Reinventing Relations with Dialog

Valérie Gauthier was educated in France and in the United States, with a BS in Psychology (University Paris V), Masters in Modern Literature (University of Paris III) and English (University of Oklahoma), a PhD in Comparative Literature (Sorbonne) and Stanford’s Graduate Business School’s Executive Program (EPSO). Drawing from her expertise in linguistics and poetic translation, as well as leadership and cross-cultural relationships, she has built relational and leadership development programs in schools and in companies under the concept of Savoir-Relier. Her work revolves around building sensible, sustainable and trustworthy relationships across boundaries and in uncertain times. Her work on dialogue encourages valuing differences to engage in positive and mindful innovation in a digital world. Dr Gauthier was Dean of the Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) MBA Program from 2002 to 2010 and is Founder and CEO of Savoir-Relier SARL, and dialog.ngo, a company and an association that promotes the use of dialog to unlock the conflicts of our times. In 2010, she was decorated as Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honor and that same year was selected as Visionary by Fortune “Global Visionaries Forum”. She was a professional athlete, and her passions include poetry, painting, education and technology.