DIRI

What DIRI is

DIRI is a self-paced online course library made for Malaysian learners and employers. It is run by Diri Technologies Sdn. Bhd., and its About page describes it as "a self-paced online learning platform made for the everyday Malaysian." The name, the FAQ explains, means "Self" or "Stand" in Bahasa Melayu. Instead of a large open marketplace of instructors, DIRI produces its own small catalog of courses, each built around a single well-known Malaysian figure: corporate leaders, athletes, business people and other personalities. The For Business page calls it "Malaysia's First Premium Edutainment Streaming Platform," and the home page headline is "Learn from Malaysia's Best."

The product serves two readers. An individual learner buys one course or subscribes to the whole library. An employer buys DIRI for Business, a corporate plan with an admin panel and HRDC-claimable courses, to put staff through leadership, communication and career content.

What a learner gets

The catalog

The courses page sorts the library into nine live categories: Arts & Entertainment, Business, Communication, Design & Style, Home & Lifestyle, Mindset, Science & Tech, Sports & Gaming and Wellness. Four more are marked as coming soon: Community & Government, Food, Music and Writing. The titles listed include Digitalkan Brand Anda, Shape Conversations, Redefining Corporate Culture, Establish Your Creative Mark, The Gentleman's Guide to Style, Public Speaking Made Easy, Craft Your Career Journey, Attract the Right Talent, From Ideation to Expression, Breaking Barriers, Disrupting Norms, Inspiring Innovation At Work, Unleash Your Inner Champion, Rancang Perkahwinan Impian Anda (a wedding planning course), Kepimpinan Pragmatik and Achieving Success in the Corporate World. The FAQ sums up the range as running "from how to succeed in the corporate world to tips on designing your dream home." The home page adds that more courses are added monthly.

This is a deliberately small, produced catalog rather than a broad one. The home page says each course is "carefully crafted by our own local team, spending up to 6 months on each course" and that the courses star "Malaysia's heroes and mentors."

Three courses in detail

The For Business page describes three courses closely enough to show what a DIRI course looks like:

• Pragmatic & Purposeful Leadership with Abdul Wahid Omar, described as the renowned ex-CEO of Maybank. It is taught in Bahasa Melayu across 16 video lessons, with outcomes such as overcoming self-limiting beliefs, resilience and communication, teamwork and networking, and purpose-driven leadership.
• Build Your Own Champion's Mindset with Nicol David, whom the page introduces as an eight-time squash world champion. It is in English, with 19 video lessons on discipline, focus, goal setting, handling pressure and turning setbacks into opportunities.
• Achieving Success in the Corporate World with Nazir Razak, who the page says spent 30 years at CIMB. It is in English, with 18 video lessons on navigating corporate life, building networks, spotting opportunities and CEO-level decision making.

A sample of the Nazir Razak course is listed lesson by lesson, opening with "Lesson 1: Mentor Story" and "Lesson 2: Resonate with Nazir Razak," which shows the format: the mentor's own story first, then the lessons drawn from it.

Format and teaching approach

Courses are recorded video, watched in a browser. The home page lists HD video, additional course materials with a subscription, and Bahasa Melayu and English subtitles. Courses are taught in either language, so a learner who reads only one of them can still follow the other through the subtitles.

DIRI frames its method as "Resonance Learning." The FAQ explains the idea: people may already know certain life lessons or skills, "but they don't deeply understand or 'resonate' with them until they hear it from someone they admire or respect." The pitch rests on the mentors being familiar, admired figures rather than on assignments or graded work.

Everything is self-paced. The FAQ answers the start-date question directly: "No, it doesn't. All courses are self-paced, which means that you can start and stop any part of the course, anytime you want. You can also pick up the course from where you left off." There is no app. The FAQ says, "We currently do not have a mobile application for DIRI. However, we are mobile optimised and easily accessible with your smartphone through your preferred browser."

Plans and prices

The pricing page lists four plans, with prices in Malaysian ringgit.

