Story

The Why Behind Tignum

We Believe In The Power Of People To Be More

TIGNUM is Latin for a beam. A floor beam that supports our clients to become Sustainable Human Performers, beams of light that illuminate our clients with new strategies and tools so they can make their greatest impact, or one big beam of light that brings many complex concepts together into one highly scientific, practical, adaptable, and personalized methodology.

We bumped into each other with a chance meeting in a hot tub after a workout in a place designed to train world-class athletes. We started with two hypotheses. The first was that if we could train corporate executives to think and train like athletes, they would be higher performers. The second was if we could make these executives more well, they would naturally be higher performers and more sustainable. We quickly realized that these assumptions were FALSE.

We determined we would need to create an entirely new approach called Sustainable Human Performance.

  • An approach designed for the real business world, where the demands are relentless, the game is constantly changing, and where what works for one person may not work for the next person.

    We built and refined our methodology from the best human performance research, the collection and analysis of unique data from over 50,000 executives, our qualitative experience from over 20,000 hours of coaching, and the deep expertise of our performance team. Our tools and strategies are built for executives with extreme jobs and teams that must win or the company loses.

    The TIGNUM story is still being written, but our original passion for redefining what it means to be human and deliver bold projects still drives us. Our commitment to helping our clients rule their impact at both work and home still inspires us. Most importantly, our curiosity about how great the world can be when talented people unleash their potential and tackle bold challenges still keeps us awake. We support some of the biggest impacters in the world, and we would love to help you make your greatest impact.

Our Capabilities

To create the best-in-class human performance support system, now and in the future, we focus on five capabilities

Lab

Pioneering the field of human performance with applied research and moonshot projects to redefine the measurable levers for human impact.

Catalyst

Providing tailored co-created performance solutions to teams and individuals from high touch to fully digital and self-run.

Next

Seamlessly integrating Personal Readiness into people’s lives through the end-to-end experiences of their day.

Studios

Creating catalytic experiences based on consumption behavioral data to make tools & strategies actionable, tangible, and independent of any format

Hub

Tech-powered backbone that allows us to seamlessly integrate, store, analyze, track, and distribute data & experiences across platforms

Our Books

Take a deep dive into Sustainable Human Performance, get inspired by stories of excellence and learn how to multiply your impact with our books.

Our Team

We are dedicated to solving the most complex human performance challenges that business professionals face. We are uniquely positioned to do this because of the diverse experience, education, and talent of our global team.

We are an international team of 20+ nationalities. Our expertise includes performance psychology, leadership, technology, data science, organizational change, marketing, design, elite athletics, special forces, nutrition, performance medicine, exercise physiology, and more.

We have over 18 years of real- world experience making leaders and business professionals stronger.

At TIGNUM, we practice what we preach. Our team is our most important asset and we make sure everybody achieves their full potential in a meaningful and sustainable way.

We have offices in Germany, Singapore, and the USA, and representative satellites in the UK, Spain, The Netherlands, and Switzerland.

Partners

To further enhance the TIGNUM experience, we hold exclusive partnerships with some of the world´s leading companies in human performance equipment and products. Staying relevant and being able to offer you exposure to the most premium innovations in this field is part of the TIGNUM DNA. Current partners:

TIGNUM’s B-LD kitchen

TIGNUM’s B-LD KITCHEN isn't a culinary space but a metaphorical lab for business professionals. It’s a unique hub for inspiration, great dialogues, and practical human performance tools. It’s about courage and excitement to try new things - whether at work or outside of work.

The B-LD KITCHEN is where highly diverse minds engage actively or passively at the speed and time that suits them best. It is moderated and curated by leading experts in human performance.

Science & Innovation Board

New science, new thinking, new performance strategies

To stay at the forefront of the science of Sustainable Human Performance, we’ve created the TIGNUM Lab. Here we bring in new scientific breakthroughs and try out new sustainable strategies to improve human performance - all with the ultimate goal of making our clients stronger.

The TIGNUM Lab houses our Science & Innovation Board. The board allows us to collaborate with some of the world’s foremost performance experts in fields such as neuroscience, sleep, brain and gut nutrition, performance medicine, performance psychology, and exercise physiology.