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ESCP, management and Microsoft: understanding organisations, their demands and defining moments of change.
The person behind the voice
Vincent Avanzi
Chief Poetic Officer.
International keynote speaker, author and executive speechwriter, Vincent Avanzi has spent more than twelve years connecting strategy with meaning, public speaking with imagination, performance with harmony and the living world.
He created the role of Chief Poetic Officer, which he now embodies internationally.A pioneer of poetry in business for over 12 years
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Vincent Avanzi · Chief Poetic Officer800+engagements
20+countries
10books
4TEDx talks
A Human Odyssey
Across culturesThe beginning
A journey between
two worlds.
An ESCP graduate and former Microsoft manager, Vincent first built his career at the heart of the business world. He discovered the power of strategy — and what it sometimes lacks to become a fully human adventure: words that move, imagination that opens possibilities and a vision people genuinely desire.
Two journeys around the world and a long Human Odyssey led him to explore other cultures, wisdom traditions and ways of inhabiting the world. A vocation emerged from that crossing: bringing business and wisdom, poetry and strategy into conversation. Harmony — within oneself, with others, across organisations and with the living world — became his guiding compass.
A singular journey
From business to
poetry in motion.
A Human Odyssey
Two journeys around the world to encounter cultures, wisdom traditions and possible futures for humankind.
The Ink of the Future
Turning words, narratives and imagination into practical forces for leadership, engagement and transformation.
The Chief Poetic Officer
Creating a vocation at the crossroads of advisory, writing and performance, and pioneering poetic leadership in business.
The Bureau
Advising leaders and organisations on foundational speeches, manifestos and major collective moments.
A voice carried onto major stages
Words that can
connect an entire room.
From Sustainable Brands to ChangeNOW, Christian Dior Couture to Capgemini, Banque de France to the French Senate, Vincent works with companies, institutions and international communities to open a horizon, shape a vision into a story and inspire action.
His vocation
Giving desirable futures
a voice.
Vincent writes foundational speeches and manifestos, advises leaders in defining moments, and creates keynotes, performances and collective experiences in both English and French. His work turns strategic intent into a sensitive, memorable and mobilising voice.
Poetic Advisor
Clarify a vision, find the right words and prepare a voice that can be fully embodied.
Executive speechwriter
Write defining speeches, New Year addresses, transformations, transmissions and future narratives in the leader’s authentic voice.
Keynote speaker & performer
Create the spark between wonder and commitment through words, emotion and imagination.
Author
Extend the journey through ten books on leadership, poetry, harmony and desirable futures.
The founding journey
A Human
Odyssey.
An initiatory journey around the world to transform oneself and help transform the world. Along the way, Vincent chose poetry as his gift to the world — and harmony as his life’s mission.
A movement without losing the singular voice
A personal body of work.
A collective momentum.
Founder of The Poetizers (Les Poétiseurs), a collective of around forty corporate poets, Vincent brings multiple voices and sensibilities into organisations. He has also initiated an international movement around poetry in business.
A Les Échos columnist, author of four TEDx talks and ten books — including CAP, Find Your Genius Spot and Poetic Leaders — he has spent more than twelve years establishing poetic art as a contemporary practice of leadership, connection and transformation.
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Award Winner · Doha 2025
Poetry recognised as
a force for sustainable transformation.
Vincent Avanzi received the Best Corporate Sustainability Initiative award at the 2025 Fluxx Conference in Doha for his Poetry 4 Sustainability approach.
Fluxx Conference · Best Corporate Sustainability InitiativeWatch the award video↗“Change the wordsVincent Avanzi
to reenchant the world.”
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The world’s first Chief Poetic Officer, Vincent Avanzi is an international keynote speaker, author and executive speechwriter. A pioneer of poetry in business for more than twelve years, he turns words, imagination and emotion into forces for leadership, engagement and harmony. The author of CAP — Co-writing the Future with Poetry, he founded The Bureau of Poetic Leadership and works in English and French with leaders, organisations and their teams around the world.
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The world’s first Chief Poetic Officer, Vincent Avanzi is an international keynote speaker, author and executive speechwriter. An ESCP graduate and former Microsoft manager, he has pioneered poetry in business and poetic leadership for more than twelve years. He helps leaders and organisations put their visions into words, write foundational speeches and create collective experiences that unite wonder with commitment. The author of ten books and four TEDx talks, founder of The Bureau of Poetic Leadership and The Poetizers (Les Poétiseurs), he has delivered more than 800 engagements across over twenty countries. His keynotes, performances and advisory work are available in both English and French.
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The world’s first Chief Poetic Officer, Vincent Avanzi is an international keynote speaker, author, poetic advisor and executive speechwriter. An ESCP graduate and former Microsoft manager, he began his career at the heart of the business world before embarking on two journeys around the globe to explore cultures, wisdom traditions and possible futures for humankind. From this Human Odyssey emerged a vocation: to bring business and wisdom, strategy and poetry, performance and harmony with the living world back into conversation. A pioneer of poetry in business for more than twelve years, Vincent supports leaders and organisations through transformations, defining speeches and major collective moments. He writes foundational speeches, manifestos and future narratives, advises leaders in decisive moments, and designs bespoke keynotes, poetic performances, workshops and collective experiences. His work harnesses words, imagination and emotion to clarify a vision, connect people and inspire action. The author of ten books — including CAP, Find Your Genius Spot and Poetic Leaders —, a Les Échos columnist and the author of four TEDx talks, he has delivered more than 800 engagements across over twenty countries. He founded The Bureau of Poetic Leadership and The Poetizers (Les Poétiseurs), a collective of around forty corporate poets. Vincent works in both English and French with companies, institutions and international communities.
