30 years of HQ – and we continue to learn
Shaping the future of learning and communications – that was our aim. And it continues to be so after 30 years in business. Which means that the challenge for us has been and always will be to find the best ways and means to convey knowledge in a thrilling and exciting manner using perceptive new forms of thinking and innovative concepts. As the impulse-giving facilitator between companies or institutions and the most important values they have: their people.
HQ could also be called EQ – and all of us would speak Japanese
The story of our name can be told in a few words: One of our company founders originally wanted to emigrate to Japan. Taking the Japanese "haiku" verse metre which he was studying at that time, he converted it into "HighQ", which was reduced in turn by almost all of our initial clients to "HQ". Trimmed down to our essence, this is exactly what we have concentrated on since then: Getting to the heart of specialist subjects and areas in an exciting way with a lot of emotional intelligence.
In this way for 30 years here at HQ, many minds have thought into the future and helped to shape it with their complete hearts. And with great empathy and an incisive EQ, to place themselves in the position of an employer, target group or trend, so as to create amazing learning and development content as well as educative communication solutions. And to bring this to the point in a fascinating way every single time just like on the Japanese flag – with the circle now complete.
From pioneer to innovation leader
30 years HQ
On January 1st in 1988 occured the brand registration of HQ Lern-und Informationssysteme Sissach.
15 years "new HQ"
With the management buyout of the HQ Group by our own leaders on November 16, 2001 we celebrate 15 years of "independence"
Moving to the start-up center Wiesbaden
On November 04, 2016 we became a bit more innovative with our office in Wiesbaden.
New corporate design
Relaunch of the homepage, new CI/CD of the HQ-Group
First cMOOC
for training specialists at Credit Suisse
Move to new Freiburg office
our new Creative Center in FR-Littenweiler, Freiburg
Comenius EduMedia Seal
for the emagazine "MyFalcon" on the onboarding of new staff at the Falcon Private Bank
Mobile learning format
„7 thinks you should know about…“
Comenius EduMedia Seal
for the "Certificate of Competence for Sales representatives" WBT for TARGOBANK
Move to new Wiesbaden office
in our 330-year-old half-timbered building at Schlosspark Biebrich castle park
First mobile learning application
with the HQ Case Producer and the HQ Short Film Nuggets
First learning app
"I behave" on the subject of manners and etiquette
Expansion of our agency business into the field of consulting
2012Provider of the Year
CHECK.point eLearning "Individual Content Production" customer poll
Beginning of the "Management in a nutshell short film series"
2011Opening of the Freiburg office
2009Comenius EduMedia Seal
for the eportfolio (first Learning Nugget project)
Executive development
with the "Management Development Programme" WBT series
European eureleA E-Learning Award
for the "magic 10 minutes" online sales training
E-Testing
with the Compliance Game
Move to our new office in Basel
2005Intermedia Globe Silver at World Media Festival
for the "Commerzbank New Sales Management" online game
IT Training Award for Blended Learning Concept
CBT and the "EVA & TOM" simulation for Commerzbank
Takeover of the HQ-Group
from Obtree Technologies by its own management
Following the management buyout
sale of the HQ-Group to Obtree Technologies
International CINDY Gold Award, USA
for the "FX Spectra" CBT
Pioneering work
"WBT" using the first Netscape browser for UBS
(from CBT to WBT)
Winner European Multimedia Award
for the "Manners – For Today" CBT for UBS and Dresdner Bank
Opening of offices in Hamburg, Munich and Amsterdam
1997Opening of the office in Wiesbaden
1996Worlddidac Award, Silver
for the "Introduction to the Principles of European Law" CBT
Sale of the HQ-Group
to Wolters Kluver, the Netherlands
"Communications, (Not) An Art" CBT
1995"Complaints as Opportunities" CBT
1994Silver Award of the IFCEB
for "The Bank Loan" CBT (first CBT production)
First learning program as a "video disc" on DVI boards
1989Founding of HQ in Sissach, Switzerland
with the task of integrating electronic learning material into the specialist training activities at a major Swiss bank