It's not what we do that is most important, but rather why we do it.
We love people.
We believe that everyone is worthy, but not everyone is seen.
We believe that everyone has potential, but not everyone is grown.
We believe that love is a verb and it's our greatest commandment.
For us, loving means lifting others up through learning.
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That's why we develop everybody.
...But what makes us different?
We are SVI’ers because at its heart, SVI is made up of close, creative, high-performing, and uniquely-talented individuals coming together for one common goal—to provide our customers the best learning experiences that we can offer! So, it makes sense that Our Core Values come from the heart too.
We bring our weird and wonderful.
We don't take ourselves seriously, but we're dead serious about our work.
Our heart for people means we don't show off, we lift up.
Meet the people
behind the magic.
Spirit Animal: Punk Rock Llama
Mike Thompson
CEO
Champion, The Anywhere Leader, and most recently, Forging Grit.
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Mike received his master’s degree in Leadership and Ethics from John Brown University. He pursued a career in advertising – becoming the founder and president of Thompson Murray, a leading advertising agency now owned by Saatchi and Saatchi. Mike also served six years in the Air Force and Air National Guard.
Mike Thompson, our “rockstar” Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and thought leader,
is a talent & development industry pioneer whose expertise and perspective, offers guidance, and inspires innovation to develop everybody.
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Mike has toured the world and studied leadership in some of the most primitive environments to gain deeper-level leadership insights into all types of communities and cultures around the globe. Because of that
experience, he has authored three top-selling business and leadership books, The Organizational
Spirit Animal: Punk Rock Llama
Tim Harmon
President
Champion, The Anywhere Leader, and most recently, Forging Grit.
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Mike received his master’s degree in Leadership and Ethics from John Brown University. He pursued a career in advertising – becoming the founder and president of Thompson Murray, a leading advertising agency now owned by Saatchi and Saatchi. Mike also served six years in the Air Force and Air National Guard.
Mike Thompson, our “rockstar” Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and thought leader,
is a talent & development industry pioneer whose expertise and perspective, offers guidance, and inspires innovation to develop everybody.
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Mike has toured the world and studied leadership in some of the most primitive environments to gain deeper-level leadership insights into all types of communities and cultures around the globe. Because of that
experience, he has authored three top-selling business and leadership books, The Organizational
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Spirit Animal: Punk Rock Llama
Erin Marchese
Partner
Spirit Animal: Punk Rock Llama
Tim Harmon
President
Like a well-oiled machine, SVI is supported by an amazing team of content developers, techies, instructional designers, project managers, etc. that will not stop until they bring your great ideas to life.