Our speakers on
collaboration

From a young age, I have been fascinated by what brings people together: teamwork, protecting the most vulnerable, the power of laughter. My passion for mathematics propelled me into scientific studies: as an engineer from École Centrale Paris, I started in a large industrial group. The positions were interesting, the challenges numerous. But I was missing the essential: meaning, humanity, connection. So I took a…

Navigator, entrepreneur, and researcher in sports psychosociology, Christopher Pratt has been sailing at the highest level for nearly 25 years. A Franco-British based in Marseille, he has raced solo, double-handed, and with a crew in the biggest races (Route du Rhum, Solitaire du Figaro, The Ocean Race) and on all types of offshore racing boats (Figaro, IMOCA 60, Ocean Fifty, Ultim multihulls). European champion and…

Alex fights against the illusions that block performance in business. Alex blends art and science. He combines 15 years of experience as an IT consultant, and over 15 years of studying the arts of magic and mentalism at the McBride Magic & Mystery School (Las Vegas.) Although he creates them daily, he still sometimes succumbs to the illusions of everyday life. That’s why Alex inspires his participants to overcome…

Before observing the company, Charlie Winner spent 25 years there. Consultant and then manager in tech at Publicis/Digitas, Capgemini, and then in the world of start-ups, he has experienced enough meetings, reorganizations, PowerPoint presentations, and "quick wins" to have a considerable field of study. Then he takes the stage. Training at the École du One Man Show, a stint at the clown school of Samovar, comedy s…

As a speaker on organizational performance and a consultant in intercultural management, I started my career at the United Nations headquarters in New York. I then spent nearly twenty years within international technology companies where I led strategic projects and collaborated with teams from over 30 nationalities across three continents in high-stakes economic, human, and regulatory contexts. This hands-on exper…

Organizations change when they change their conversations. An international speaker and award-winning business strategist, Sara Gilbert is an expert in the mechanisms of language and their influence on human behavior. She helps leaders and their teams understand how words shape thinking, decisions, relationships, and performance. Through a rigorous, interactive, and deeply human approach, she reveals the linguisti…

With over 30 years of international experience leading procurement for groups such as Unilever, Colgate-Palmolive, L’Occitane, and Bouygues Bâtiment International, Elvire has demonstrated that sustainable performance arises from collaboration: by uniting the strengths of purchasing and sales, companies can drive innovation, enhance their resilience, and support profitable growth for all. Her approach, Regenerative…

Co-President & Co-Founder of bluenove, a software technology and consulting company based in Paris specialized in Massive Collective Intelligence and Open Innovation, which he started in 2008. With a team of 50, bluenove has delivered over 500 projects to more than 200 customers. Check: www.bluenove.com He is the author of the book "From Open Innovation to Collective Intelligence" available here in English https://…