Fabrice Cavarretta
Education
INSEAD
Ph.D., Management 2003-01-01 - 2008-01-01
University of Lille 1 Sciences and Technology
Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Management - 2021-01-01
Santa Fe Institute
Complex System Summer School (CSSS), Complexity 2006-06-01 - 2006-06-01
Harvard Business School
MBA, Business 1994-09-01 - 1996-06-01
ENSTA
Ms.Sc. (jointly at Stanford School of Engineering), Computer Engineering 1988-01-01 - 1991-01-01
Académie militaire de Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan
3rd Batalion, Officer Commission : Infantery Platoon Leader 1985-10-01 - 1986-07-01
École Polytechnique
B.A., Mathematics 1985-09-01 - 1988-01-01
Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Classe préparatoire Mathématiques Spéciales XM'2, Mathematics 1984-01-01 - 1985-01-01Work Experience
ESSEC Business School
Current
ESSEC Business School
iPropi
2000-10-01 - 2003-01-01
iPropi
Vivendi
1996-06-01 - 2000-01-01
Vivendi
Morgan Stanley
1995-06-01 - 1995-08-01
Morgan Stanley
Schneider Electric
1991-01-01 - 1994-01-01
Schneider Electric
Airbus
1991-03-01 - 1991-06-01
Airbus
Corporate Value Associates
1990-01-01 - 1991-01-01
Corporate Value Associates
Oracle
1988-08-01 - 1990-01-01
Oracle
European Space Agency - ESA
1987-08-01 - 1987-09-01
European Space Agency - ESA
Armée de Terre
1986-02-01 - 1986-07-01
Armée de Terre
Skills
Summary
Fabrice Cavarretta is a researcher and professor specializing in managerial paradigms at the intersection of complexity, artificial intelligence, and theories of action. His work examines how organizational actors develop reasoning logics in uncertain contexts. His research appears in Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Leadership Quarterly. He leads interdisciplinary research projects integrating AI and big data analysis, and participates in recent CY University grant using natural language processing to study climate change discourse. He teaches leadership and intrapreneurship in master's programs and executive education for clients like Goldman Sachs, LVMH, and Samsung. He is the author of "Yes! France is a Paradise for Entrepreneurs" (Plon, 2016) and "Please Mind Your Ecosystems: On Our Relationship to Nature and Society" (Payot, 2024, with Eric Lenoir). He regularly writes about AI's implications for management and society, publishing in IEEE Access on AI analysis techniques and creating thought pieces like "So many ways to be wrong about the future of AI, but it'll outsmart us in the end." He has also developed an experimental "eProfessor" using generative AI to enhance learning experiences. Before academia, he spent 12 years in operational management as a Silicon Valley software engineer, division director at Vivendi Universal, and founder of a pioneering social network startup. He holds degrees from École Polytechnique, Stanford/ENSTA, Harvard Business School, and a PhD from INSEAD.
