Consultant | Speaker | Digital Transformation | Knowledge Management

Profile Foster digital transformation and collaborative innovation, to enhance the value of knowledge For 20 years, I have been putting in place working methods and tools that enable employees to work better together and to make the most of their knowledge. Technology makes it easier for employees to interact with each other, but if these interactions are to produce value, appropriate management methods are needed. I help organisations to improve communication and information sharing, without restricting them, in order to cultivate innovation and productivity gains. I am bringing my experience and contacts to bring added value in digital transformation and international projects.

CV EN FRANCAIS

Schneider Electric (SE), France

December 2009 - September 2018

Schlumberger (SLB), France

2007- November 2009

2003 - 2007

2002 - 2003

1997 - 2002

Education

Languages

• French:  Mother tongue
• English:  Very Fluent
• German: Intermediary
• Spanish: Beginner

Certifications, Affiliations, Volunteering

• Vice-President of COP-1, the French association of managers of big companies involved in KM.
• Student mentor at Institut Télémaque
• University instructor at Kedge Business School, Sorbonne Nouvelle University and CNAM (since 2016)
• Certified MindGym trainer for Great Feedback and Performance Coaching (2016-2018)
• Well-Being trainer, via The Energy Project (2016-2018)
• Certified facilitator of the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methodology (since 2016)
• Certified Klaxoon consultant
• Honorary President of the McGill Alumi Society of France; President 2003-2008
• Member of Hacktivateurs, association of corporate hackers
• Member of the Knowledge Communities Observatory (KCO) of KEDGE BS

Professional Achievements

• Winner of the 2017 European MAKE (Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises) Award organized by Teleos and the Know Network.
• Finalist of the 2017 KM Reality Award organized by KMWorld.
• CEO Connect People Gold Trophy in 2015 for the Schneider-Electric Communities@Work program.
• CEO Performed by Schlumberger Silver Award in 2010 for the collaboration project, AKA Coll@borate.
• CIO IT Innovation Gold Award 2007 for Speedia, the Schlumberger Wikipedia.
• CEO Performed by Schlumberger Bronze Award in 2002 for the project Documentation and Training: An Integrated Solution, AKA the EDMS project.

Personal Interests

• Business, economics, technology, science, science-fiction, architecture, gardening, do-it-yourself, cooking, photography, art.
• Sport: Swimming, mountain bike

