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Immersive Behavior Change Platform

Your culture programs teach people what to think. Ours change how they act.

Enliven's Standardized Immersion Format combines VR perspective-taking, expert facilitation, and behavioral activation in a single three-hour session. Delivered by a growing network of certified facilitators, or by training your own.

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The Problem

Billions spent on culture training. Behavior stays the same.

E-learning builds awareness. Facilitation creates engagement. Coaching reaches individuals. Each addresses one dimension of behavior change while structurally excluding the others.

01

E-learning builds knowledge, not readiness

Digital platforms are structurally unable to produce the emotional engagement or social accountability that behavioral science identifies as preconditions for action.

02

Facilitation stays intellectual

Participants leave energized. Within two weeks behavioral insights have faded. Discussion and role-play operate at the cognitive level. Understanding is not the same as feeling.

03

The knowing-doing gap compounds

The distance between knowing what good behavior looks like and actually performing it under real conditions. That gap is closed by experience, not information.

The Standardized Immersion Format

Four phases. One fixed sequence. Measurable behavior change.

Three hours. Up to 16 participants. Four sequential phases building on each other. The sequence is fixed. Removing or reordering any phase weakens the mechanism.

1

Introduction and Resistance Reduction

Establishes the cognitive frame. The facilitator models vulnerability and lowers defensiveness before challenge.

30 min
2

Parallel VR Experience and Group Exercise

Two groups of eight. One enters VR while the other completes a structured exercise. After 30 minutes they swap. 8 headsets serve 16.

60 min
3

Facilitated Group Dialogue

The shared VR experience becomes a common reference point. Dialogue begins in pairs, then opens to the full group.

40 min
4

Activation and Commitment

"When X occurs, I will do Y" implementation intentions. Oriented toward bystander action: supporting others.

Remaining time
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Watch what happens when a team experiences Enliven's VR for the first time.

The reactions are real. The conversations that follow are where behavior change begins.

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The Standardized Immersion Format

The full whitepaper: design, evidence base, and implementation pathway. Written for HR leaders, L&D practitioners, and organizational development professionals.

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Built to Scale

The methodology transfers. The quality stays.

The SIF architecture is designed so that any certified facilitator can deliver it independently, anywhere. VR content, session sequence, and measurement instruments stay consistent regardless of who facilitates.

Organizations can train their own facilitators through Enliven's certification program. The result: declining per-session cost, zero dependency on external calendars, and growing internal capability.

4,500+
leaders via licensed internal facilitators
1,200
employees via license-only model in just 4 facilitated months
Proof

The numbers from six enterprise clients.

Post-session survey data, 2024 to 2025.

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/ 5 average session rating across ASML, Reckitt, Microsoft, Shimano, Cambridge, McKinsey
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/ 5 weighted facilitator effectiveness
98%
of experienced participants rate the SIF more impactful than prior training
+1.00
pre-to-post confidence delta (Reckitt pilot, n=42)

n=1,357. ASML, Reckitt, Microsoft, Shimano, Cambridge, McKinsey. Average: 4.49/5.0.

Content Modules

A sequenced library built for facilitator-led delivery at scale.

Deployable by Enliven's certified network or by your own trained internal facilitators.

Live

Psychological Safety Under Pressure

The foundation. Teams experience what happens when psychological safety breaks down. They leave with tools to recognize and respond.

Stage: Stabilize
Live

Building Stronger, More Connected Teams

The connective tissue. How small daily interactions build or erode team trust.

Stage: Align
Planned

Speak Up Culture

Equipping leaders and teams with the tools to create environments where raising concerns, challenging ideas, and sharing mistakes drives performance.

Stage: Sustain
Planned

Cultural Dimensions

Erin Meyer framework. How cultural assumptions create invisible conflict across global teams.

Stage: Sustain
What Leaders Say
Recognition

Recognized by the organizations that matter.

G

Google.org Grantee

Selected for social impact through technology

M

Microsoft Leadership for Positive Impact

Program partner for immersive behavior change

J

Dutch Department of Justice Award

JenV Innovation Award for methodology validation

#6

KVK Innovatie Top 100

#6 Most Innovative Company in the Netherlands

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Experience it before you buy it.

