Xavier PAVIE

Teaching Professor
department: Public & Private Policy
Campus de Cergy
+33 (0)1 34 43 36 21
Management – Sustainable development – Business Ethics & Business Philosophy – Entrepreneurship
Biography

Xavier Pavie is a philosopher, professor at ESSEC Business School, program director at the Collège International de Philosophie, and also a research associate at the Institute of Philosophical Research at Paris Nanterre University. Xavier Pavie is the founder of the iMagination center and the author of around twenty works dedicated to philosophical spiritual exercises, which he applies to aspects of lifestyle and responsibility, innovation, and imagination.

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Xavier Pavie is a philosopher, Professor at ESSEC Business School, program director at the International College of Philosophie (CIPh), director of the iMagination center. He is also an associate researcher at the Institut de recherches philosophiques (IREPH) Université Paris Nanterre and responsible for the Philosophy for Responsible Innovation program with the Institut Catholique de Paris (ICP). With a master's degree in management and a master's degree in philosophy, he holds a Ph.D in philosophy with a Habilitation for Research Direction. He is also a graduate of the International Teachers Programme (HEC Paris) and the Global Colloquium (Harvard Business School).

After spending nearly fifteen years in various organizations (Nestlé, Unilever, Club Méditerranée), mainly focusing on innovation, he joined ESSEC Business School in 2008 to lead the Institute of Strategy and Innovation in Services.

In 2012, he founded the iMagination Center, which is dedicated to imagination, innovation, and transdisciplinarity for the emergence of responsible innovation. The center has trained over 15,000 students (Bachelor's, Master's, and executive) and has received several awards for pedagogical innovation in France and internationally.

His research is dedicated to the philosophy of spiritual exercises, which he applies to innovation, imagination, lifestyle, and responsibility. In 2011, he was tasked with defining responsible innovation with the support of an international university network as part of a project supported by the European Commission. In 2014, he was appointed President of the "Innovation-Regulation-Governance" evaluation commission of the ANR (National Research Agency) within the "Horizon 2020" framework. In 2022, he was elected program director at the Collège International de Philosophie with the research theme: Critical Philosophy of Innovation: Philosophical, Societal, and Economic Issues.

From 2016 to 2022, Xavier Pavie was the Academic Director of the Grande Ecole program in Singapore. His years in Asia allowed him to deepen his research on responsible innovation with a perspective beyond the European context. This notably led to the development of several case studies with NGOs in the Philippines (Gawad Kalinga), Cambodia (Pour un Sourire d'Enfant and Passerelles Numériques), Malaysia (Dignity), and India (Auroville).

Xavier Pavie has published around twenty books and articles, both academic and for a wider audience. His book, "L’innovation à l’épreuve de la philosophie" (PUF 2018), was voted the best management book of 2019 by FNEGE.

As a visiting professor at Kaunas University (Lithuania) in 2015 and 2016, he regularly teaches at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), the Hautes Études de Gestion de Genève (Switzerland), and La Trobe University (Australia). He also teaches "Ancient Wisdom" at the Institut Catholique de Paris.

Xavier Pavie has been recognized as one of the most influential personalities in the world in the Education category (LinkedIn Top Voices—No. 5).

Certificates

  • 2022: Global Colloquium participant-centered learning (Harvard Business School United States of America)
  • 2012: International Teacher Program (HEC Paris France)

Diplomas

  • 2020: Habilitation Direction Recherche (Highest university-granted and higher education-sanctioned degree obtained post PhD) (Université Paris X Nanterre France)
  • 2011: PhD in Philosophy (Université Paris X Nanterre France)
  • 2010: Master in Philosophy (Université Paris X Nanterre France)
  • 2000: BA in Philosophy (Université Paris X Nanterre France)
  • 1998: Master in International Marketing (ICD Business School France)
  • 1996: BA in Marketing & Commercial (Négocia France)
Career
Other Academic Appointments
    • 2022 – Now : Chaired Professor (Collège International de Philosophie France)
    • 2021 – 2022 : Academic associate director Master in Management Singapour (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2019 – Now : Track Head Philosophy and Strategy for Responsible Innovation with Institut Catholique de Paris (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2016 – 2022 : Academic Director Grande Ecole Asia Pacific (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2016 – Now : Co-Chair Operation Management track Asia Pacific (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2014 – 2015 : Visiting Professor (Kaunas University of Technology Lithuania)
    • 2012 – Now : Director of advanced Certificate Management of Responsible Innovation (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2011 – 2023 : Director of iMagination Center (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2008 – 2012 : Director of Institut Service Innovation & Strategy (ESSEC Business School France)
Full-time academic appointments
    • 2014 – Now : Associate Teaching Professor (ESSEC Business School Singapore)
    • 2008 – 2014 : Teaching Professor (ESSEC Business School Singapore)
    • 2003 – Now : Research Associate at the IREPH (Research Institute in Philosophy) (IREPH France)
Professional appointments
    • 2006 – 2008 : Worldwide Marketing Director (Club Méditerranée France)
    • 1998 – 2006 : Brand Development Manager (UNILEVER France France)
    • 1994 – 1998 : Category Manager Junior (Nestlé France France)