Presentations - Publications - Contributions - Video

1. MANY MORE ARTICLES on the AMALLTE web site since April 2020
2. Afraid of engagement? Towards an understanding of engagement in virtual communities of practice, published in Knowledge Management Research & Practice, 07 April 2020
3. Travailler au-delà des frontières – La collaboration dans les équipes virtuelles (Video). Conférence devant 500 étudiants de SKEMA BS, janvier 2020
4. La communauté, collectif de confiance mutuelle indispensable au partage et à la gestion en commun des savoirs, à la journée d’étude du CNAM-INTD "Comment aborder une démarche Knowledge Management ?", 17 octobre 2019.
5. Measuring the value of communities: a Schneider Electric case study, at SIKM Leaders Community, 16 April 2019. Audio recording (60 min)
6. Les communautés de pratiques – Maillon essentiel de la stratégie KM de l’entreprise (Communities of practice - An essential part of a company's KM strategy ), at 7th International Conference on Technical Communication: Transforming Knowledge, Diderot University, Paris, France, 1 February 2019. Audio recording (26 min)
7. Comment connecter la fonction learning au plus proche des enjeux business et d’excellence industrielle? (How to connect the learning function as closely as possible to the business and industrial excellence challenges?), table ronde / round table at LTD Conference, Paris, France, 6 December 2018.
8. Les communautés de pratique et innovation (Communities of practice and innovation), table ronde / round table at 4ème Séminaire du Knowledge Communities Observatory (KCO) , BETA, Strasbourg, France, 8-9 November 2018.
9. Se Transformer sans Collaborer, est-ce possible ? (Is it possible to Transform without Collaborating?), interview by Cecile Rayssiguier, Paris, 7 April 2018
10. Future of work - La révolution numérique (Video). Interview by BFM TV, Avril 2018
11. Assurer le partage des savoirs et le transfert de compétences (Ensure knowledge sharing and skills transfer), table ronde / round table at LTD Conference, Paris, France, 7 December 2017.
12. Social Learning and Learning Communities (Social learning et communautés d'apprentissage) (PDF), at Les Rencontres du eLearning et de la Formation Mixte, Paris, 14-15 November 2017
13. Cohabitation harmonieuse entre Teams et Yammer chez Schneider Electric (PDF) published in Collaboratif-info., 20 October 2017
14. Entre structuration des connaissances et socialisation des pratiques, comment faire évoluer les modes de gestion des connaissances et garantir leur efficacité ? (PDF), at ANVIE, Paris, 10 October 2017
15. Schneider Electric, retour sur l'usage des outils collaboratifs dans une approche de Knowledge Management globalisée (PDF), at Microsoft Experiences 17, Paris, 03 October 2017
16. Next-generation Communities of Practice: Schneider Electric SE Case Study. This 23-page case study details how Schneider Electric built an enterprise community management program and quickly established a large number of thriving communities in order to bolster online collaboration across its global workforce. APQC (American Productivity and Quality Center), June 2017
17. Les communautés d'innovation (Innovation Communities). Chapter 8 of the book describes the steering of the Schneider Electric communities of practice through the Communities@Work program. Extracts of the book (PDF). June 2017.
18. Communautés de pratique et management de la formation (Communities of Practice and the Management of Learning). Chapter 9 of the book describes the framework of the Schneider Electric communities of practice. Flyer (PDF). June 2017.
19. Le programme Communities@Work pour piloter les communautés de pratique (Steering Communities of Practice through the Communities@Work program(PDF), at Knowledge Communities Observatory (KCO), Toulon, France, 12-13 June 2017
20. Encourage the adoption of the Social Professional Network through the communities(PDF), at Intra.Net Reloaded, Berlin, Germany, 27-28 April 2017
21. What is the secret of the vitality of the communities of Schneider Electric? (Video). Interview by Intra.Net Reloaded, Berlin, Germany, 27-28 April 2017
22. Les communautés apprenantes dans les grandes organisations (Video); table ronde 1, L'apport des communautés à la stratégie (PDF). Conférence de l'association CoP-1, Paris, France, 24 November 2016
23. L'entreprise à l'ère du digital - Nouvelles pratiques collaboratives (New collaborative practices in the digital enterprise). The Schneider Electric enterprise community management program 'Communities@Work' and internal wikipedia 'iSEE' are highlighted as role models. Extracts of the book (PDF). November 2016.
24. La transformation digitale des entreprises (Digital transformation of the enterprises). The Schneider Electric Knowledge Management Office, 'Communities@Work', the enterprise community management program and 'Spice', the enterprise social network, are highlighted. Extracts of the book (PDF). October 2016.
25. La mode des réseaux sociaux d'entreprise (Enterprise Social Networks are trendy) (PDF). Article published in L'Expansion on 30 August 2016.
26. The Well-Being Yoga Lab I am organizing in Schneider Electric, Paris (France) (Video). Video broadcasted in TV program "L'heure H" on BFM Business, 24 August 2016
27. L'intelligence a-t-elle encore sa place en entreprise ?, at La Maison du Management, Paris, France, 11 février 2016
28. Augmenting employee engagement and business value through global communities(PDF), at APQC MENA KM Conference, Dubai, UAE, 19 November 2015
