Zero-G and DTE Forge Game-Changing Executive Training Partnership
Zero-G and DTE have formed a new partnership to launch The Zero-G Executive Leadership Experience, an executive training program debuting in late 2024.
EXPLORATION PARK, Fla., Nov. 7, 2024 Zero-G CEO, Kevin Sproge and Designing Transformative Experiences (DTE) Founder, Dr. Brad McLain announced today the launch of an executive training partnership with flights beginning in the 4th quarter of 2024.
The program, called The Zero-G Executive Leadership Experience, is based on Dr. McLain's groundbreaking research into the psychology of transformative experiences. The program features online and classroom-based skill-building sessions that introduce the psychological framework for Experience Design Leadership.
"We've been looking to expand our offerings into the corporate training space for quite some time, and our partnership with DTE gives us the perfect way to bring Zero-G training to leaders at all levels in a thoughtful and meaningful way." - Zero-G CEO Kevin Sproge
The participants will have the capstone experience of a Zero-G flight as a powerful model of Experience Design Leadership, including all training and preparation. Finally, the participants will learn how to transfer their new leadership skills to their work and life beyond.
In discussing why he selected Zero-G for his leadership training, Dr. McLain said," Zero-G allows us to put executives into a truly unique environment that they have never experienced before. It allows them to personally live through and then analyze and adopt the psychology of Experience Design Leadership in its purest form."
Describing the partnership, Zero-G CEO Kevin Sproge said, "We've been looking to expand our offerings into the corporate training space for quite some time, and our partnership with DTE gives us the perfect way to bring Zero-G training to leaders at all levels in a thoughtful and meaningful way."
About Zero-Gravity Corporation
Zero-Gravity Corporation ("Zero-G") is a privately held space entertainment and tourism company whose mission is to make the excitement and adventure of space accessible to the public. Zero-G is the first and only FAA-certified provider of parabolic flights in the U.S. for the general public; entertainment and film industries; corporate and incentive markets; non-profit research and education sectors; and the government. Zero-G's attention to detail, excellent service, and quality of experience combined with its exciting history has set the foundation for the most exhilarating adventure-based tourism.
About DTE
Designing Transformative Experiences, LLC (DTE) trains leaders to become experience designers. Based on Dr. Brad McLain's groundbreaking work and book in the psychology of personal transformation, leadership, and identity development, DTE's methods have changed the lives and leader strategies of corporate executives, educators, coaches, parents, creatives, and other experience designers. Dr. McLain & his team have worked with organizations and leaders from the largest tech companies on the planet to start-ups, non-profits, educational institutions, government agencies, and individuals seeking challenge and growth. Brad holds a faculty appointment at CU Boulder and is the Director of Corporate Identity and Culture at the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT). Prior, he worked for NASA on the Space Shuttle Program and the Science Mission Directorate. He has also worked closely with Jane Goodall for over 20 years, serving on the Board of Directors for the Jane Goodall Institute and was the United States Chair of Dr. Goodall's Roots and Shoots Leadership Committee.