Isaac Getz is an author, conference speaker, and currently holds the post of Professor in Leadership and Innovation at ESCP Business School.

He has been Visiting Professor at Cornell University, Stanford University and at the University of Massachusetts. He graduated in Computer Science, then obtained a M.Sc. in Management Science, a Doctorate in Psychology and a post-doctoral degree (HDR) in Management.

Dr. Getz conducts research and publishes on diverse topics related to innovation, corporate transformation, employee engagement, liberatind company and liberating leadership.

He is an active speaker on the topics of innovation, liberating leadership, corporate transformation, and employee initiative. He has given executive conferences and training seminars for numerous companies and organizations. His work on innovation and corporate transformation has brought him into over three hundred companies on four continents.

In 2003, Dr. Getz co-authored with Alan Robinson a book entitled InnovationsPOWER in German (also published in French, Dutch, Italian and Spanish). It was one of the 3 finalists for the annual Manpower Best Book Award in France.

In 2009, Dr. Getz has published in California Management Review an article “Liberating Leadership” in which he has conceptualized the notions of the freedom-based company and of the liberating leader. In 2010, the article has won the Syntec Annual Award for the best academic paper in the category Management/HR/Organization.

That same year, he has co-authored with Brian Carney a book Freedom, Inc. (Crown Business/Random House). In 2012, the book has been translated to French and won the annual DCF Best Book Award in the Strategy category. The book has also appeared in a dozen other countries.

In 2016, Dr. Getz has published a book La liberté, ça marche! (Flammarion) in which, for the first time in France, he has introduced the writings of James MacGregor Burns, Robert Greenleaf, John Wooden, and others. It was a finalist for the annual DCF Book Award in France.

In 2017, he published a book L'entreprise liberée (Fayard), in which he discusses various aspects of the liberated company philosophy and its applications in business, education, and society. The book won the Best Business Book Rotary award in 2018.

In 2018, Isaac co-authored with Bob Davds and Brian Carney a book Leadership without ego (Palgrave Macmillan) on the servant leadership philosophy based on the experience of the emblematic CEO Bob Davids.

In 2019, Isaac co-authored with Laurent Marbacher a book L'Entreprise altruiste (Alabin Michel) on the companies which serve unconditionally through their core business processes their ecosystem members, and as a result, thrive. 

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Academic Articles

2024

GETZ, I., G. ARNAUD

The Liberated Company Theoretical Concept: Current Issues and the Intimidating Complexity of Organizational Design

JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATION DESIGN

Other Intellectual Contributions

2024

GETZ, I.

Why Gore creates more innovation than Dupont

JAPAN INNOVATION REVIEW

Other Intellectual Contributions

2024

GETZ, I.

What sets companies apart that can continue to innovate at low cost?

JAPAN INNOVATION REVIEW

Chapters

2023

POLI, E., G. ARNAUD, I. GETZ

Entreprise libérée et créativité

In: La créativité en situations. Théories et applications, Nathalie Bonnardel, Fabien Girandola, Eric Bonetto, Todd Lubart Dunod, 175-186

Chapters

2023

GETZ, I.

Entreprise libérée et créativité

In: La créativité en situations : Théories et applications, N. Bonnardel, F. Girandola, E. Bonetto, T. Lubart Dunod, 173-184

Academic Articles

2022

COUGOT, B., N. GILLET, I. GETZ, ET AL.

Impact of empowering leadership on emotional exhaustion

JOURNAL OF NURSING MANAGEMENT, 30 (8), 4234-4250

Books

2022

GETZ, I., L. MARBACHER

L'entreprise altruiste

Flammarion

Chapters

2021

GETZ, I.

L’organisation qui dit « oui » à ses salariés

In: Libérer son entreprise, Pierre-Yves Antras Actes Sud

Chapters

2021

GETZ, I.

Entretien

In: Comment bien vivre la fin de ce monde, Marc Welinski Editions Trédaniel, 209-236

ESCP Impact Papers

2021

GETZ, I., L. MARBACHER

The altruistic enterprise: How a company can actually succeed by doing good

ESCP Impact Papers, 2021-02-EN