29. Communities to foster expertise sharing and break silos (Les communautés pour décloisonner et partager les expertises) (PDF), table ronde / round table at Congrès HR, Paris, 7 October 2015
30. Measure the Business Value of Communities of Practice (PDF), at 1er SYMPOSIUM du Knowledge Communities Observatory, KEDGE Business School Toulon, France, 11-12 June 2015.
31. Communities of Practice and Busines Value (PDF), at Ecole de Management , Strasbourg, France, 2 April 2015. Video recording of the event.
32. From the Knowledge Sharing towards the Digital Transformation (PDF), at Enterprise 2.0, Paris, France, 5 February 2015
33. Collaborative efficiency (Efficacité collaborative) (PDF), at Évènement 01 Business Forum, Paris, France, 4 February 2015
34. Schneider-Electric, its communities, its social network (Schneider Electric, ses communautés, son réseau social d'entreprise) (Video). Interview in TV program "Good Morning Business" on BFM Business, 19 January 2015 
35. Augmenter l’engagement des employés et la valeur de l’entreprise grâce aux communautés globales (Augmenting employee engagement and business value through global communities) (PDF), at Colloque InnovENT-E– Communautés de pratiques, Paris, France, 8 December 2014
36. Transformer le learning à l’heure du digital, question de mindset ou de technologie? (Augmenting employee engagement and business value through global communities) (PDF), at LTD Conference, Paris, France, 4 December 2014. Video published (Video).
37. Quels dispositifs pour susciter de nouvelles formes d’attention et de coopération et pour favoriser l’acquisition de nouvelles compétences ? (Augmenting employee engagement and business value through global communities) (PDF), participant at the ANVIE workshop Quelles nouvelles pratiques encourager et quelles formes d’organisation du travail adopter pour une meilleure efficacité ?, Paris, France, 3 December 2014
38. Intelligence collective et performance. Les communautés de pratiques chez Schneider Electric (Collective Intelligence and Performance. Communities of Practice at Schneider Electric) (PDF), at Université Ouverte des Compétences Conference (UODC), Paris, France, 2 December 2014. Video recording of the event.(Video)
39. Delivering Global Business Value via Knowledge Collaboration (PDF), at KMWorld Conference, Washington, DC, USA, 7 November 2014
40. Schneider Electric tord le cou à quelques idées reçues sur le 2.0 (Schneider Electric debunks some misconceptions about 2.0). Article published in BFM TV on 25 June 2014.
41. KM, Competitive Intelligence, Collaboration 2.0 (KM, intelligence compétitive, collaboration 2.0) (PDF), at I-Expo workshop, Paris, France, 11 June 2014
42. Les communautés renforcent l'entreprise (PDF). Article published in L'Usine Nouvelle on 5 June 2014.
43. Social media: What’s trending? Article published in the Schneider-Electric Sustainability Report 2013-2014 on May 2014.
44. Augmenting employee engagement and business value through global communities (PDF), at APQC KM Conference, Houston, Tx, USA, 10 April 2014
45. Wanted: An Active, Viable, Collaborative on-Line Community (PDF). White paper published on the Schneider-Electric Web Site on 19 March 2014.
46. Hooking a Program of Enterprise Communities Management to a Social Network Platform - One Year Later (Greffer un programme de communautés métiers au réseau social d'entreprise - Un an après) (PDF), at Congrès LTD, Paris, 5 December 2013
47. Schneider Electric finalist at KM Reality Awards at the 2013 KMWorld Conference 2013. Schneider Electric was finalist of the 2013 KMWorld Reality Award, thanks to both its enterprise community management program and its social collaboration platform. KM World on 29 October 2013.
48. Schneider Electric Plugs its Employees on its Enterprise Social Network (Schneider Electric branche ses salariés sur son réseau social). Article published in the magazine 01 Business on 17 October 2013.
49. Hooking a Program of Enterprise Communities Management to a Social Network Platform (Greffer un programme de communautés métiers au réseau social d'entreprise) (PDF), at Congrès HR , Paris, 8 October 2013
50. How to Avoid Chaos 2.0? (Comment éviter le chaos 2.0 ?) (Video). Roundable in the TV program 01 Business on BFM TV, 14 September 2013.
51. The Enterprise Social Network, Enabler of Growth (Le RSE comme levier de croissance). Article and video interview published in the magazine INfluencia on September 2013.
52. How to get Support and Sponsorship for Social Collaboration and Make it Fly (PDF), at World Class Social-enabled Enterprise 2013, Frankfurt, 12-13 June 2013
53. Communities of Practice, first enabler of Schneider Electric's Enterprise Social Network (PDF). Article published in Collaboratif-Info on 25 April 2013.
54. Attach the Community Management Program to the Enterprise Social Network to Organize Collaboration around Business Objects (PDF), at Les Carrefours Logistiques of BECOMM, Paris, April 2013. Presidency of Day 1. Article published in Collaboratif-Info
55. How Communities Foster Knowledge Sharing? (PDF), at Enterprise 2.0 Summit, Paris, 20-21 March 2013. Articles published in Collaboratif-Info, Petit Web, CIO Online et L'Atelier
56. KM methods and practices - Communities and Collective Intelligence (PDF). Article published in Documentaliste - Sciences de l'Information 2012/2 Vol. 49, Page 51.
57. Enterprise Social Networks, what is the Role of the Training Function in the Construction of Learning Networks? (PDF), at Congrès LTD , Paris, 19 June 2012
58. Speaker at the webcast "HR Challenges and Solutions: Engaging and Empowering Employees in the New Workplace" by Corporate Leaders, 16 May 2012
