Case Study: Schneider Electric achieves global employee engagement and 20x cost reduction with Kollective Technology

Kollective Transforms Company Culture At Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric, the Paris‑headquartered energy management and automation specialist with over 137,000 employees, faced an expensive and inefficient communications model for its annual Leadership Forum—historically flying ~1,000 leaders to a single event and reaching only a fraction of the workforce. To democratize communications and reduce cost, Schneider engaged Kollective and used Kollective SD ECDN along with the Network Readiness Test and MediaCenter to deliver a high‑quality, scalable digital forum.

Kollective implemented a software‑defined ECDN overlay, ran pre‑event Network Readiness Tests to identify and fix network issues, and provided a branded MediaCenter portal for live and on‑demand viewing. The 2015 Forum reached 35,000 live viewers across 55 countries and 465 sites, delivered a 20x reduction in overall cost versus the prior travel model, prevented network problems (including a China firewall issue), and enabled continued expansion of live video across Schneider—Kollective’s solution directly drove these measurable improvements.

Schneider Electric

Torsten Raak

SVP of Experience Marketing