Laurent Labous

Background

About Laurent Labous

Leading organisations and transformational projects with high technological value, from concept to business, research to industry, in the realm of energy transition. BACKGROUND Currently managing M2P Technological Research Institute and actively consolidating its unique R&T offering for industry while developing projects for the circular economy of critical materials toward economical sovereignty and ecological innocuity. Previously, as an independent business consultant, I specialized in energy transition challenges, managing a startup project in the lithium industry and building a portfolio of future deeptech industry champions. A physicist by training with a solid background of developing and industrializing complex technological systems, devising and delivering business-consistent technology and industrial strategies in the Energy, Natural Resources (Schlumberger, CGG, Lithium de France) and Defense (Bertin Technologies) sectors. ADDED VALUE Whether operating a strategic transformation or creating a new activity, I focus on building change and game-changing projects consistent with and leveraging capabilities in place, implementing a culture of support to facilitate people development while fostering risk-taking and accountability, ensuring coherence, agility and progress. From setting the strategic framework to operational implementation, from concept to industry / business so as to (1) design and validate industrial, technological and growth strategies,(2) deploy agile projects, partnership and organization (3) enable continuous progress and improvement INNOVATION I deploy innovation strategically at the heart of products, services, projects, organizations and ecosystems to make it an effective relay from strategy to operations, with a focus on performance, learning, and short and long-term risk management. AREAS OF INTERVENTION + strategy, opportunity analysis, strategic roadmap, innovation system and strategy + business model creation and transformation, ecosystem and partnerships, communication + engineering, architecture, optimization of solutions, systems, programs and organization, R&D + strategy, scouting, roadmapping, technology marketing physics, metallurgy, circular economy, critical materials, hydrodynamics, additive manufacturing, hydrogen