The Bob Pike Group

Inventors then. Leaders now.
Participant-Centered Learning since 1979.

The Bob Pike Group was established by Bob Pike, an icon in the industry, in 1979 and remains a family-owned, values-driven learning and development company based in Chaska, Minnesota. As the industry-leading train-the-trainer company, we transform learning from passive to active, boring to invigorating, and ignored to embraced and applied. We equip trainers to deliver Participant-Centered Training—which is based on how the brain actually learns—so their learners don't just “sit and get” through training, they apply it back on the job, and leaders see real ROI.

We are a woman-owned, GSA-certified small business with a proven training methodology that has delivered measurable results for nearly five decades.

What Makes Us Different

We model it. Other firms tell you what to do. We show you. You experience Participant-Centered Training firsthand — not through lecture, but by doing it. Our trainees are engaged and energized. Their trainees, in turn, are too. Because training that participants genuinely enjoy is training they actually use — and that's what creates lasting behavior change on the job.

It's a proven system. Our Creative Training Techniques® methodology works whether you've been training for 3 months or 30 years because the system does the heavy lifting. It's content-agnostic, personality-agnostic, and culture-agnostic. Applied appropriately, it works anywhere, with any content.

The results speak. Clients see measurable improvements in retention and on-the-job performance. We have repeat clients who've worked with us for 30+ years. Tested, refined, and proven across every industry and culture—it works.

The Need

Every year, organizations waste billions on training that doesn't deliver results. Trainers deliver content that evaporates from participants’ brains within days. It's not their fault—it's the model. Conventional, lecture-heavy training ignores how the brain actually learns, remembers, and applies information. For nearly 50 years, we've been on a mission to replace this broken system.

What We Do

We help trainers replace their lecture-based approach with our proprietary Participant-Centered Method, which is based on adult learning theory and neuroscience. When our participants incorporate Creative Training Techniques® into their own training programs, their learners actively discover, own, and apply training. The result? Everyone enjoys training more; trainees are actively engaged in the experience and depart ready to perform, which leads to a significant increase in content transferred back on the job, and organizations see ROI.

Bob Pike created the Participant-Centered Approach in 1979. The Bob Pike Group has been sharing it ever since in public and private training sessions, annual conferences, and design consulting.

Who We Serve

Companies large and small, including 95% of the Fortune 100, work with us to save time and money on training while improving measurable results. Learn more about our clients and the ROI they’ve experienced here. View our case studies.

We work with professionals who:

Are tired of wasting time and money on training that doesn't stick.
Have learners being read to instead of trained.
Are stuck in lecture mode because that’s all they’ve been taught.
Recognize training must drive results, not check boxes.
Are tired of being boring - and bored!
Are trying to change the dynamic from "have to" to “GET to” go to training.

The Bottom Line

The Bob Pike Group transforms how trainers train. Our Participant-Centered Approach works. Using it, we equip trainers with the practical tools and repeatable processes needed to design and deliver training that translates into performance—so their learners walk out ready to act, not just informed.