Biography
Olivier Sibony is a writer, educator and consultant specializing in Strategy, strategic decision making and the organization of decision processes.
From 1991 to 2015, Olivier was a consultant, Partner and Director in the Paris, New York and Brussels offices of McKinsey & Company. Among other roles, he served as global leader of the Corporate Strategy Practice, as a European leader of the Consumer sector, and as a member of the Firm’s global Partner Review Committee. From an industry sector perspective, he has extensive experience in Consumer Packaged Goods, Luxury Goods, Retail, and Private Equity.
Olivier Sibony teaches Business Strategy and Corporate Strategy courses in the MBA and Executive MBA programs. He also leads the Problem Solving and Communications workshop for MBA participants and teaches the Behavioral Strategy elective in the MIF program.
In addition to his role as Affiliate Professor at HEC Paris, Olivier teaches in a number of other European institutions and advises business leaders as consultant or as Board member.
Olivier’s research interests center on the effect of heuristics and biases in strategic decision making and procedures to improve the quality of decisions.
Olivier Sibony is a graduate of HEC Paris.
Scientific articles
Collective Intelligence, August-September 2022, vol. 1, n° 1, pp 1-5, (in coll. with D. Kahneman, D. C. Krakauer, C. Sunstein, D. Wolpert)
MIT Sloan Management Review, March 2019, vol. 60, n° 3, pp 67-73, (in coll. with D. KAHNEMAN, D. LOVALLO)
Strategy Science, february, 3 2018, vol. 3, n° 4, pp 658-667, (in coll. with D. LOVALLO)
Research in Economics, June 2018, vol. 72, n° 2, pp 240-250, (in coll. with I. GILBOA, M. ROUZIOU)
California Management Review, december, 2 2017, vol. 59, n° 3, pp 5-21, (in coll. with D. LOVALLO, T. C. POWELL)
Revue Internationale de Droit Economique (RIDE), 2016, vol. 3, n° XXX, pp 315-338, (in coll. with G HELLERINGER, A. ALEMANNO)
Long Range Planning, february, 3 2015, vol. 48, n° 6, pp 361-380, (in coll. with M. GARBUIO, D. LOVALLO)
Books
Flammarion
Raffaello Cortina Editore
HVG Könyvek
Editions Odile Jacob (in coll. with D. KAHNEMAN, C. R. SUNSTEIN )
Little, Brown Spark (in coll. with D. KAHNEMAN, C. R. SUNSTEIN )
Flammarion (in coll. with B. GARRETTE, C. PHELPS )
Flammarion
Little, Brown Spark
Dunod (in coll. with B. GARRETTE, R. DURAND, P. DUSSAUGE, L. LEHMANN ORTEGA, B. POINTEAU, F. LEROY )
Flammarion
Chapters in edited books
Research Handbook On Nudges And Society, Cass R. Sunstein, Lucia A. Reisch, Edward Elgar Publishing, 1 , 34-55
Cracked It!, Palgrave Macmillan, 139-167
Cracked It!, Palgrave Macmillan, 197-221
Cracked It!, Palgrave Macmillan, 95-116
Cracked It!, Palgrave Macmillan, 15-34
Hbr'S 10 Must Reads, Harvard Business Review Press, 21-40
Seeing Through Biases In Strategic Decisions, McKinsey & Company, McKinsey Quarterly Special Issue
Working papers
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2018
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2015
Case Studies
Scientific articles
Collective Intelligence, August-September 2022, vol. 1, n° 1, pp 1-5, (in coll. with D. Kahneman, D. C. Krakauer, C. Sunstein, D. Wolpert)
MIT Sloan Management Review, March 2019, vol. 60, n° 3, pp 67-73, (in coll. with D. KAHNEMAN, D. LOVALLO)
Strategy Science, february, 3 2018, vol. 3, n° 4, pp 658-667, (in coll. with D. LOVALLO)
Research in Economics, June 2018, vol. 72, n° 2, pp 240-250, (in coll. with I. GILBOA, M. ROUZIOU)
Books
Flammarion
Raffaello Cortina Editore
HVG Könyvek
Editions Odile Jacob (in coll. with D. KAHNEMAN, C. R. SUNSTEIN )
Chapters in edited books
Research Handbook On Nudges And Society, Cass R. Sunstein, Lucia A. Reisch, Edward Elgar Publishing, 1 , 34-55
Cracked It!, Palgrave Macmillan, 139-167
Cracked It!, Palgrave Macmillan, 197-221
Cracked It!, Palgrave Macmillan, 95-116
Working papers
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2018
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2015
Case Studies
Education
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Doctorate, Business Administration, Strategy and Business Policy, Université Paris Dauphine - France
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Master of Science/Grande Ecole, Business Administration, Strategy and Management, HEC Paris - France
Academic appointments
Academic Responsibilities at HEC
- 2021- Professor (Education Track), Strategy and Business Policy HEC Paris
- 2020- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris HEC Paris
- 2020-2020 Associate Professor (Education Track), Strategy and Business Policy HEC Paris
Awards & honors
- 2021 2020 Pierre Vernimmen - BNP Paribas Teaching Award
- 2019 Laureat du Grand Prix du Jury de la 24eme edition du Prix RH Fondation ManpowerGroup pour l'ouvrage Vous allez commettre une terrible erreur ! (ed. Flammarion)