Isaac Getz is an author, conference speaker, and Professor in Leadership and Innovation at ESCP Business School. He has served as a Visiting Professor at both Cornell and Stanford Universities. Originally trained in Computer Science, he later earned an M.Sc. in Management Science, a Doctorate in Psychology, and a post-doctoral qualification (HDR) in Management.
Isaac is a prolific writer and speaker on topics including innovation, corporate transformation, leadership, liberated organizations, and caring companies. He has delivered executive conferences and seminars in hundreds of companies worldwide, as well as at the Peter Drucker Forum, the World Knowledge Forum, and four TEDx events.
In 2009, Isaac published the article “Liberating Leadership” in the California Management Review, introducing the groundbreaking concept of the liberated company. The article received the Syntec Annual Award for Best Academic Paper. The same year, he co-authored Freedom, Inc. with Brian Carney, which won the DCF Best Book Award in France and has been published in 15 countries.
In 2016, Isaac authored La liberté, ça marche!, a finalist for the DCF Annual Book Award in France. The following year, he published L’entreprise libérée, which was honoured with the Rotary Award for Best Business Book.
Isaac continued his collaborative work in 2018, co-authoring Leadership Without Ego with Bob Davids and Brian Carney, translated into French and Spanish.
In 2019, Isaac partnered with Laurent Marbacher to write L’Entreprise altruiste, a book exploring organizations that thrive by unconditionally serving their ecosystems through core business practices. An English book on the same topic, The Caring Company, is forthcoming.
Most recently, in 2024, Isaac co-authored an article titled “The Liberated Company Theoretical Concept” with Gilles Arnaud. This work examines the research developments that have emerged since Isaac first introduced the liberated company concept in 2009.