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Sylvain Bureau

Full Professor of Entrepreneurship and Art Thinking

Department : Entrepreneurship
Campus : Paris

Sylvain Bureau explores the similarities between creative practices in the worlds of sci-ence, art, and business. He co-founded the Art Thinking Collective and the Jean-Baptiste Say Institute at ESCP. His work has led to numerous academic articles, which have frequently been featured in the media (Financial Times, Forbes Japan, France Culture, Huffington Post, Harvard Business Review France, Les Échos, Usbek & Rica). Sylvain also co-authored Free Your Pitch (Pearson). Building on his research, Sylvain developed Art Thinking, a method he teaches through the Improbable seminar in France (ESCP, École Polytechnique, CentraleSupélec, 42, École de Guerre) and abroad (Stanford, HEC Montréal, University of Oulu, Catholic University of Milan) in collaboration with artists and cultural institutions, particularly the Centre Pompi-dou and the Louvre Museum. The participants trained by Sylvain are often executives and engineers from organisations such as Airbus Defence & Space, BPCE Group, CNES, EDF, Daher, Galeries Lafayette, Orange, and Sacem. To enhance his teaching practices, Sylvain has completed two courses on online and offline teaching at Harvard Business School (in 2009 and 2020) and the International Teacher Pro-gram (2017 and 2018). In 2021, the Improbable seminar was recognised as one of the top 10 pedagogical innovations worldwide. Sylvain holds a PhD from École Polytechnique (recipient of the best thesis award in 2007) and is a graduate of École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay in economics. He has also been a visiting scholar at Duke University, UC Berkeley, and the City University of New York.

PUBLICATIONS
AWARDS AND HONORS

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15 publications

Academic Articles

2024

BUREAU, S., J. BURILLER

Enseigner l’Anthropocène par les imaginaires.

REVUE FRANCAISE DE GESTION, 315 (2), 207-225

Conference Presentations

2024

BUREAU, S., L. GABAY-MARIANNI, J. BURILLER

Imagining the improbable when the probable becomes unacceptable. Using an art-based pedagogy to teach the Anthropocene.

Academy of Management (AOM)

Conference Presentations

2024

BUREAU, S., J. PERRIN-HALOT

Critical Thinking: A must have to deal with Gen AI and the Climate Crisis

European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD)

Conference Presentations

2024

BUREAU, S.

Using Arts for Mobilising Impact in Higher Management Education

United Nations

ESCP Impact Papers

2024

BUREAU, S., A. WHITAKER, R. GERGES-YAMMINE

Regaining control in troubled times: Art Thinking as a method in a PUCA world

ESCP Impact Papers, 2024-19-EN

ESCP Impact Papers

2024

MARTY, L., S. BUREAU, J. FUCHS

Beyond entrepreneurial chaos: Establishing company principles through the plasticity method

ESCP Impact Papers, 2024-24-EN

Media

2024

BUREAU, S

Démultiplier le potentiel de l’IA grâce l’intelligence artistique

FORBES

Academic Articles

2023

DOUSARD, C., J. BILLION, J. RENOUF, S. BUREAU

Barefoot entrepreneurs trapped in liminal spaces: the case of homeless youths in New York City.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 1-18

Academic Articles

2023

MASSEY, M., S. BUREAU, P. NACCACHE

Comment les organisations pirates construisent-elles leur légitimité ?

REVUE FRANCAISE DE GESTION, Vol. 5 and N°312, 55-74

Other Intellectual Contributions

2023

BUREAU, S

L'économie informelle nuit-elle à l'économie formelle

L'ECONEWS

FT Responsible Education

2025

The Improbable seminar was listed as highly commended

Financial Times

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Academic Articles

2024

Enseigner l’Anthropocène par les imaginaires.

Conference Presentations

2024

Imagining the improbable when the probable becomes unacceptable. Using an art-based pedagogy to teach the Anthropocene.

Conference Presentations

2024

Critical Thinking: A must have to deal with Gen AI and the Climate Crisis

Conference Presentations

2024

Using Arts for Mobilising Impact in Higher Management Education

ESCP Impact Papers

2024

Regaining control in troubled times: Art Thinking as a method in a PUCA world

ESCP Impact Papers

2024

Beyond entrepreneurial chaos: Establishing company principles through the plasticity method

Media

2024

Démultiplier le potentiel de l’IA grâce l’intelligence artistique

Academic Articles

2023

Barefoot entrepreneurs trapped in liminal spaces: the case of homeless youths in New York City.

Academic Articles

2023

Comment les organisations pirates construisent-elles leur légitimité ?

Other Intellectual Contributions

2023

L'économie informelle nuit-elle à l'économie formelle

Research and expertise

News

Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Innovation Prize

Prof. Rand Gerges-Yammine shares insights on design thinking in entrepreneurship

FT Responsible Education

2025

Financial Times

Research and expertise

News

Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Innovation Prize

Prof. Rand Gerges-Yammine shares insights on design thinking in entrepreneurship