International keynote speaker, certified coach and pioneer of management-through-humour theory. Since 2019 she has helped leaders and teams turn humour into a genuine leadership lever.
Vanessa bridges three worlds that seem worlds apart: entertainment, business and science.
With a PhD in organisational communication (Université Côte d’Azur) and an Executive MBA from the University of Cambridge, she founded Leading With Humour© in 2019 — a consultancy and professional-development practice unlike any other.
Her mission: to train managers and leaders to use 21st-century leadership tools, such as humour, and to become the leaders their teams need today. She works with organisations like Unilever, Orange, EDF and Vinci, and teaches at Cambridge, HEC Paris, Oxford and London Business School.
A columnist for Harvard Business Review and La Tribune, author of two landmark books and recognised among the top Leadership & Management influencers (Favikon), she holds one simple conviction: you can be serious without taking yourself too seriously.
Because the best realisations come as much from emotion as from reason — and a team that laughs together works better together.
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