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Arthur Keller

Speaker Arthur Keller Specialist in systemic risk, collective resilience and leadership in times of upheaval

Spécialiste de la sécurité globale des territoires et des organisations face aux risques systémiques, Arthur Keller propose une lecture des grands bouleversements contemporains qui relie enjeux écologiques, économiques, technologiques et géopolitiques. Son approche vise à dépasser les diagnostics conventionnels pour identifier de nouvelles stratégies d'adaptation et de transformation collective.

Languages
English, French
Duration
De 45 minutes à 2 heures
Formats
Conference, keynote, seminar, workshop, panel discussion and virtual presentation

Biography

Un ingénieur au service de la pensée systémique

Ingénieur de formation, diplômé en astronautique et communications satellitaires de l'University College London, Arthur Keller a également étudié les relations internationales et la gestion de projets. Ce parcours pluridisciplinaire l'a conduit à se spécialiser dans l'analyse des systèmes complexes, leurs vulnérabilités et les mécanismes susceptibles de provoquer des crises en cascade.

Il enseigne notamment à CentraleSupélec et intervient dans plusieurs grandes écoles, dont Mines Paris – PSL. Auditionné par l'Assemblée nationale dans le cadre de la mission parlementaire sur la résilience nationale, il a également été sélectionné pour former les services de la Première ministre Élisabeth Borne.


Comprendre les crises pour mieux anticiper

Changement climatique, raréfaction des ressources, tensions géopolitiques, fragilité des chaînes d'approvisionnement, transformations technologiques : Arthur Keller analyse ces phénomènes non comme des crises isolées, mais comme les manifestations interdépendantes de déséquilibres plus profonds.

Il met en évidence les limites des réponses fragmentées et du recours systématique à l'innovation technologique, tout en explorant les marges de manœuvre dont disposent encore les entreprises, les institutions et les territoires.

Son travail ne se limite pas à identifier les risques. Il cherche à comprendre les mécanismes qui entravent les transformations et à définir des stratégies permettant aux organisations de devenir plus robustes, plus autonomes et mieux préparées aux ruptures.


De l'analyse des risques à la transformation collective

Conseiller auprès d'acteurs publics, de collectivités territoriales et de comités exécutifs, Arthur Keller développe des méthodes destinées à renforcer les capacités d'anticipation, de coopération et de résilience.

Il a notamment conçu la « stratégie du trèfle à quatre seuils », un cadre méthodologique qui articule plusieurs leviers complémentaires pour répondre aux grands défis systémiques : poursuivre les transitions nécessaires, imaginer de nouveaux modèles, préparer la résilience collective et faire face aux dynamiques destructrices.

Cette approche intègre les enjeux énergétiques, environnementaux, économiques et sociaux dans une réflexion stratégique d'ensemble. Elle invite les décideurs à dépasser la seule gestion des risques pour envisager des transformations plus profondes de leurs organisations.


Un conférencier qui conjugue lucidité et mobilisation

Avec plus de 400 interventions à son actif et trois conférences TEDx, Arthur Keller s'adresse à des publics variés, des dirigeants d'entreprise aux élus, en passant par les collaborateurs, les étudiants et le grand public.

Également formé à l'écriture de scénarios et au storytelling, il s'appuie sur la narration pour rendre accessibles des problématiques complexes, questionner les certitudes et susciter de nouvelles perspectives.

Ses conférences associent décryptage des enjeux, réflexion stratégique et leviers d'action. Loin de se limiter à un discours d'alerte, elles visent à provoquer une prise de conscience constructive et à encourager la mise en mouvement individuelle et collective.


Understand disruption, regain room for manoeuvre and build new possibilities for the future.

— Arthur Keller
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Conferences

In his talks, Arthur Keller offers a systems-based perspective on today’s major transformations and practical frameworks to anticipate risks, rethink strategy and mobilise organisations for the challenges ahead.

01

Leading in a world of upheaval: a new approach to leadership

Making decisions, anticipating change and bringing people together when old assumptions no longer hold.

How do you lead when rapid change, interconnected crises and uncertainty challenge the usual rules?

Economic, ecological, technological and geopolitical upheavals are testing established decision-making models. Conventional planning and risk-management tools do not always capture the complexity involved.

Arthur Keller offers a systems perspective and explores the skills leaders need to navigate instability: seeing the bigger picture, understanding interdependencies, anticipating tipping points and developing adaptive strategies.

Beyond managing uncertainty, this talk invites leaders to redefine their role: creating meaning, strengthening collaboration, bringing teams together and turning turbulence into an opportunity for renewal.

  • Understand the forces reshaping organisations.
  • Develop strategic thinking suited to complexity and uncertainty.
  • Improve anticipation and decision-making.
  • Unite teams around a meaningful shared direction.
Ideal for Executives, leadership teams, managers, corporate conventions and leadership seminars.
Format Conference, keynote or seminar talk · De 45 minutes à deux heures
02

Cascading crises: understanding the major systemic risks of the 21st century

Look beyond individual crises to understand the vulnerabilities of our world.

Climate change, energy tensions, resource depletion, economic instability, technological shifts and geopolitical rivalry: are these challenges truly independent?

Arthur Keller explains how they interact within complex systems and may trigger cascading effects far beyond the original disruption.

By examining the interdependencies underpinning our societies, he shows why conventional, issue-by-issue responses often fail to address deeper economic and social vulnerabilities.

Through systems thinking, audiences learn to recognise how crises spread, spot signals of fragility and question blind spots in current strategies.

