Speaking Approach

Not Just Inspiration — Implementation

While others tell you psychological safety is important, Raphaël provides the governance system to implement it. While others celebrate innovation, Raphaël shows how to stop wasting money on bad projects. He doesn't just inspire — he equips.

Speaking Style & Approach

Raphaël's presentations combine serious content delivered with humor, myth-busting insights, and actionable frameworks that audiences can implement immediately.

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Serious Content with Humor

Uses carefully selected videos and storytelling to make key messages stick. Entertainment meets education — attendees laugh while learning frameworks they can use the next day.

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Myth-Busting

Challenges conventional wisdom and common beliefs with evidence and experience. Raphaël refuses to accept traditional "best practices" at face value.

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Real-World Credibility

Anchors insights in personal experience and real-life stories, not recycled case studies. Every framework has been battle-tested across 300+ projects.

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Thought-Provoking Content

Forward-thinking messages that are often ahead of their time. Expect to think differently about problems you thought you understood.

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Inspiration + Implementation

Combines inspiring stories with concrete, applicable frameworks AND governance systems for organization-wide deployment. Not just ideas — complete systems.

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Interactive Engagement

Involves audiences in the experience, not just the message. Dynamic interaction that balances inspiration with instruction, entertainment with reflection.

Immediate Applicability

Attendees leave with tools they can use the next day. Every keynote includes actionable takeaways, not just motivation.

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Customized Content

Tailored to each audience's specific challenges and context. Pre-event consultation ensures relevance and impact.

"Raphael has a great ability to listen to his clients and to provoke different thinking in a non-threatening manner."

John-Michel Huss, General Manager, sanofi-aventis (Suisse) SA

The Raphaël Difference

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Framework Pioneer & ISO Co-Author

Creator of the IpOp Model for pre-project calibration and co-author of several international standards, including ISO 56007, for managing innovation opportunities and ideas.

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KPI & Measurement Innovator

Pioneered the Fostered Engagement Index (FEI) — turning fostered engagement from a subjective impression into a governed, measurable KPI.

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Serial Entrepreneur & Business Angel

Forty years founding, scaling, and investing in businesses across three continents — the lived experience every framework is built on, not borrowed case studies.

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Coached 300+ Projects that were Implemented

Not workshop exercises — real intrapreneurial projects taken through to implementation, across Fortune 500 companies and public-sector organizations alike.

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Published Author with 40,000+ Readers

Multiple books in English, French, German, and Spanish on innovation, pre-project analysis, leadership, fostered engagement and psychological safety.

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Professor at Leading Institutions (with Humor!)

Clinical Professor and Academic Director MBA Europe at Thunderbird School of Global Management; Academic Fellow at University of Geneva; Guest Faculty for 20+ years, Master Innover & Entreprendre, ESCP Business School — known for making complexity laugh-out-loud clear.

Others say:
"Psychological safety is important"
Raphaël provides:
The governance system to implement it
Others say:
"Innovation is critical"
Raphaël shows:
How to stop wasting money on bad projects
Others say:
"Employee engagement matters"
Raphaël measures:
Fostered engagement generated by each manager
Others say:
"Invest in your talents"
Raphaël delivers:
Executive education that is a money-maker

He doesn't just inspire — he equips.

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