Our story
Breakthrough Global are expert practioners in enterprise-wide innovation, leadership and business growth.
1992
30 years ago, as director of innovation at Unilever, our Founder, Dr Bart Sayle, realised that the biggest glass ceiling on an organisation’s ability to innovate and grow was its culture. Powered by this insight, Bart developed a powerful approach to unleash people’s potential and accelerate sustainable business growth. This approach to culture transformation has evolved into the Breakthrough Process®; now utilised by companies and institutions around the world to design and deliver growth.
“Bart helped us transform our people, our culture, and our processes, thereby helping us establish a new trajectory for business growth”.
- - William Wrigley, Jr. Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, William Wrigley Jr. Company
The Breakthrough Process
The Breakthrough Process® is now being used by executive teams, global leadership teams and market leaders within the Fortune 500, building powerful futures for their people, their organisation, their business and their brands.
Our Purpose & Values
We are values led and purpose driven
Guided by the ability of the ‘spirit of Breakthrough to create new futures.’ In 2017 we developed our Values that enable us to support our Purpose ‘to make the world of business more fulfilling for everyone.’
Grow for Impact
Do What We Say We Do
Full On
Health + Wellbeing Matters
Don’t Tolerate Cynicism
Our People
Today, Breakthrough is led by CEO Zannah Ryabchuk, who partnered with chairman & founder Dr. Bart Sayle to evolve our work and expand our global impact. Together, they have built a diverse team of Breakthrough Practitioners and transformation experts who live and breathe our purpose.
From our beginnings to today, our people have been the driving force behind lasting change for leaders and organisations worldwide. We draw on a wealth of disciplines, cultures and experiences, giving our clients the clarity, energy and boldness to succeed in the future they want to create.
We continue to work internationally, serving leaders and teams who are ready to transform – not just for today, but for the world they will shape tomorrow.
Our logo story
During a six month stay in Taiwan, Dr. Bart Sayle took a course in calligraphy. With an interest in Buddhism and in Daoism, two characters came together for him – the sun, and the moon. The sun symbolises ‘radiance’ and the moon symbolises ‘clarity.’
This led Bart to use the two characters together to signify ‘radiant clarity,’ or ‘insight.’ These two characters became the basis of the Breakthrough logo and their meaning remains a core part of Breakthrough’s identity.
Our current logo circles back to our roots by returning to Zen philosophies and referencing the Ensō (a circle which symbolises enlightenment and strength.) When the Ensō is drawn as an incomplete circle it represents growth, allowing for movement and development.