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We believe in the power of collaboration. Through strategic partnerships and integrations with leading products and thought leaders, we elevate our solutions and guarantee the highest standards in all our operations.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Industry partnerships.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Through a variety of partnerships and integrations with best-in-class products, our customers can simplify their access to BI WORLDWIDE solutions, seamlessly transfer participant and programme data between multiple systems, and gain better insight into programme performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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IBM is a leading global hybrid cloud and AI, and business services provider, helping clients capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge. IBM’s breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, cloud solutions, and business services deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM’s commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity, and service.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

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Workday is a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, helping customers adapt and thrive in a changing world. Workday applications for financial management, human resources, planning, spend management, and analytics are built with artificial intelligence and machine learning at the core to help organisations around the world embrace the future of work.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

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The Reward & Employee Benefits Association (REBA) is a thriving community of HR professionals dedicated to pursuing best practice in reward & benefits. Synonymous with excellence, REBA informs and empowers its members to grow their network, advance their knowledge, source and connect with market leading vendors, and be prepared for what’s coming over the horizon.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

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IMA Europe is the premier association dedicated to advancing the incentive marketing industry across Europe. As part of a global network, IMA partners collaborate, engage in learning, and the exchange of best practices within the incentive and rewards space. <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Academic Partners.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We’ve partnered with expert academics to ensure our customers’ sales incentive, loyalty and employee engagement programmes utilise psychology, research, and the scientifically proven principles of behavioural economics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Professor and Program Director, Human Resources and Organizational Development Program, University of Louisville; Co-Founder, OrgVitals; Owner, LEAD Research, LLC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Brad Shuck is an internationally recognised\u202fbusiness thought leader, entrepreneur, and academic in the areas of employee engagement, leadership development, and organisational culture. He is the author of\u202fEmployee Engagement: A Research Overview\u202f(Routledge, 2020) and has published or presented more than 350 scholarly articles, book chapters, and invited presentations. Shuck holds five US Copyrights for his research-driven, intellectual property on employee engagement and culture management.\u202fHis work has been featured in US-based international media outlets including\u202fForbes,\u202fThe Washington Post, and\u202fTIME, as well as international outlets such as\u202fBusiness World Online, India\u2019s\u202fEconomic Times, and the\u202fHindu Times. He has given Keynote addresses on four of the seven continents including\u202f\u202fChina, Spain, India, Panama, the United Kingdom and across the United States for some of the world’s largest and most admired companies.\u202fShuck is a tenured Full Professor and Co-Founder of\u202f OrgVitals, a purpose-built culture management software company. He is a member of the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels and holds advanced degrees in Counseling, Student Affairs, Human Resource Development, and Adult Education.
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Professor of Marketing and C.T. Bauer Chair in Marketing, University of Houston<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Mike’s roles at the University of Houston, he is also the Research Director of the Sales Excellence Institute. Mike\u2019s research has primarily focused on improving the performance of salespeople and sales organisations. He has published over 40 articles in leading journals and was recently recognised by the American Marketing Association as one of the ten most productive research scholars in the field of marketing. His research has been profiled in The Wall Street Journal, Business 2.0, Business Investors Daily, Fox News, INC Magazine and many other news outlets.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

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General Mills\/Paul S. Gerot Chair, Professor of Marketing, University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor John received his bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India in 1974 and his MBA from the University of Illinois in 1976. After earning his Ph.D in Marketing from Northwestern in 1981, he joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, he moved to the University of Minnesota. He is the General Mills\/Paul S. Gerot Chair in Marketing at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. His interests centre around distribution channels and high tech marketing. Specifically, he is interested in the strategic and efficiency aspects of governance choices in these settings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His academic honors include an American Marketing Association award for his Ph.D dissertation in 1981, and his selection in 2003 as a “Highly Cited Researcher” in the Business\/Economics category by Thomson Reuters Web of Science.\u202f<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Trusted provider.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our commitment to quality and excellence is demonstrated through our various certifications and accreditations. These recognitions are a testament to our dedication to maintaining the highest standards in all our operations, ensuring that you receive the best service possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BI WORLDWIDE is certified to ISO 27001:2022 Information Security Management System; BI WORLDWIDE has held this certificate continuously since 2013. ISO 27001 provides a robust framework ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and accessibility of information while mitigating risks through rigorous security practices.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

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The International Air Transport Association is a trade association of the world\u2019s airlines. Without an IATA licence, BI WORLDWIDE would be unable to issue airline tickets and reconcile costs in house, quickly, accurately and efficiently for our clients. Our IATA licence allows us the flexibility to service our clients to the high standard they expect. An IATA accreditation is a seal of approval recognised worldwide.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

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BI WORLDWIDE is certified to ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Standard. This globally recognised standard ensures sustained customer satisfaction by producing and delivering services as well as providing functions that meet the customers\u2019 needs and expectations through a consistent approach and process of continuous improvement. BI WORLDWIDE has held this certificate since 1993.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

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we are proud to be part of the real living wage movement<\/a>, which provides a voluntary benchmark for employers that wish to ensure their staff earn a wage they can live on, not just the government minimum<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

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BI WORLDWIDE has received high praise from every Investors in People assessment since 2005, achieving Gold status in March 2025. We recognise that high business performance is only possible through best practice in people management. <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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