About me
Based in London & Paris, and working globally, I'm a strategy trainer, consultant, facilitator & coach. I specialise in helping teams and organisations solve complex problems. A French & British rocket-scientist by training, I've been lecturing on strategic thinking and complex problem solving to the CEOs and management teams of major corporations and consulting firms around the world for the best part of 20 years. I make smart people smarter
I started my career in management consulting (with Deloitte), and then completed my MBA at INSEAD. I've been working as a strategist ever since, first with Kalchas (a medium-sized Bain and McKinsey spin-off) and then with Instigate Group, where I've worked with some of the leading organisations in media, retail, consumer goods, financial services, industry, and consulting.
I currently divide my time between three areas of equal interest & excitement:
Designing & delivering strategic thinking sessions (training, talks, etc)
Facilitating strategic away-days for boards and management teams
Conducting high-impact strategy projects & ideas generation challenge
Professional experience
30yrs as a strategy consultant, coach, trainer & public speaker
Areas of focus: Business Growth - Innovation - Turnaround - Reorganisation - Tech Scaleups
Selected repeat clients: Allianz, Ascential, BBC, Barclays, Betfair, Booz Allen, Channel 4, Coca-Cola, Deloitte, Expedia, HSBC, John Lewis, Johnson & Johnson, London Business School, McDonald’s, Moneybox, OC&C Strategy, RTL, Sainsbury's, Sky, Thomson Reuters, etc
Degrees: MBA INSEAD, MSc in Space Engineering (“Rocket Science”) at Sup’Aéro Toulouse
Services
Free
"Strategy Hacks", Al Chatbot on ChatGPT
“Strategy Hacks”, podcast on Spotify
30 videos on YouTube
30 minutes intro chat, via Zoom
Books ($10+)
“How to Be Strategic” (1 copy)
“How to Be Strategic” (10+ copies)
Coaching ($100+)
1-2-1 coaching (15 min)
6 strategic thinking courses on Thinkific
introduction to “Understanding Oneself in Depth” (TBC)
Teaching ($1,000+)
individual seats on 2-day "How to Be Strategic” open courses
individual seats on 4-day “Understanding Oneself in Depth” (TBC)
Training ($10,000+)
in-house sessions of 2-day "How to Be Strategic” courses
Reviews
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