Stéphane J. G. Girod

Stéphane J.G. Girod is Professor of Strategy and Organizational Innovation at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland. His research, teaching and consulting interests focus on agility transformation, at the strategy, organizational and leadership levels in response to high uncertainty, digital, (de)globalization and other forms of disruption. He is passionate about developing people and helping them reach their full potential, whether it's in an executive class, a MBA program, a top management team workshop, or during public speaking engagements.

At IMD, he directs the Reinventing Luxury Lab and co-directs Digital Execution. He directs multiple custom program relationships. He also takes executive groups on innovation discovery expeditions to China.

As an expert on how luxury businesses can innovate in response to disruption, he writes a column in Forbes.com focused on the topics of innovation and agility in luxury.

His research has appeared in leading journals such as Harvard Business Review, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal and Long Range Planning, as well as in the Journal of Business Strategy and European Business Review.

His thought leadership has been also covered by the popular press and media, including China Daily, The Economist Intelligence Unit, Womens’ Wear Daily, BBC News, Télévision Suisse Romande, Valor Economico, La Vanguardia, Tribune de Genève, Luxury Society, HandelZeitung and The Times.

Prior to joining IMD, one of the world's top business schools, Professor Girod was a Manager of the Accenture Institute for High Performance, based in London. His consulting projects included international operating model design, luxury goods retail strategy, and the transformation of enterprise IT. Professor Girod also occupied several international development roles in leading luxury goods companies for markets such as France, Italy and the Middle-East.

For public speeches, his agent is Speakers Associates.

He speaks seven languages and is a keen tennis player. He loves music, reading, cooking and art.

He earned a PhD from the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, an MBA from the Helsinki School of Economics (Aalto University) and an MSc from Toulouse Business School. He was also a visiting scholar at Indiana University.

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