About Henri-Jean
I am a…
Brainstormer, Business adviser, Concerned citizen, Entrepreneur, Event planner, Explorer, Idea generator, Marketer, Photographer, World traveler
Bio
1970-75 Toronto Canada York University while working with Shell Canada+Bank of America and Massey Ferguson
1975-1988 Massey Ferguson different positions held in Human resources worlwide (London, Luzern, Rome, Des Moines, Mexico)and experience in Sales and marketing in France creating large innovative copartnershiped events programs, etc...
1987+1988 AFRICATRACK Paris Dakar with and on agricultural tractors as Charity offering mechanic supports -tractors and implements toselected advanced 25 communities in Mali, Burkina, Senegal and Ivory Coast, a complete adhesion of unions, staff and management of more than 25 partner companies...Habitat/UN spotted for supporting better-of communities.
1988 Creation of EXPLORACTION, an incentive/adverstising/video company, creating lots af special events in IT, Industry, pharmaceutical, services...Client elected Company of the year in Brazil,winner of Biarritz film festival, over 2000 events of different kinds, travelling through more than 80 countries,
since 1988, additional companies joined the Group or were developped within the group, enforcing the specialties and attracting key staff bringing additional experiences in Advertsing, travel, strategy, internet, filming...including the creation of EXPLORACTION Middle East in Dubai Media City to ease business opportunities with Middle East, India, Asia, Africa...
I'm passionate about
meeting original people that can sparkle ideas with no boudaries...creating testimonials of these encounters, hence creating happenings around merging ideas...looking at life a constructive way
An idea worth spreading
building up educational and sound economic projects with large corporations that wish really to enter the citizenship of the world...hence changing attitude of a majority of well-off into dynamic interest with less favorised communities...
gathering key international actors in the desert to share their new constellation of countries planets with their assets and create interactive exchange tools to promote exchanges and understandings
Areas of expertise
Creative and Stragetic Thinker and Planner, Creative Enterprise
The TED story
a new story to develop...though exchange, discovering, understanding, adding, creating,...
we will see
TED INDIA followed by TED in BHOUTAN was an amazing experience where I felt more humble everyday, just by listening to the outstanding stories some of the guest speakers were sharing.
Inspiring, encountering rejuvanating , a need to stand up differently...
Things you might not know
founding positive elements in each encounter