59. Communities for our Collective Intelligence (PDF), participant at the ANVIE workshop Supporting managers to promote networking, Paris, 9 May 2012
60. How can Communities of Practice help transform the Business and the Workplace? (PDF), at Congrès HR , Paris, 4 April 2012
61. Moderator of the roundtable "Manage the organizational change in an Enterprise 2.0" at Competitive Intelligence and Knowledge Management, 30 March 2012
62. Speaker at the round table "La Tribune des Métiers de l'Infodoc" at Documation 2011, Paris, 24 March 2011
63. Des vidéos en ligne pour le knowledge management (PDF), Documentaliste - Sciences de l'information, 2010, vol 47, n°4
64. Value of video as a way to accelerate user change management, two examples: Optimize Your Team Meetings (Video) and Effective Document Review (Video)
65. Enterprise 2.0. Participation to a round table at the iExpo - KM Forum 2.0, Paris, June 2009
66. Web 2.0 tools and social networks (PDF), Les Carrefours Logistiques de BECOMM, Paris, March 2009
67. Project Coll@borate: Increasing Productivity Through Technology (PDF), SPE R&D Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, March 2009.
68. Communities of practices, tools 2.0, social networks: how to optimize and regulate their use (PDF), participant at the ANVIE workshop Towards Enterprise 2.0, Paris, November 2008,
69. The management of communities of practice (PDF), participated to a round table at the iExpo - KM Forum 2.0, Paris, June 2008. Notes.
70. "Deployment of a Collaborative Working Environnement" (PDF), a joint Accenture and Microsoft event, Paris, May 2008
71. Apprivoiser MoReq - Pour archiver et conserver l’information, participation to the French working group on best practices to implement the Model Requirements for the Management of Electronic Records, January  2005 - October 2007.
72. The new tools are coming, Archimag, June 2007
73. "Schlumberger Hub and Blogs", Presentation to the Schlumberger Legal Community, Paris, January 2007,
74. How to Save Money Through Compliance and Records Management? (PDF), Atos-Origin and Filenet Workshop, Paris, November 2006,
75. "Good governance helps enterprise content management systems: example of the redesign of The Hub", Schlumberger internal Eureka Information Management CoP workshop, Houston, November 2005, Schlumberger internal Eureka Information Management CoP workshop, Houston, November 2005
76. "Designing good records management practices: the concept phase of the CRONOS project", Schlumberger internal Eureka Information Management CoP workshop, Houston, November 2005
77. Strategy and Governance of Content Management and Collaborative Systems (PDF), Documation 2005, Paris, March 2005
78. The Operational Aspect of KM at Schlumberger (PDF), with Hervé Gibert (Principal Business Consultant, SchlumbergerSema), KM Forum, Paris, October 2003
79. Knowledge Management and Business in a Multinational Corporation (PDF), Rencontres CXP (Giga Group), Paris, June 2003
80. Knowledge Management and Business in a Multinational Corporation (PDF), Les Carrefours Logistiques de BECOMM, Paris, February 2003
81. Knowledge Management and Know-How Sharing: The Métier Repository (PDF), with Jérome Clauzure (Consultant SchlumbergerSema), KM Forum, Paris, September 2002
82. Knowledge Management and Business in a Multinational Corporation (PDF), Les Carrefours Logistiques de BECOMM, Paris, June 2002
83. How to Produce and Enhance the Value of Operational Information in a Multinational Corporation (PDF), IDT/Net, Paris, June 2002
84. The Challenge of Updating a Structured Technical Documentation in XML (PDF), Documation, Paris, March 2002
85. The Sharing of Know-How, Interview in e+ l'Usine Nouvelle, December 2001
86. Deployment of an XML Documentation and Training Project Across a Multinational Corporation (PDF), XML USA, Florida, December 2001
87. KM at Schlumberger, the role of the information and documentation professionals (PDF), ANVIE, Paris, October 2001
88. Technology Based Training and Documentation - Different and Yet Similar (PDF), KM Forum, Paris, September 2001
89. XML Data: relational databases are resisting, Décision Micro, 18 June 2001
90. Networking for Technical Excellence and Business Success (PDF), ADBS (Association des Professionnels de l'Information et de la Documentation), Paris, January 2001
91. Networking for Technical Excellence and Business Success (PDF), ANVIE (Association Nationale pour la Valorisation Interdisciplinaire de la recherche en sciences de l'homme et de la société auprès des Entreprises), Paris, October 2000
92. Publication and Distribution of XML-Based On-Line Training (PDF), Documation 2000, Paris, March 2000.
93. Publication de documentation utilisateur basée sur XML (PDF), Magazine de l'AA-ESIEE, No 256, juillet-aout 99
94. Single Source Publishing with XML (PDF), On-Line Help Conference 99, London, UK, June 1999. A Truly European Case Study
95. XML and EDI (PDF), Petroleum Industry Data Exchange 99, Houston, TX, USA, March 1999
96. Production of End User Documentation from a Unique Source in SGML/XML Format (PDF), Forum XML 98,Paris, France, November 1998
97. What are the Fundations, Services, Functionalities, and Limitations of Intranets ?, EuroForum 97, Paris, France, September 1997
98. Access to Information Repositories through an Intranet in a French Multinational, IDT 97, Paris June 1997
99. Creation of Normative Documents in a Big French Company - Case Study, IRDAC, Paris, May 1997
100. Access to Document Management Databases on an Intranet, Documation 97, Paris, February 1997.