Sylvie Blanco

Sylvie Blanco is a senior professor at Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM), holding a PhD in business administration focused on strategic intelligence and technological disruptions. She serves as Executive Director for Innovation & Experimentation within the Department of Management & Technology, specializing in technology management, innovation strategy, and collaborative research. Her career includes founding and managing applied research initiatives, particularly those bridging industry and academia. She represents GEM in key innovation ecosystems like the GIANT innovation campus and the NANOELEC research institute as a scientific advisor.

Her research emphasizes urban energy transitions, eco-district coordination (via projects like NEXUS), and innovative business models. She spearheaded the development of GEM’s Business Innovation for Society campus, centered on platform-based teaching and research collaboration. Educationally, she advocates for experiential learning in lean product development and integrates industry partnerships into academic frameworks.

Publications span interdisciplinary topics such as anticipatory strategic intelligence, innovation adoption methods (e.g., KIBIS), and project management adaptability. Her work addresses global challenges like resource allocation in process industries and socio-technical systems in urban energy networks. Blanco’s contributions also include advancing entrepreneurial strategies for techno-entrepreneurs and refining early warning systems for disruptive innovations.

She actively participates in national and international collaborative projects, focusing on translating research into actionable solutions for societal and industrial challenges. Her leadership roles ensure academic research aligns with real-world innovation needs through strategic partnerships and ecosystem integration.