About the Institute

The Business Excellence Institute is a membership body that works to help its members – be they individuals or organizations – get outstanding results for all their stakeholders. It promotes excellence in management and the Business Excellence profession and has members on 6 continents.

2013
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Our story begins

The Institute was established

2014
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Going strong in our second year
  • Chartered Business Excellence Professional qualification launched
  • BEX Excellence Baseline published
2015
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Expanding
  • The BEX Management Ecademy is launched
  • Sustainable Business Excellence Framework published
  • BEX established in Brussels, Oslo and Tokyo
  • APEX the Boardroom Board Game™ launched
  • First Excellence Baseline audits conducted
  • The Business Excellence Alignment Model published
2016
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First Hall of Fame member
  • The Institute starts sponsoring SciFest
  • 1st International Business Learning Games Competition & Mini-Conference (Dublin, Ireland)
  • Jon Prusmack inaugurated into the Excellence Hall of Fame
2017
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Expansion into Latin America
  • BEX Partners with the Latin American Quality Institute to promote Excellence in the region
  • 2nd Annual Conference On Business Learning Games & International Business Learning
    Games Competition (Lisbon, Portugal)
  • BEX established in Athens and Lisbon
  • Don Haider, Eileen McDonnell and Martin Naughton inducted into the Excellence Hall of Fame
2018
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Members from 34 countries
  • Membership expands to include members from 34 countries
  • BEX established in Seville
  • 3rd Annual Conference On Business Learning Games & International Business Learning Games Competition (Lisbon, Portugal)
  • Julia Chang Bloch, Marie Lindsay, and Raomal Perera inducted into the Excellence Hall of Fame
2019
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Members spaning through 6 continents
  • The Institute’s membership grows to span 6 continents
  • The Excellence Manifesto is published (see ExcellenceManifesto.com)
  • 4th Annual Conference On Business Learning Games & International Business Learning
  • Clara Shih, Feargal Quinn, and Henry Mintzberg inducted into the Excellence Hall of Fame
2020
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Still expanding in this challenging time
  • Dalhousie University becomes a training delivery partner
  • Andrew Kakabadse and Teresa Kemppi-Vasama inducted into the Excellence Hall of Fame
  • BEX established in Munich
2021
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Going strong into the future
  • SciFest launch the Business Excellence Institute Award for science projects with greatest potential for positive business impact
  • Joe Schmidt and Rita Gunther-McGrath inducted into the Excellence Hall of Fame
2022
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Members from 38 countries
  • Membership expands to include members from 38 countries
2023
Expanding our network
  • BEX announces a new innovation partnership with Yggdrasil 

Delivery Partners

Dala

Regional Partners

LAQI

Innovation Partner

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Sponsored Partners

BEX is proud to sponsor SciFest encouraging a love of science & technology on the island of Ireland.

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BEX is proud to sponsor Seapoint Rugby Club, a community-based rugby club located in Co. Dublin which focuses on the development of young players through its Mini & Youths Rugby systems.

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