• Free Preview, RM0. "No Credit Card Details Needed!" It gives "Access to 1 full lesson for every DIRI Course." This is a sampler of every course, not a free version of the library.
• SEN-DIRI, RM149 per individual course (normal price RM199 per individual course). It includes "Year-long access to ANY single course of your choice!" plus additional course guides. The page calls it the entry point for those who want to try DIRI's courses.
• DIRI All Access, RM399 a year (normal price RM450 a year). It covers "all existing and upcoming DIRI Courses," everything in SEN-DIRI, and a new course every month. The page notes that the RM399 price "is only applicable to the first year. Subsequent subscriptions will be subjected to RM450 per year." Structured lesson plans for this tier are marked as coming soon. The headline "as low as RM12.41 / month*" refers to this annual plan.
• DIRI for Business, custom pricing. It includes "Start with any 3 Handpicked Courses," "Monitor progress of your employees with the DIRI Admin Panel" and "100% HRDC Claimable."

Each plan carries a "T&Cs Apply" note. For a learner, SEN-DIRI makes sense for one mentor; anyone interested in several is pointed toward the annual plan, which also adds the monthly new course. A buyer budgeting beyond the first year should plan on the RM450 renewal.

DIRI for Business

The business tier is the second half of the product. The For Business page lists "SSO Integration • Admin Dashboards • HRDF Claimable" as its headline features and describes three strands:

• On-Demand Learning Library, the existing catalog, giving staff "a world of skills from leadership to communication, featuring Malaysia's most respected voices in captivating, story-driven courses."
• DIRI Impact Series, described as "blended learning journeys led by Malaysia's transformation leaders. Survey-driven. Cinematic. Measurable. Online-to-offline learning made easy."
• DIRI x Thriversity, a collaboration "powered by DIRI and upGrad; featuring SSO integration, certified pathways, and comprehensive admin reporting."

The page says the Impact Series and DIRI x Thriversity are "Launching Soon" and invites companies to contact the team for early access to the pilot programs. So today the business offer is the course library with an admin panel for tracking progress; the blended programs and the upGrad-backed pathways are pilots.

The home page lists the uses DIRI has in mind for employers: onboarding new hires, developing leadership, improving performance, and attracting and retaining staff, with employees learning at their own pace. The FAQ says DIRI for Business suits "an SME or a large corporation" and that plans are arranged through the sales team.

HRDC funding

For Malaysian employers the HRDC point matters most. The FAQ states that "DIRI courses are eligible to be claimed as HRDC Claimable Courses," and explains eligibility: "Companies registered in Malaysia with a minimum of 10 employees and actively contributing to HRDC are eligible to apply for HRDC funding." A company that already pays into HRD Corp can therefore fund DIRI for Business from its training levy.

The For Business page also carries an endorsement from Hamidah Naziadin, identified as Former Chief People Officer, CIMB Group: "With DIRI, employees are now able to watch and listen to the nation's best leaders. You'll get to know their views, their challenges, their stories and I'm sure there will be plenty of takeaways."

The company and its partners

The About page names a board of directors and two partners. Production is handled by Directors Think Tank, which the page says won Production House of The Year at the Kancil Awards Malaysia and the Citra Pariwara Awards Indonesia, and the Asia Pacific Production Company of the Year award at Campaign Brief's THE WORK 2021. Distribution and sales go through TRINITY42, a digital marketing agency the page describes as an official Digital Service Provider for government digitalisation grants. DIRI's stated vision is "to be the leading online learning platform in Malaysia."

Mentors join by application: the FAQ invites experts to send a bio, portfolio or links and a short note on why they would make a good mentor, and learners can recommend a local mentor they would like to see. Support runs through the site's contact form.

The pages do not describe certificates of completion; the "certified pathways" mentioned are part of the Thriversity pilot.

Who it suits

DIRI suits Malaysian professionals who want to learn from people they already know and admire, in Bahasa Melayu or English, at their own pace and on a phone browser. It is a good fit for leadership, career, mindset and personal-brand topics, and the free preview lets anyone watch a full lesson of each course before paying. Malaysian employers with at least 10 staff who contribute to HRD Corp get the strongest case, since the courses are HRDC claimable and the admin panel tracks progress.

It is a narrower fit for learners who want a large catalog, graded assignments, live classes or a formal credential, since the library is small and video-led. Learners outside Malaysia will find the mentors and context very local. Companies wanting SSO and structured pathways should note those arrive with the business pilots now launching.