— Creativity and Innovation
Denis Jacquet.
An HEC 89 graduate and holder of a Master's in Business Law, Denis Jacquet first worked as a tax lawyer at Baker & McKenzie, led by Christine Lagarde. After the successful creation of his first company, H2I, in 1993, he became a true entrepreneurship addict and, in 1997, restructured the number one distance learning company, then rode the e-Learning wave with Edufactory, developed in 8 countries, which instilled in him the belief in internationalization.
A resolutely committed entrepreneur
In 2010, he founded Parrainer la Croissance (Sponsor Growth), a network dedicated to the growth of SMEs. Its objective: to show how growth SMEs are major vectors for building a prosperous and inclusive society. Thus, PLC quickly gathered over 6,000 entrepreneurs. The Club has now merged into the Day One Movement Clubs, which are opening in 4 countries (Brazil, USA, France, and Ivory Coast), with 4 meetings per year.
He contributed to the Pigeons movement (2013), and then took on the role of leader (International) for the Assises de l’Entrepreneuriat (Entrepreneurship Conferences) launched by the government and Fleur Pellerin. Since then, he has been consulted during presidential campaigns to propose measures on entrepreneurship and digital, at the intersection with societal issues.
Believing that intergenerational collaboration is the key to societal success and SME growth, he launched, with Parrainer la Croissance, the Growth Accelerator, an incubator that transfers senior executives from large groups to startups and SMEs. He then launched the first conference on the intergenerational challenge.
Finally, to demonstrate the colossal impact of Uberization, he decided to establish the Uberization Observatory (2016). The objective is to prepare France (initially) for digital transformation, by allowing "uberizers and uberized" to define their competitive framework, propose a vision for society in the face of challenges and upheavals, and make proposals for a political class that does not understand the stakes.
A Vision: Technology in Service of Humanity
He is the founder of the Day One Movement (2018), which is becoming one of the most important instruments worldwide to guide the vision that should drive technologies, in order to have a positive impact. It includes a foundation dedicated to providing a barometer on job transformation. This entity comprises 4 clubs worldwide and 10 working groups bringing together 60 global companies and 4 events worldwide (USA, Africa, Latin America, and Europe).
In 2022, Denis Jacquet decided to found Top Cream.
Languages spoken by the speaker:
- French
- English
Denis Jacquet gives conferences in French-speaking Switzerland (Geneva, Lausanne, Vaud, Neuchâtel...).
Other activities of Denis Jacquet
- Administrator of G’EMPLOI, the leading Parisian employer group, for shared-time jobs for SMEs and employees.
- Chairman USA of SOS SAHEL, the largest NGO dedicated to the Sahelian Africa and its economic development for the retreat of the desert. www.sossahel.org
- Investor in about ten startups, including Iktos (biotech), Mobee (for PRM), Oscaro, EduFactory (Edtech), Julie Myrtille (USA, pastry), Arise (NFTs)…
In the press
- Regular publication in the Harvard Business Review,
- Atlantico (Entrepreneurs speak to the French every Monday), Europe1, I-Télé, LCI's "Invité de l’éco", Public Sénat, BFM business. Contributor for Forbes, Le Parisien, FigaroVox.
- Columnist for Nice et Var Matin. Host since Oct. 2020 for Sud Radio, "Les Vraies Voix des Entrepreneurs" (The True Voices of Entrepreneurs).
- Worked on the initial setup of VIVATECH 2016, with Les Echos.
Books and publications
- "Début de la Peur, fin d’une démocratie" (The Beginning of Fear, the End of a Democracy) (2021), Eyrolles.
- "Pourquoi votre patron sera Chinois ?" (Why Your Boss Will Be Chinese?) (2018). Eyrolles. Published globally in Chinese since July 2021.
- Ubérisation : Un ennemi qui vous veut du bien ? (Uberization: An Enemy That Means You Well?) (Dunod). Turgot Prize 2017 awarded by Jean Tirole, Nobel Prize in Economics. Unanimous FIC Jury Prize. ANDRH Prize (2).
- Co-editor of Vincent Lorphelin's Book on Innovation,
- Forewords: Xavier Milin's Business Plan, "Déconnectes toi si tu oses" (Disconnect if you dare) by Coco brac de la Charrière, and soon Pascal Picq's book on teleworking.
- Editorial board of Planète Idée, an economic and geopolitical Think Tank, notably focused on Africa.
A prestigious award
Denis Jacquet is the first Frenchman and one of the few Europeans to be awarded the Guzi Peace Prize (equivalent to the Nobel Peace Prize in Asia) in 2021, for his work on the transformation of labor with the founding of the Day One Movement.
Themes of Denis Jacquet's conferences
- A digital society with a vision
- The impact of technologies and new business models
- The competition to lead the world through technologies
- The global digital transformation of all industries
- How platforms and smartphones are changing the world
- Entrepreneurship, small and medium-sized enterprises. Transformation and cooperation with large companies. How to prepare for the mutation of employment?
- Lessons from recent crises: Covid pandemic, war in Ukraine. What do these events say about today's world?
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