When passion and talent meet, great things show up.

My passion is for all things new, for what makes people tick and how everything connects. My talent? Noticing what really smart people know about a “thing” they are really smart about-whether’s it’s leading, managing inventory, training, you name it- and figuring out how you can share that in a way that the rest of us can learn how to be just as good at it as the smart people.

In the 18 years I have played in this industry, this passion/talent collision has created an opportunity for me to work as a consultant on designing learning with some really talented people in really amazing companies.

I have had the opportunity to be a part of designing curriculum being created by Aveda: the Aveda Business College, the Color/Texture curriculum, the Aveda Institute Educator training and the Men’s curriculum. Aveda does it right-great content, great visuals and strong learning design. I’ve also worked with companies you know outside of our industry on how to design training that works for all learners including Humana, Target, Blue Cross, IKEA, the Center for Creative Leadership, AFLAC, to name a few.

Working on projects like this with a lot of resources behind them-both financial and intellectual-raises the bar for me on what great training programs look like. As a partner in Beauty Basics, a school management company, I want to deliver to our team well-designed, beautiful training materials that generate results. I want our leaders to be able to focus on leading, rather than figuring out how to wake people up in a staff meeting. And, I want to blend online and live training, so that our team can learn anytime.

The question is how to create, design, implement all the training we need with a virtually non-existent “training department?"

I believe Inyu is the answer—our online training department. We’ve assembled a team of talented training designers, graphic designers and web designers that can create anything we need. All we need is you. I hope you will play with us---share what you need, share what you like and share what you have that is working.

To check our thinking, we assembled the Inyu Think Tank—bright, creative people that lead successful businesses.

Our Think Tank helps guide us on what content is needed and what is going to work in the real world.

Ed Brown	Nancy Brown	Scott Buchanan
Marilyn Ihloff		Heath Smith