A 120-minute demo session. Your team. Our facilitator. Enliven's VR.

Leadership Events

Open your leadership event with the experience that changes every conversation that follows.

Psychological Safety Under Pressure for 50 to 300 executive leaders. A combined VR and facilitated experience that creates the conditions for honest dialogue, genuine accountability, and collective commitment.

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The Opportunity

Your leaders gather once a year. Make the opening count.

Every organization talks about feedback and openness. A real speak-up culture requires psychological safety. And psychological safety cannot be explained. It has to be felt.

THE PROBLEM

Trust-building conversations happen without the foundation that makes them land

Leaders arrive ready to discuss strategy, alignment, and performance. The conversations stay surface-level because no one has experienced what it costs to speak up when it matters.

THE SOLUTION

Open with the felt experience. Everything after it lands differently.

Leaders who have felt what psychological safety costs engage with the rest of the program differently. The VR creates the opening. The facilitation converts it into insight, behavioral commitment, and leadership practice.

THE RESULT

150 leaders leave with shared language, a specific commitment, and the conditions for honest dialogue

A reference experience shared with every peer that shapes the quality of every conversation for the rest of the event and beyond.

How It Works at Scale

A rotation model that gives every participant the full experience.

Groups rotate through VR, structured debrief, and a leadership practice exercise. Every participant completes all three. The plenary sessions bookend the rotations with shared framing and collective activation.

🎤

Plenary Intro

All leaders together. CEO activates. Shared framing and Psychological Safety Index results presented.

15 min
🥽

VR Experience

Enliven's VR places each participant in a situation where speaking up carries real interpersonal risk. Groups of 50 on 50 headsets.

20 min per group
💬

Facilitated Debrief

Groups of 50 split into 4 tables of 12 to 13. Expert facilitators move from personal reaction to pattern recognition to behavioral intention.

30 min per group
🎯

Plenary Activation

All leaders reconvene. Shared reference point becomes collective commitment. Leadership message integrates directly.

30 min
What Changes with Psychological Safety

Every leadership behavior your organization prioritizes requires one condition that conventional training cannot build.

From Blame Avoidance to Ownership

When people feel safe to admit what went wrong, genuine accountability replaces defensive hedging. Leaders model it first.

From Hedging to Clarity

People over-qualify to protect their position. Psychological safety makes directness possible. Communication becomes clear because speaking plainly carries no risk.

From Stalling to Speed

Decisions stall when people withhold information. When escalating problems early is safe, teams decide faster and course-correct before small issues compound.

From Performance to Genuine Support

Feedback stays managed and surface-level without safety. When leaders can give and receive honest input, development becomes real and support becomes genuine.

From Event to Rollout

What happens after 50 leaders experience psychological safety together.

A global consumer goods company ran Enliven's Psychological Safety Under Pressure format with 50 senior leaders across supply chain and corporate HR leadership.

Within the session, 50% of participants named a specific team they wanted to roll the program out to. The internal champion presented the data to senior leadership. The next phase was confirmed within 60 days.

The leadership event created demand that the organization chose to scale. Leaders who have felt the experience become the strongest advocates for organization-wide rollout.

Pilot Results
4.69 / 5
session rating (n=42)
+1.00
confidence to intervene (pre/post delta)
98%
want to roll the program out to their team
50%
named a specific team for rollout before the session ended

Anonymized. FTSE 100 consumer goods company, 2026.

Format Options

Two formats. One clear recommendation.

Option A: 3 Hours

  • Plenary intro for all participants, CEO activates
  • 20-minute VR experience per group
  • 30-minute facilitated debrief, 4 tables of 12 to 13
  • Learning Zone Leadership Practice during rotation
  • 30-minute plenary activation with collective commitment
  • Psychological Safety Index pre-survey included
  • Leadership culture segment integrates into activation

Option B: 2 Hours

  • No plenary intro (first group enters VR without shared framing)
  • 20-minute VR experience per group
  • 25-minute facilitated debrief
  • Learning Zone Leadership Practice during rotation
  • 10-minute shared closing only
  • No Psychological Safety Index presentation
  • No leadership culture segment possible

Option A costs 60 additional minutes and delivers a fundamentally different outcome. Group 3 receives framing before VR. The CEO's message integrates into the activation. The session shifts from "leaders feel the experience" to "leaders commit to specific change."

