philosophy of action learning should be upheld, that is, we endeavour to design action learning models that allow the facilitator to progressively ‘step back’ and promote greater self-direction. We draw on the experience of a broad community of practitioners, both in Australia and internationally, for new approaches and critical analysis of our own practice.

ALI has been instrumental in establishing Business Action Learning Tasmania, a not-for-profit company and registered charity established for the purpose of advancing education through action learning programs in industry, community and education institutions. BALT emerged from a cluster of businesses learning with and from each other through our award-winning Lean Action Learning program.