Black Dog Consultants and Yoodli announce first AI-powered practice partnership for enterprise leadership development in APAC.

The partnership combines Black Dog Consultants’ 18 years of expertise in behavioral change and leadership development with Yoodli’s AI roleplay platform, giving enterprise learners a private, high-impact space to practice workplace conversations and reinforce learning beyond the classroom.

Seattle, WA — May 20, 2026

Yoodli, the AI-powered experiential learning and AI roleplay platform, today announced a partnership with Black Dog Consultants, a leading behavioral change and leadership development firm with over 18 years of expertise serving enterprise clients across APAC. Among the first partnerships of its kind in the region, it embeds Yoodli’s AI roleplay technology directly into Black Dog Consultants’ leadership and communication programs, enabling clients to practice workplace conversations on demand, beyond the boundaries of live learning experiences.

Why this matters
One of the biggest challenges in learning and development today is proving that learning translates into sustained behavior change on the job. A two or three-day leadership program may create momentum in the room, but applying those skills consistently in real workplace conversations, under pressure and over time, is where organizations often struggle.
Black Dog Consultants has built its 18-year reputation on addressing exactly that challenge, partnering deeply with enterprise clients across APAC to drive measurable, lasting behavioral change rather than one-off training events. A core focus of their work has always been learning transfer: ensuring that insights, frameworks and skills developed during a program continue to show up in day-to-day leadership and communication behaviors long after the workshop ends.

Across client engagements throughout the region, a consistent need emerged: leaders and professionals wanted more opportunities to rehearse workplace conversations in realistic, psychologically safe environments. Not only difficult conversations, but also moments involving influence, stakeholder management, coaching, feedback, customer and sales conversations, performance conversations and executive presence.

The partnership with Yoodli directly addresses this need, giving Black Dog Consultants’ clients access to AI-powered roleplay scenarios they can practice privately, repeatedly and on demand, with immediate feedback designed to strengthen confidence, capability and real-world application.

About the partnership
Black Dog Consultants conducted extensive market research before selecting Yoodli as their technology partner, including 21 structured one-on-one conversations with senior client stakeholders across the APAC region. The feedback was consistent: enterprise leaders wanted to better understand how AI could strengthen learning outcomes and they increasingly expected evidence that learning investments were translating into measurable workplace performance.

Selecting the right platform required more than evaluating features. For Black Dog Consultants, whose clients operate across diverse markets, languages and communication cultures throughout APAC, it was critical that any technology partner demonstrated a genuine commitment to the region rather than treating it as a secondary market. Yoodli’s investment in APAC support coverage, responsiveness and regional partnership was a key differentiator.

Black Dog Consultants has built its reputation on deep regional expertise, cultural fluency and highly contextualized learning design. Any technology integrated into client programs needed to reflect those same standards.

Through Yoodli, Black Dog Consultants can now offer clients:

• AI-powered roleplay scenarios tailored to each client’s specific business context, industry, language requirements and communication frameworks
• Immediate, personalized feedback that helps learners refine delivery, communication and leadership behaviors in the moment
• Private, judgment-free practice environments where leaders can rehearse workplace conversations without the pressure of being observed
• Continuous reinforcement between live sessions, extending learning beyond the workshop and strengthening long-term behavior change
• Richer insight into learning application and progress over time, helping organizations move beyond traditional satisfaction metrics toward clearer evidence of capability development and behavioral adoption
• Scalable coaching and rehearsal opportunities that reduce pressure on busy line managers, who are often expected to provide ongoing one-to-one practice, feedback and development support alongside operational responsibilities

For Black Dog Consultants’ clients, which include regional heads of learning and talent across financial services, professional services and other enterprise sectors, the partnership directly addresses a longstanding challenge in corporate learning: demonstrating the impact of development investments in ways that are meaningful to both business leaders and finance stakeholders.

About Black Dog Consultants
Black Dog Consultants is one of Asia-Pacific’s most experienced behavioral change and leadership development firms, with over 18 years of expertise working at the intersection of human performance and organizational transformation. Headquartered in Hong Kong and Singapore, their consultants bring deep expertise in learning consultancy, design, facilitation and leadership, developing learning solutions that are rigorously tailored to each client’s culture, industry and business goals. Some client relationships span more than 15 years, reflecting the trust Black Dog Consultants has built by consistently delivering learning experiences that translate into observable workplace behavior change, providing measurable ROI for their clients.

About Yoodli
Founded in 2021 in Seattle, Washington, Yoodli is an AI-powered experiential learning platform that helps people practice and improve communication skills through personalized AI roleplays, adaptive coaching and real-time feedback. Trusted by enterprises worldwide, Yoodli enables learners to build confidence, measure progress and perform when it matters most. Learn more at yoodli.ai.

To learn more about the partnership across the APAC region, organizations can reach out to Black Dog Consultants and connect with Raatha Ganesh, Head of Partnerships, who has led the strategic partnership initiative.