Blaise Agresti
Recognized expert in mountain rescue and crisis management
Blaise Agresti is a recognized expert in mountain rescue and crisis management. For over 20 years, he has been in charge of various operational units, including the high mountain gendarmerie platoon (PGHM) and the national training center for rescuers (CNISAG) located in Chamonix, Haute-Savoie. As operations chief during various large-scale disasters and numerous rescues, he has also led various cooperations in the field of training (India, China, Nepal…). As a project manager, he also structured an international assistance mission to strengthen the skills of the Afghan police. His academic background began at the military special school of Saint-Cyr, then at the War School, and was recently completed with an Executive MBA training at EM Lyon. International sales director of the company Petzl for two years, he launched Mountain Path, a high-altitude management school, in 2017. A high mountain guide, author of several articles, and expert with APM (Association for Management Progress), he teaches in various schools (HEC, Sorbonne, EM Lyon) or in companies (Airbus, EDF…) and has published two books on the history of mountain rescue (In extremis, Guerin, 2006, A history of mountain rescue, Glénat, 2018).
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How to Manage a Crisis Remotely? (in duo with Laurence Bret-Stern)
In times of crisis, the essential mission of a leader is to bring order to chaos and to spread objective confidence. This intervention brings together the perspectives of Blaise Agresti, former commander of the High Mountain Gendarmerie Platoon (PGHM), and Laurence Bret Stern, former international leader at LinkedIn. Its goal is to draw practical lessons from their respective experiences of crisis and remote team management. - In the first part, we question the model of resilient leadership and the foundational values it must rely on. - In the second part, we share the operational principles that have proven crucial in resolving the crisis and team cohesion. Laurence Bret Stern is a pioneer of French Tech and has participated in numerous international conferences (Women's Forum For The Economy & Society, European Women in Tech, Talent Connect), digital events (Web Summit, SaaStock, JFD, FrenchWeb, Hub Forum, Les Sommets du Digital), and corporate settings (Axa, Generalli, L'Oréal). Her experience spans over 20 years and has taken her to the United States, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. She led marketing teams for major Tech names such as LinkedIn – which she launched in France in 2011, AOL, Orange, and Pipedrive. Blaise Agresti is a recognized expert in mountain rescue and crisis management. A high mountain guide, former commander of the high mountain gendarmerie platoon (PGHM) and the national training center for rescuers (CNISAG) located in Chamonix, he has been operations chief during various large-scale disasters and has led various training cooperations (India, China, Nepal, Afghanistan). Blaise teaches at HEC, Sorbonne, and EM Lyon and regularly speaks as a lecturer, notably at APM. He has published two books on the history of mountain rescue (In extremis, Guerin, 2006, A History of Mountain Rescue, Glénat, 2018).
Crisis as Managerial Normality: The Example of Mountain Rescue.
How to make crisis a managerial normality and develop behavioral agility to navigate through complexity and uncertainty? Uncertainty is the daily reality for mountain rescue teams. Roping up with a high mountain guide and rescuer and immersing oneself in lived operational experiences, dissecting them and extracting the essentials, embodies the spirit of this session. Only lived experience provides concrete lessons for progress. The alternation of testimonies, case studies, and expertise offers the managerial keys to develop individual and organizational agility in the face of uncertainty.