Malaysian Innovation Learning & Development Consultant

Building Learning And Development impact from seed to sustainability.

NeoUprise is a learning and development consultant and venture builder, helping organizations and impact-driven enterprises with learning and development solutions.

Learning Design, delivery, assessment, and trainer development.
Innovation Venture growth, start-up support, and social enterprise development.
Impact Measurement, evaluation, theory of change, and impact frameworks.
About NeoUprise

An L&D consultant for social innovation and social entrepreneurship.

NeoUprise believes growth is not just numbers on a chart. It is the transformation of people, organisations, and ecosystems.

People. Organisations. Ecosystems. Building capability that moves beyond training rooms and into real workplace and community impact.

Founded by Yasmin Ahmad Mazlani and Rosihan Juara Baharuddin, NeoUprise began as a pioneering learning and development practice. Over the years, it has evolved into an entrepreneurship and innovation consultancy that helps leaders, teams, and organisations unlock their potential and channel it into lasting impact.

The company also works as an ecosystem enabler, supporting multi-partner initiatives across leadership development, social entrepreneurship, CSR, youth innovation, regional acceleration, and impact measurement.

Learning & Development Entrepreneurship Social Innovation Impact Consulting Ecosystem Building
Vision, Mission & Values

The operating beliefs behind the work.

Our Vision

To become Southeast Asia’s premier L&D consulting firm, redefining growth not merely as profit, but as the empowerment of people and the progress of communities; impact beyond profits.

Our Mission

To empower leaders and organisations through transformational strategies, entrepreneurial innovation, and learning experiences that drive sustainable and inclusive growth.

Abundance

The more value NeoUprise gives and adds to others, the more fulfilled the work becomes.

Trustworthiness

Trust and confidence are earned through reliability, dependability, and delivery.

Passion

Heart and soul go into every service, programme, and client engagement.

Commitment

NeoUprise commits to doing what it takes with integrity to deliver excellent work.

Innovation

Every solution is designed to enable better results, stronger performance, and meaningful growth.

Core Pillars

Three pillars. No fluff.

01

Learning & Development

Designing and delivering learning experiences that build capability and transfer into real behaviour change.

  • Learning design and delivery
  • Trainers upskilling and development
  • Assessment and certification
  • Community and ecosystems
02

Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Helping ventures, entrepreneurs, and social innovators move from early ideas to stronger growth models.

  • Venture and start-up growth
  • Technology and digital innovation
  • Social innovation
  • Social enterprise and innovation
03

Impact Consultants

Helping organisations understand, evaluate, and communicate the actual change created by their programmes.

  • Impact measurement
  • Learning evaluation
  • Theory of change
  • Impact framework
Program Architecture

Diagnose, develop, apply, evaluate, recommend.

1

Diagnose

Identify capability gaps, leadership challenges, ecosystem needs, and programme objectives.

2

Develop

Design experiential modules using accelerated learning, simulations, and facilitated practice.

3

Apply

Translate learning into workplace application challenges and real stakeholder situations.

4

Evaluate

Measure reaction, learning, behaviour transfer, and evidence of capability shifts.

5

Recommend

Produce group summaries and behavioural development recommendations for sustained growth.

Projects & Initiatives

Selected Past Projects.

NeoUprise works behind the scenes on multi-partner initiatives rather than solo consumer products. That is the right positioning, so the projects are framed as ecosystem-building proof.

East Malaysia

ILTIZAM ARISE Borneo

A collaborative programme with Ekuinas, TEGAS Digital Village, and SCENIC aimed at boosting leadership, financial acumen, and strategic capacity for social enterprises in East Malaysia.

Global Hub

SEWF Malaysia Community Hub

NeoUprise served as part of the core coalition alongside Me.reka, Biji-biji, and Purpose Malaysia to anchor the Social Enterprise World Forum Community Hub in Malaysia.

Youth + Corporate

The Jugaad Pilot

A youth corporate engagement initiative with AVPN and the Social Enterprise Academy, matching young impact leaders with corporate entities to co-create sustainable business directions.