What Is Included

All-in delivery. No additional costs for facilitation, hardware, licensing, or logistics.

Facilitation Team

Program lead, facilitation lead, intro facilitator, Learning Zone facilitators, and one VR dialogue facilitator per group of 50.

VR Delivery

50 participant headsets plus facilitator demonstration headsets. Full tech team. Standardized instruction protocol. Hygiene protocol between rotations.

Psychological Safety Index

Pre-event digital survey based on Amy Edmondson's 7-question framework. Results presented in plenary intro as organizational mirror.

Optional: Deep Dive Dialogue

Five structured 1-to-1 interviews with diverse participants before the event. Session content grounded in your organization's actual patterns.

Proof

Results measured across six enterprise clients.

>90%
gain a new perspective via Enliven's VR
9 in 10
ready to act differently after a session
>85%
higher readiness to intervene
>70%
more engaged with employer post-training

n=1,357 survey respondents across six enterprise clients, 2024-2026.

Also Available

This event format is also available for Building Stronger, More Connected Teams.

The same large-scale rotation model, applied to team inclusion and connection. Ideal as a follow-up to Psychological Safety Under Pressure or as a standalone leadership event.

Live

Building Stronger, More Connected Teams

The connective tissue. How small daily interactions build or erode team trust. Teams experience what inclusion and exclusion feel like, and leave with concrete actions to strengthen connection.

n=1,357+ survey respondentsCambridge: 4.82/5.0Reckitt pilot: 4.69/5.0
Get Started

Let your leadership team feel it first.

A 30-minute briefing to align on format, date, and program parameters. We will provide a detailed proposal with final investment.

Social Work & Education

Experience your client's perspective. Change how you respond.

Enliven offers a library of VR experiences for the social sector. Professionals, students, and clients experience challenging situations from the other person's perspective. Available through the Empulse platform.

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Active at 40+ organizations across the Netherlands and Belgium
Police Academy NLCity of AmsterdamHAN UniversitySaxion UniversityROC TwenteAveleijnSterk HuisCordaanPolice Academy NLCity of AmsterdamHAN UniversitySaxion UniversityROC TwenteAveleijnSterk HuisCordaan
VR Experiences via Empulse

Two content bundles. One platform.

Every VR experience is developed with a sounding board of domain experts and experience experts. The methodology was awarded by the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security.

Social Work Bundle

VR experiences for the social sector: education, care, youth protection, and municipal prevention.

Don't Forget Me

Domestic violence from the perspective of a 7-year-old child. Standard curriculum at the Dutch Police Academy.

70% behavioral change in offenders at 6-week follow-up

I Want to Go Home

Experience daily life from the perspective of someone with a mild intellectual disability (MID).

390 professionals, ~90% rated realistic

High-Conflict Divorce

The loyalty conflicts and helplessness experienced from the child's perspective in a parental separation.

Significant correlation between VR presence and empathy

School Bullying

The perspective of a student being bullied. Used in vocational and applied sciences curricula.

Integrated into MBO and HBO programs

Youth Weapon Possession

Escalation and consequences of weapon possession from the perspective of at-risk youth.

Municipal prevention deployment

Autism

In Development

Experience daily life from the perspective of someone on the autism spectrum. For care professionals, educators, workplace support roles, and municipalities.

Q3 2026 target for social work version. MEE and experience experts as advisory partner.

Office Inclusion Bundle

Office-related topics for enterprise HR, L&D, and organizational development. These modules address workplace culture, psychological safety, and inclusion in corporate and office environments.

Target audience: Enterprise L&D, OD, CHROs, HR, inclusion leads, ERG sponsors, people managers, and team leads.

Live

Psychological Safety Under Pressure

Amy Edmondson's PS framework. Teams experience what happens when psychological safety breaks down. ASML committed to 50-session CTO org rollout. McKinsey/Aberkyn co-designed.