Awards

  • 2021 : iMagination Week is the winner of the Responsible Campus Award 2021: “Pedagogy for a sustainable society”. (Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche)
  • 2019 : Best Management Book of the Year 2019 for “L’innovation à l’épreuve de la philosophie” by FNEGE (Fondation Nationale pour l’Enseignement de la Gestion des Entreprises)
  • 2017 : Top Voices LinkedIn in Education 2017 (n°5 worldwide)
  • 2017 : Finalist of the The Wharton – QS Reimagine Education Award 2017 for iMagination Week
  • 2017 : iMagination Week rewarded “Innovations That Inspire” by AACSB 2017
  • 2015 : Prix Daniel Tixier de l’innovation pédagogique pour l’iMagination Week

Journal articles

Books

Book chapters

Conference Proceedings

Presentations at an Academic or Professional conference

Book editor

Published cases

Interviews: radio – TV – press

Prefaces of a book

Press article, video or other popular media

Management

  • 2019 – Now : Philosophy and Strategy for Responsible Innovation (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2019 – Now : Sustainability bootcamp (ESSEC Business School Singapore)
  • 2019 – Now : Philosophy and Strategy for Responsible Innovation (ESSEC Business School Singapore)
  • 2018 – Now : Innovation (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2018 – Now : Innovation Entrepreneuship and Sustainability (ESSEC Business School Singapore)
  • 2017 – Now : Innovation (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2016 – Now : Innovation (ESSEC Business School Singapore)
  • 2015 – Now : Service Management (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2015 – Now : iMagination Week (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2012 – Now : iMagination week (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2012 – Now : Philosophy and Strategy for Responsible Innovation (ESSEC Business School Singapore)
  • 2012 – Now : Philosophie et stratégie pour l’innovation responsable (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2008 – Now : Philosophy and Strategy for Responsible Innovation (ESSEC Business School Singapore)
  • 2008 – Now : Innovation (ESSEC Business School Singapore)
  • 2008 – Now : Innovation (ESSEC Business School Singapore)
  • 2008 – Now : Innovation (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2008 – Now : Innovation (ESSEC Business School Singapore)
  • 2008 – Now : Innovation (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2014 – 2015 : Service management (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2013 – 2015 : iMagination Week (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2008 – 2014 : Service management (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2011 – 2012 : Service management (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2008 – 2011 : Internationalisation of services (ESSEC Business School France)
Research activities
  • Editorial Board Membership
    • 2015 – 2015: Editorial board membership – Procedia
  • Member of an academic association
    • 2010 – Now: Member of SFP (Société Française de Philosophie)
    • 2010 – Now: Member of ONPHI (Organisation Non-Philosophique Internationale)
    • 1973 – Now: Member of APPEP (Association Professeur de Philosophie)
Professional activities
  • Consulting
    • 2010 – Now: Elaboration and deployment of innovation process; Creation of marketing strategies ; Commercial Agility improvement recommendations through innovation ; Business Model innovation policies recommendations (from product to service); Innovation process construction through design thinking
Theses
  • 2011 : Castanie Julie (ESSEC Business School), Thesis director, Intégration de l’innovation responsable dans le processus d’innovation des entreprises de grande consommation – Mastère Spécialisé Stratégie Management International Business
  • 2010 : Docher Christine (ESSEC Business School), Thesis director, Bailleur/preneur: vers une possible convergence d’intérêt ? -Mastère Spécialisé Management Urbain Environnement et Service
  • 2009 : Marroc Audrey (ESSEC Business School), Thesis director, “Le fournisseur comme source d’innovation” – Mastère Spécialisé Logistique et Management de la Supply Chain
  • 2009 : Verbrugghe Olivia (ESSEC Business School), Thesis director, The Eco-advantage : how procurement business services could implement sustainable development practices to become a real opportunity and added value for the whole benefit of a company in the agrifood sector ? – Mastère Specialisé Gestion Achats Internationaux