It was indeed Michel’s role as a consultant in management strategy and communication which inspired him to carry out more fundamental research on alternative futures. He even went as far as directing a multidisciplinary workshop on societal change, from 1985 to 1987, at the Ministry of Research in France.

Michel used his research in the writing of popular books and numerous papers on leadership, 21st century and the information society. Among his great achievements is the founding of the Club of Budapest in France, which is an international non-profit organisation dedicated to encouraging people to discuss complex global issues.

His career has seen him working with numerous international companies and associations. In 1991 he joined the Bossard Consulting Group as Senior consultant and research director. Bossard, now known as Capgemini is a top European consultancy firm. Michel then went on to create his own research and consultancy firm, MSC et Associes, in 1993, dealing with management, strategy and communication. This firm specializes in global governance, sustainable development and information society. Michel Saloff- Coste has even found the time to teach vanguard management in HEC Paris since 1990. As a contemporary artist Michel has explored a wide variety of mediums: painting, photography, video and music. His work has been exhibited and collected by many private galleries and individuals but also leading art institutions such as the Museun of Modern Art in Paris, Centre George Pompidou.

The focus of Saloff-Costes’s research and the subject matter of many of his his book is on the paradigm shift within the information society that he himself defines as a 'Creation-Communication Society'. He defines the evolution of civilization in four waves – namely 'hunting & gathering', 'agriculture & breeding,' 'industry & commerce,' and 'creation & communication'. This was then followed by analysis of the interaction between the different representational waves. Michel’s work was published and became a best seller under the title, “Le Management du Troisième Millénaire”.

Saloff-Coste further developed his framework with Carine Dartiguepeyrou and together they outlined ten long-term visions of the future called 'horizons'. Their collaborative work was published in a co-authored book, “Les Horizons du Futur”.

Worked with Remarkable People, Advised, been apprenticed to, collaborated with Ervin Laszlo , Gilles Deleuze, Andy Warhol, Thierry Gaudin, Phillipe Starck, and more than 10 CEOs of leading companies and public administration.

A Breadth of Life Experience, author, artist, painter, photographer, business school professor, scuba diver, skier, navigator, celebrity speaker, trainer, meditator, consultant, strategic advisor, coach, chairman, executive, researcher, psychologist, philosopher, sociologist, explorer, and father of teenagers Ulysses and Alexandra.

Influenced many international organizations and worked with some of the largest administrations, companies, and NGO’s in the world, as well as some of the most daring leading breakthrough organizations such as Orange, Reebok, Sodexho, Apple, EDF, Bel, Bonduelle, Sodexho, the European Commission, Club of Budapest, 2100 and CNRS.

Strategy & Leadership Elder. Mastered how to envisage the future with innovative and creative figures in a wide range of fields and industries, and then how to translate those strategic insights into leading, sustainable organizations and ecosystems, while embodying the disciplines inherent in integral leadership and organizational transformation.

Innovation Guru. Invented new tools and processes to create breakthrough innovations by applying insights from the sciences of complexity and cognitionand the daily practice of a variety of scientific, artistic and spiritual disciplines.

Artistic Achievements. Invented objects, images and music which create a cognitive break within the context and insight to reveal the truth of Cosmic reality.

These days Michel’s passions include the research of:

- the major tendencies that transform development of our civilization at planetary level
- the changes needed in countries and companies in terms of cultural, management, system and structure.

- how economic, social and ecological development can be harmonized.

- his personal aspiration is to help catalyze the emerging new civilization, co- create a world sustainable business model and bring beauty verity and ethics for a better world.

- as a integral activist he studies and promotes the political development of eco-villages and towns based on collective systemic ecological intelligence and creation.