ASML ILP: 4,500+ leaders. Facilitator rating 4.43/5.0 (n=984). Aberkyn: 4.50/5.0, 93% more impactful.
Live

Building Stronger, More Connected Teams

How small daily interactions build or erode team trust. Inclusion program reframed as team effectiveness. For HR, inclusion leads, and ERG sponsors across FMCG, tech, and manufacturing.

n=1,357+ respondents. Cambridge: 4.82/5.0 (n=60). Reckitt pilot: 4.69/5.0, +1.00 confidence delta, 98% rollout intent.
Live

Addressing Workplace Bullying and Exclusion

For HR, people managers, and team leads. Sectors with hierarchical culture: engineering, manufacturing, financial services. Psychological safety regulations tightening across EU.

Live in delivery. Bundleable into PS or inclusion program rollout.
Live

Onboarding and Integrating Global Talent — Racial Bias

For global mobility teams, HR, and line managers. Addresses racial bias in first impressions during onboarding at multinationals with high cross-border hiring volumes.

Live in delivery. Especially high-value in E&D phase for multinationals designing global rollout.
Live

Effective Bystander Intervention — Sexual Harassment

EU Whistleblower Directive. ISO 45003. Compliance-driven demand plus genuine behavioral change. Consistently selected as top follow-up interest by Cambridge and ASML cohorts.

High compliance-driven volume potential. Strong certified facilitator channel fit.
The Empulse Platform

Your own VR library, ready to deploy.

Direct access through Empulse. No technical knowledge required. Headsets shipped preconfigured, VR launches automatically, returned after the session.

01

Choose your VR experience

Select from the library which experience fits your audience: students, professionals, clients, or policymakers.

02

Receive the headsets

Preconfigured headsets shipped to your location. Plug in, power on, the VR launches automatically through Empulse.

03

Facilitate the conversation

After the VR experience, guide the group conversation using the included facilitation guide. The VR does the heavy lifting; you facilitate the reflection.

Use Cases

From education to treatment, from awareness to behavioral change.

Education

Preparing students before they enter practice

VR experiences as a fixed part of the curriculum for social work, nursing, and pedagogy students. Students experience their future clients' perspective before their first placement.

HAN, Saxion, ROC Twente, Hogeschool Utrecht, Hogeschool Rotterdam, Windesheim, HZ University, Hoornbeeck, Scalda, Inholland, Zadkine, CHE, Avans
Care & Welfare

Strengthening professional empathy in daily practice

Professionals in disability care, youth services, and social housing strengthen their capacity to recognize situations from their client's perspective.

Aveleijn, Cordaan, Sterk Huis, MEE de Meent Groep, MEE Samen, MEE Vivenz, Careflex, De Klup Twente, Trajectum, Pactum, Amarant, Groepmaatwerk
Youth Protection & Justice

Training professionals who intervene in crisis situations

Probation officers, youth protection workers, and police officers. VR is part of the standard curriculum at the Dutch Police Academy.

Police Academy NL, JB Rotterdam Rijnmond, JB Overijssel, BJZ Limburg, Jarabee, Spring Jeugd, Expect Jeugd, Triade Vitree, Regiecentrum B&V
Municipal Prevention

VR as a tool for awareness among policymakers and community teams

Municipal prevention deployment around domestic violence, youth weapon possession, and social safety. VR as an instrument for awareness at the policy and community level.

City of Amsterdam, City of Velsen, GGD Haaglanden, Hecht ZVH, Aan-z, Incluzio Oost, RTC Antwerp
What Professionals Say
Proven Impact

More than a decade of evidence from the social sector.

40+
organizations using Enliven's VR via Empulse
70%
behavioral change in DV offenders at 6-week follow-up
60+
organizations adopted Don't Forget Me after launch
~90%
of professionals rate the MID VR as realistic (n=390)
Get Started

Experience it yourself. Book a demo, or a 14-day pilot if you already have a VR headset.

Contact Amir Tavassoli, Programme Manager Social and Education.

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About Enliven

Born from lived experience. Built for organizational impact.

We build the content that changes behavior. We certify the facilitators who deliver it. We run the platform they operate on.

Our Story

Founded on the belief that empathy can be trained.