Policy

Advocacy & Policy Interventions

During critical economic periods, the founding team consulted with ministries to shift support beyond temporary grants toward structural policy and procurement pathways for social enterprises.

Academic Bridge

Ecosystem Matchmaking & Judging

NeoUprise supports academic-to-industry innovation bridges, including mentoring and judging hackathons and bootcamps such as the Monash University Start-Up Bootcamp.

Leadership Development

Cinepax Leadership Development Program

A leadership and customer excellence initiative designed to strengthen leadership capacity, organisational culture, and service standards across Pakistan’s largest cinema chain.

Entrepreneurship

ILTIZAM Catalyst Leadership Pillar

A leadership development journey for Bumiputera SME founders under Ekuinas’ ILTIZAM Entrepreneurship initiative, focused on mindset, strategy, execution, and enterprise growth.

Culture Change

Service Transformation for Excellent Performance

A culture change and transformation programme for Koperasi YaPEIM Berhad, created to strengthen leadership capability, accountability, innovation, and digital readiness.

Public Sector

Process Facilitation for Leaders

A facilitation capability programme for the Leadership Institute of Sarawak Civil Service, helping public sector leaders run inclusive, participatory, and outcome-focused conversations.

Learning Design

Facilitation Design for Leaders

A session design programme for Sarawak Civil Service leaders, helping internal facilitators design structured, engaging, and purposeful facilitation sessions.

Mentoring

High Performance Culture via Mentoring

A one-day mentoring awareness and capability-building programme for Lembaga Tabung Haji, supporting a stronger culture of continuous learning and performance excellence.

Coaching Culture

The ELEAD Coaching Program

A leadership coaching programme designed to help executives, managers, and senior leaders lead with empathy and develop people through structured coaching conversations.

Future Leadership

CITRA Fellowship Executive Programme 2026

A future-ready public leadership programme designed for senior public leaders navigating artificial intelligence, climate uncertainty, and geopolitical volatility.

Civil Service

Leaders of The Future

A leadership competency initiative for the Sarawak Civil Service, designed to transform officers into high-performing leaders with stronger communication, self-leadership, and team capability.

SME Growth

ILTIZAM Catalyst 2026 Leadership Pillar

A 2026 leadership pillar programme designed to accelerate Bumiputera SME growth by strengthening founder-leaders through training, coaching, networking, and impact monitoring.

Data + Governance

Transforming Local Administrative Data Collection Systems

A UNDP-linked leadership initiative designed to help local administrative leaders lead system-wide transformation and improve people-centred governance systems.

Clients & Network

Credibility across sectors.

Ecosystem and client relationships

Working with public, private, education, philanthropy, and social impact organisations.

British CouncilAVPNMaGICEkuinasIMULeadership Institute Sarawak Civil ServiceMRANTIUNDPUN VolunteersBioeconomy CorporationBank Negara MalaysiaFINCOTEGASTabung Ekonomi Gagasan Anak Sarawak
Leadership & Team

Built by practitioners, not spectators.

NeoUprise is led by its founders and supported by a multidisciplinary team across leadership development, innovation, digital growth, finance, training operations, human resources, and project delivery.

Yasmin Ahmad Mazlani, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of NeoUprise
Co-Founder

Yasmin Ahmad Mazlani

Chief Executive Officer · Co-Founder

Rosihan Juara Baharuddin, Chief Innovation Officer and Co-Founder of NeoUprise
Co-Founder & Faculty Lead

Rosihan Juara Baharuddin

Chief Innovation Officer · Co-Founder & Faculty Lead

Our Team

Core team members supporting NeoUprise across operations, digital, finance, projects, design, and executive support.

NeoUprise core team overview
Contact

Contact details

Emailadmin@neouprise.com
Address14-1, Jalan Wan Kadir 1, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur.
General EnquiriesPartnerships, leadership development, entrepreneurship, innovation, and impact consulting programmes