LEARNING UNLOCKED is one of Australia’s fastest growing, most innovative and disruptive training companies. Founded by two experienced entrepreneurs, Ross Robinson and Paul Breen, the company delivers highly effective training programs to SMEs and corporates. Our objective is, through education, to build smarter, more capable people and more nimble/innovative organisations.
A passionate educator Ross was the co-founder of Real Institute, the leading Australian vocational and education training provider which was acquired by an ASX-listed company in 2014. Real Institute was built on a philosophy of ‘positive disruption’, driving the need to continually improve, uncover, challenge and learn.
Founded in 2007 the business grew quickly and was the recipient of several national awards for delivering outstanding education programs to the corporate sector. It was featured in BRW’s Fast 100 list and was a finalist in EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year program.
Prior to founding Real Institute Ross held senior management roles for two of Australia’s largest registered training organisations. He also was the head of logistics (UK) for Stanley Tools, an S&P500 Company.
Since exiting Real Institute Ross missed the thrill of seeing the change in an individual or organisation as a result of fantastic training. However he grew disillusioned by the recent changes in the Vocational Education & Training (VET) sector which was undergoing major reform and was under intense scrutiny from the industry regulators due to the activities of several operators focused not on producing learning outcomes but rather on maximising their ‘take’ from government-funded programs through offering expensive accredited courses delivered mostly online.
Ross knew there was a better way and decided it was time to go back to his roots where it all started with powerful, engaging, fun and relevant facilitator led/face to face corporate training programs. As a result, Learning Unlocked was born.
Outside of work, Ross enjoys spending time with his family, sports and cooking. He has participated in the CEO Cookoff since 2012
Paul has founded/co-founded or invested in more than 10 companies in the past 20 years. He is the pioneer of ‘pop-up’ retailing in Australia and New Zealand through the market-leading chain, Calendar Club, which he founded in 1995 and which has since opened and traded 2,500 of its own stores, stocking 4,000 calendar titles and selling 1.5m calendars in 2 months every year. He also chaired the Group’s International Advisory Board which had oversight of 1,500 stores across five countries.
He was an early stage investor in the disruptive payments company, Epay, which grew to annual revenues of $2bn and was sold to a listed US company. In recent times he was the start-up CEO of the electricity retailer, Powershop. Paul also co-founded Australia’s first innovation lab, has interests in several start-up businesses and has served on more than 10 Boards/Advisory Boards, including chairing the advisory board of Real Institute the market leading training business co-founded by Ross Robinson. .
He is also a long-term director of the award-winning social enterprise, Streat, which provides life-changing opportunities to disadvantaged and homeless youth.
He is passionate about innovation and solving complex market problems. For more than 10 years he has been teaching organisations how to think creatively and entrepreneurially and is the author of the popular business book The Entrepreneurial Way, 92 Success Secrets and Shortcuts to Unleash the Entrepreneur in You, which was released in 2015.
Paul enjoys traveling with his family, cooking, writing, staying fit and coaching his sons basketball teams.
Our trainers are quite simply a collection of the best trainers in Australia and the world. Many of our trainers only work exclusively for Learning Unlocked after a decade of partnership with the company founders.
They are engaging, inspirational and will challenge your team and business to grow and succeed. They all operate with a non-judgemental, universal approach meaning they can work with academics or teams who have never had any formal training.
As part of our process we introduce the trainer to you and your key stakeholders prior to any training commencing. Often they will deliver a sample of the session so you can review their delivery style and approach. This gives you the chance to have a say in who trains you team. It is our job to make sure we match the right trainers to your business and culture.
And remember you are protected by our 100% money back guarantee. If you are not entirely satisfied after the training session we will simply refund your money!