Enliven Social Enterprise B.V. | Arnhem, Netherlands

Enliven was founded in 2014 in Arnhem, the Netherlands, with a single conviction: empathy is not a trait people either have or lack. It is a skill that can be developed through experience. What began as a mission to address social challenges through immersive technology has grown into a platform trusted by enterprise organizations worldwide.

Our founding team brought together expertise in XR development, behavioral science, and facilitation design. The first VR experience, Vergeet Mij Niet, won the JenV Innovation Award from the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security and was adopted by more than 60 organizations across the Netherlands, proving that immersive experiences could shift behavior at scale.

From that social sector foundation, Enliven entered the corporate market in late 2024. Within 18 months, the methodology was validated at ASML, McKinsey, Reckitt, Microsoft, Cambridge University Press, and Shimano. Today, Enliven operates as a social enterprise, reinvesting in impact while delivering measurable behavior change for the world's most demanding organizations.

Journey

From a Department of Justice award to enterprise scale.

2014

Founded

Enliven established in Arnhem. First partnership with the Dutch Department of Justice.

2016

JenV Innovation Award

Vergeet Mij Niet wins the Ministry of Justice innovation prize.

2022

Seed Investment

EUR 1M from LUMO Labs and Oost NL. Empulse launches. 40+ organizations.

2024

Corporate Market Entry

ASML anchor client. SIF formalized from a decade of social sector delivery.

2025

Enterprise Validation

EUR 619K revenue. Six clients. n=1,357. License model proven.

2026

Platform Scale

Pre-Series A. Facilitator certification operational. 19 active deals.

Social Commitment

10% of annual corporate profit flows to social impact.

A governance commitment. Social workers in Arnhem access the same VR as CHRO organizations at ASML.

Recognition

Recognized by the organizations that matter.

G

Google.org Grantee

Social impact through technology

M

Microsoft Leadership for Positive Impact

Program partner

J

Dutch Department of Justice Award

JenV Innovation Award

#6

KVK Innovatie Top 100

#6 Most Innovative Company NL

Get in Touch

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Last updated: September 2023

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General Terms and Conditions 2026

Version 2026. Applicable to all agreements from 1 January 2026.

Legal entity: Enliven Social Enterprise B.V. | KVK: 78623332 | BTW: NL861474168B01
Registered office: Jansbuitensingel 30, 6811AE Arnhem, the Netherlands
Representative: Alex Tavassoli, Managing Director
Contact: info@enlivenempathy.com

These General Terms and Conditions (the GTC) govern the use of Enliven's Platform and the provision of Enliven's Services, and form an integral part of every Agreement between the Customer and Enliven.

Article 1: Definitions

Agreement: The contract between the Customer and Enliven pursuant to which Enliven provides Services and/or grants access to the Platform.

Customer: The company or legal entity that enters into the Agreement with Enliven.

Platform: Enliven's online VR software-as-a-service platform providing Users with access to VR Simulations and related content.

Services: Platform Services and/or Delivery Services, as applicable.

Session: A single facilitated immersive training event delivered using the SIF, typically 2 to 3 hours, maximum 16 participants.

SIF (Standardized Immersion Format): Enliven's proprietary three-component session format comprising (i) a VR experience, (ii) facilitated group dialogue and structured reflection, and (iii) behavioral activation and commitment.

VR Equipment: Virtual reality headsets, controllers, and associated hardware provided by Enliven on a temporary loan basis. Title remains with Enliven at all times.

Article 2: Applicability

These GTC apply to all Agreements between Enliven and the Customer. Any general terms of the Customer are expressly rejected. In case of inconsistency between GTC and a Statement of Work, the SOW prevails for commercial terms; GTC prevail for legal terms. Enliven may amend these GTC with 60 days' notice.

Article 3: Agreement Formation

An Agreement is established when the Customer accepts a quote in writing or when both Parties execute a SOW. Quotes are valid for 30 days. Oral commitments are not binding unless confirmed in writing.

Article 4: Service Tracks

Enliven provides two service tracks: Platform Services (subscription-based access) and Delivery Services (session-based facilitation). These may be engaged independently or in combination.

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