Dutch chapter of the International Society for Performance Improvement, HPT

round 1990 human performance technology (HPT) was introduced in the Dutch training sector. This resulted in a limited number of fans. Unfortunately, a broad implementation didn’t take effect, mostly because a number of large training companies considered the performance approach as a threat to their flourishing core business. That was the heyday for the training sec-tor in The Netherlands: The economic situation was very good and led to many invest-ments in training. Why, then, should we ask if training is the real solution for business problems? Now, almost 15 years later, the economic situation is worse. The investments in training have been heavily reduced. The economic situation and the focus of the American Society for Training and Development and NVO2 (the Dutch association for HRD professionals) on performance has led to new interests for HPT in The Netherlands. In May 2002, th