Corporate training & business advisory
Training and advisory from people who run businesses, not just teach them.
The Dune has delivered and supported more than 200 training programmes for Malaysian employers. Our trainers come from the companies in our group, which run marketing, technology, creative and construction work every day. What we teach is what we use.
Programmes are HRD Corp claimable. We help your HR team with the grant paperwork.
- Trainings and corporate programmes delivered or supported
- 200+
- Organisations served
- 20+
- Participants trained
- 500+
- HRD Corp-certified trainers and practitioners
- 20+
For HR & L&D managers
Your company has probably already paid for this year's training.
If you have ten or more Malaysian employees, you pay 1% of their monthly wages to HRD Corp. That money is set aside for your own staff's training, but only if someone claims it.
Many employers never get round to it. The balance builds up, the rules on how long it can sit there keep tightening, and the budget quietly goes unspent. We'll help you see what you have and put it to work on programmes your managers actually asked for.
A typical example
Illustration only. Your actual balance is in the HRD Corp employer portal.
What we do
Advisory and training, run by one team
Advisory work usually turns up a skills gap. Training usually turns up a business problem nobody had named. We handle both, so nothing gets lost between two suppliers.
The Dune Academy
Workshops, team-building and leadership programmes for startups, SMEs and corporate teams. HRD Corp claimable, and hands-free for your HR team.
- Custom-built around your team's real challenges
- 12-month HRD training roadmap if you want one
- We apply for and manage the HRD Corp claims
Business advisory
Hands-on help with the decisions that shape the next two years of a business, from people who have made the same calls in their own companies.
- Strategy and growth planning
- Fundraising and investor readiness
- Grant and funding applications
Why operators make better trainers
We teach from businesses we run
Behind The Dune is a group of working companies. Our trainers lead projects there, so the examples in class are current, local and tested on real clients. If you need the service itself rather than the course, you can go straight to the team that does it.
Full-service marketing and events: brand campaigns, digital, activations and corporate events.
Informs our training inDigital marketing, campaign planning, event management
Visit HURUF Technology
Enterprise software house building custom systems, AI, cloud, data and cybersecurity for clients across APAC.
Informs our training inApplied AI, data literacy, cybersecurity, digital transformation
Visit TESS Creative
Creative studio for games, characters, brand identity, animation and digital experiences.
Informs our training inBrand and visual communication, content production, design thinking
Visit SION Interior architecture & construction
Interior design and build for offices, commercial spaces and homes, from concept to handover.
Informs our training inWorkplace planning, fit-out project management, site safety
Visit Dodgson & SycamoreThe Dune Academy
We don't just run trainings. We fix performance problems.
Team building, soft skills and technical skills, combined into programmes built around what your team needs to get better at.
Soft skills
Technical skills
Team building
Track record
Organisations we've trained and worked with
Client testimonial 1: two or three sentences on what changed after the programme.
Client testimonial 2: two or three sentences on what changed after the programme.
Client testimonial 3: two or three sentences on what changed after the programme.
The Collective
A room of founders who'll tell you the truth
The Dune opened in 2024 as a collaborative business hub for founders. The Collective keeps that going: founders who learn from each other, share numbers openly and help each other with the hard calls.
- Peer learning, mentorship and business matching
- Advisory on legal, accounting, tax and company secretarial matters
- A base at The Dune @ Ativo Plaza, Bandar Sri Damansara
FAQ
Questions we hear from HR teams and founders
Is The Dune an HRD Corp registered training provider?
Yes. The Dune is a registered training provider with HRD Corp (Human Resource Development Corporation), so employers who pay the HRD Corp levy can claim our programmes against their levy balance.
How do I know whether my company has unused HRD Corp levy?
Your balance is shown in the HRD Corp employer portal (eTRiS). If you haven't claimed training in the last year, you almost certainly have funds sitting there. Our levy checker gives a quick estimate, and we can go through the portal with your HR team.
Do you only run training, or do you also advise businesses?
Both. We run corporate training and L&D programmes, and we advise founders and SMEs on strategy, growth planning, fundraising readiness and grant applications. Many clients use the two together.
Can you design a programme around our own business?
Yes. Most of our in-house work is adapted to the client's industry, systems and targets. We run a short training needs analysis first, then use your own cases and figures in the sessions.
Where do you run training?
At your premises anywhere in Malaysia, at a venue we arrange, or live online. Public runs are held in the Klang Valley.
Find out what your levy can pay for
Send us your headcount and training priorities. We'll come back within two working days with a suggested plan and an estimate of what it would cost against your HRD Corp balance.