Mike Ciabatti, founder.

Mike Ciabatti has spent most of his career in positions where one decides with incomplete information and teams to lead: general management of a services company, training of managers, militia service in the Swiss Armed Forces, a deployment in Kosovo, advisory work for executives and institutions. This path gave him a conviction, then a method, then a firm.

The conviction: decision is a craft, with its rules, its tools and its typical mistakes, not a talent one either has or lacks. The method, set out in Intelligence Stratégique and in the newsletter Le métier de décider, refuses to confuse what one knows, what one assumes and what others have an interest in making one believe. The firm applies this method for executives facing a difficult decision, in Valais, in Geneva and beyond.

Markers

• Some fifteen years in management and leadership positions, where one decides with incomplete information and teams to lead.
• General management of a Swiss services company of some sixty employees, with its decisions on investment, organisation, people and governance.
• Certified adult trainer; several years training managers and operational teams.
• University education at MBA level, obtained in the United States.
• Specialist militia officer in the Swiss Armed Forces, in the field of media and information, which is where the discipline for reading contested situations described in the approach comes from; one deployment abroad.
• Author of Intelligence Stratégique and of the method "Décider sur des chiffres, pas sur des impressions", published in open access.

The detailed career, with dates and employers, is on the LinkedIn profile›; this site does not repeat it.

Working languages

French and English, native; professional German.

What you will not find here

No client list, no testimonials. The firm prefers to be judged on what it writes and on what it does in engagements. The publications are freely accessible; the engagements remain confidential.

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