Vanessa Marcié

Speaker-coach-author and founder of Leading With Humour.

Dr. Vanessa Marcié is the founder of Leading With Humour©, an innovative consulting firm that helps professionals integrate humor into their management practices and develop leadership suited for the company of tomorrow. An international speaker, trainer, leadership coach, and pioneer of change theories through humor, since 2019, she has been bridging entertainment, business, and science. She has worked with numerous organizations in the private/public sectors such as Unilever, Linkedin, Inmarsat, Orange, EDF, Vinci, BPI France, Sky, Banque Populaire, M comme Mutuelle, Atos, MGEN, etc. She regularly speaks at business schools and universities: Cambridge University, HEC Paris, London Business School, Oxford University, Toulouse Business School, Edhec Business School, and Kedge Business School. She is associated with the Cambridge Wo + Men's Leadership Center and a member of the Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Exchange (IKE Institute), which has recognized the importance of her work on innovation and humor. She is also an expert columnist for Harvard Business Review and La Tribune. As a comedian, she has created two comedy clubs, one in London and one in Cannes, where she performs regularly. Vanessa is the author of the book "The Power of Humor" (Eyrolles 2022) and "The Manager Who Wanted to Become a Leader" (Vuibert 2026). She is a LEGO® Serious Play® & Fresque du Management© facilitator and a certified trainer in Laughter Yoga and psychological safety. With 60k followers on Linkedin, she is one of the top Leadership & Management influencers according to the Favikon 2024-25 ranking.