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Cyril Bouquet

Program Director

Professor of Strategy and Innovation

Cyril Bouquet

Program Director

Professor of Strategy and Innovation

Meet your Program Director

Cyril Bouquet is Professor of Strategy and Innovation. An award-winning researcher and teacher, he specializes in helping organizations and executives tackle complex challenges through innovation and creativity and supporting them with their transition journeys as they seek to create change and deliver progress for society.

Projects he has recently taken on include helping Nestlé to achieve its carbon neutrality objectives, working with O-I Glass to define the company’s ambition and advance its sustainability agenda, rethinking the banking experience with UBS and UBP, and re-imagining the future of women’s football with UEFA and the International Olympic Committee.

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Harnessing the power of the outsider perspective

The story of Patricia Bath, the inventor of modern cataract surgery and the first African American woman to receive a medical patent, highlights the power of the outsider perspective.

By Jean-Louis Barsoux, Cyril Bouquet and Michael R. Wade

24 October 2024

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Joining the dots: a creative design for leadership

There is much that organizations can learn from artists and designers, from turning ideas into innovation to creative problem-solving and better decision-making.

By Cyril Bouquet and Alexis Georgacopoulos

21 June 2024

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How to have breakthrough ideas

Innovation can seem like an abstract concept, when in fact it’s a potent creative force. What you need is the right mindset

By Cyril Bouquet

22 November 2023

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Innovating through the storm

Growth may be slowing across the global economy, but CEOs’ commitment to innovation should not waver, advises Cyril Bouquet, IMD Professor of Strategy and Innovation

By Cyril Bouquet

21 February 2023

Sophie Bacq

Professor of Social Entrepreneurship and Coca-Cola Foundation Chair in Sustainable Development

Sophie Bacq is Professor of Social Entrepreneurship and Coca-Cola Foundation Chair in Sustainable Development. As a globally recognized thought leader on social entrepreneurship and change, she investigates and theorizes about entrepreneurial action to solve intractable social and environmental problems, at the individual, organizational, and civic…

Frédéric Dalsace

Professor of Marketing and Strategy

Frédéric Dalsace is Professor of Marketing and Strategy. He focuses on two distinct areas: B2B issues such as customer centricity, buyer-seller relationships, and value management, as well as sustainability strategies, including inclusive business models. He believes that companies need to rethink their approach to customer centricity. He says…

Niccolò Pisani

Professor of Strategy and International Business

Niccolò Pisani is Professor of Strategy and International Business. His areas of expertise include strategy design and execution as well as international business. His teaching helps leaders to identify the strategic choices with the greatest impact and to develop the capabilities needed to excel in their execution. Leveraging his research on g…

José Parra Moyano

Professor of Digital Strategy

José Parra Moyano is Professor of Digital Strategy. He focuses on the management and economics of data and privacy and how firms can create sustainable value in the digital economy. An award-winning teacher, he also founded his own successful startup, was appointed to the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community of young people driving c…

Susan Goldsworthy

Affiliate Professor of Leadership, Communications, and Organizational Change

Susan Goldsworthy OLY is Affiliate Professor of Leadership, Communications, and Organizational Change. As a former Olympic finalist, award-winning writer, executive coach, and speaker with more than 20 years of corporate experience with large multinationals, Susan Goldsworthy brings knowledge from the fields of sport, business and neuroscience to h…

Salvatore Cantale

Professor of Finance

Salvatore Cantale is Professor of Finance. His academic and consulting work is divided into two different but complementary streams. First, he works at the intersection between strategy, business models, and financial results. He also sheds light on the relationship between ESG and finance, with the aim of increasing the understanding of how ESG po…