  • Understand systemic crises and cascading effects.
  • Identify links between the economy, energy, resources, climate and geopolitics.
  • Recognise structural vulnerabilities.
  • Reconsider responses from a whole-system perspective.
Ideal for Executives, industrial companies, institutions, professional associations, universities and foresight events.
Format Conference, keynote or seminar talk · De 45 minutes à deux heures
03

Collective resilience: preparing organisations and communities for tomorrow’s crises

Move beyond risk management to build more robust organisations.

How can a company, organization or community prepare for major disruptions whose timing, scale and nature cannot be precisely predicted?

Supply chain interruptions, food and energy pressures, infrastructure failures and extreme weather can challenge the continuity of essential activities.

Arthur Keller proposes going beyond traditional crisis management to develop a genuine strategy of collective resilience.

He explores ways to reduce critical dependencies, improve adaptive capacity, strengthen autonomy and foster cooperation between economic, institutional and local stakeholders. His approach helps identify priorities and coordinate responses.

  • Identify critical vulnerabilities in organisations and territories.
  • Anticipate supply disruptions and network failures.
  • Build autonomy, robustness and adaptive capacity.
  • Develop cooperative approaches to collective resilience.
Ideal for Companies, industry, local authorities, public-sector bodies, business networks and risk managers.
Format Conference, keynote or seminar talk · De 45 minutes à deux heures
04

Innovating differently: rethinking business models in a world of limits

When innovation means not merely doing more, but doing things differently.

Will technology, green growth and transition policies be enough to meet the economic and environmental challenges of the 21st century?

Arthur Keller questions the limits of contemporary development models and reconsiders innovation in light of energy, material and ecological constraints.

Rather than rejecting technology, he distinguishes innovations that genuinely reduce vulnerability from those that shift problems elsewhere or create new dependencies.

He explores low-tech approaches, resource sufficiency, cooperation and more robust business models, asking how economic activity can align with the physical, environmental and social realities of our time.

  • Understand the limits of technological solutionism.
  • Identify innovation that makes organisations truly more robust.
  • Explore low-tech innovation and resource sufficiency.
  • Rethink business models in light of energy and material constraints.
Ideal for Companies, industry, innovation teams, executive committees, sustainability professionals and business events.
Format Conference, keynote or seminar talk · De 45 minutes à deux heures
05

Reinventing the future: from awareness to collective transformation

Change how we view the future to regain the power to act.

As crises and uncertainty accumulate, how do we avoid resignation, move beyond alarm and regain the ability to shape a desirable future?

Arthur Keller explores how shared narratives influence the way we understand the world, make decisions and act.

He shows that prevailing stories about progress, growth and transition shape our strategies, often hiding alternative paths. Questioning these narratives opens up new possibilities.

Combining foresight, systems thinking and storytelling, he brings together a clear-eyed assessment of challenges, identification of opportunities for action and collective mobilisation. The aim is to move beyond awareness towards meaningful transformation.

  • Understand how narratives and collective imaginaries shape decisions.
  • Move beyond fatalism and limiting visions of the future.
  • Identify individual and collective levers for transformation.
  • Build shared perspectives and turn reflection into action.
Ideal for Corporate conventions, transformation seminars, foresight events, institutions, universities and public conferences.
Format Conference, keynote or seminar talk · De 45 minutes à deux heures

For which events?

Arthur Keller speaks at the key moments where people, performance and impact matter.

  • Seminars and conventions
  • Leadership committees and strategic talks
  • Product launches
  • CSR and climate events
  • Institutions, schools and universities

Possible formats

Formats adaptable to your goals and context.

  • Inspiring talk
  • Impactful keynote
  • Participative workshop
  • Panel
  • Webinar

Why choose them?

A unique experience serving strong, useful messages.

  • Field experience backing the message
  • Authentic and inspiring stories
  • Human, demanding and accessible approach
  • Tailored content aligned with your stakes
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Videos

Explore Arthur Keller’s thinking through a selection of talks on systemic risk, resilience and the transformation of our societies.

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Systemic crises: understanding the limits of our civilisation 02:06:51
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Systemic crises: understanding the limits of our civilisation

Arthur Keller soutient que les solutions technologiques et les politiques de transition à elles seules ne peuvent pas résoudre les crises écologiques, énergétiques et économiques, et décrit des moyens de construire des sociétés plus autonomes, coopératives et résilientes.

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Collapse: why our visions of the future need to change 28:08
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Collapse: why our visions of the future need to change

Arthur Keller remet en question les hypothèses de croissance illimitée et discute de quatre scénarios futurs, mettant en avant l'anticipation, la résilience locale et la coopération.

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Systemic crises: turning disruption into opportunities for change 18:54
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Systemic crises: turning disruption into opportunities for change

An introduction to his transformation strategy built around four complementary approaches: pursuing transitions, imagining new models, strengthening collective resilience and countering destructive dynamics.

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A wake-up call or decline: rethinking civilisation within planetary limits 18:14
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A wake-up call or decline: rethinking civilisation within planetary limits

Arthur Keller aborde les vulnérabilités d'un modèle intensif en croissance et en ressources, puis identifie trois moteurs de changement : redessiner nos imaginaires collectifs, contrer les dynamiques destructrices et construire des territoires résilients.

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Beyond climate: rethinking civilisation within planetary limits 18:07
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Beyond climate: rethinking civilisation within planetary limits

A talk about the ecological and material limits faced by modern societies and the changes needed to strengthen collective agency and resilience.

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