Being co-founder of the research and innovation consulting firm Stim, vice-president of the association « Third Place » for Parisien entrepreneurs, doctor in Design Theory and Innovation management from Ecoles des Mines de Paris and a professional surfer, Frédéric Arnoux believes one thing is true: the ultimate freedom of mankind lies in the power to create. Stim was born with that exact ambition – to reinvent industries and businesses using the best innovation methodologies and tools, with one industry at a time.

To realize that vision, he starts with rule 1 for our team and our clients: never conform to the rules of the game, but challenge the world as it is. Because that is the only way progress can happen. Stim has accelerated progress with its 60 clients over the last 4 years, first started with Safran (development of the new generation helicopter engine, saving fuel consumption up to 50%) then RATP (design of a low-cost commuting transport for middle-size cities, first operated in Bristol in 2015), and many more.

Driven by the thrill of solving the most complex industrial problems, he is convinced that one cannot fail, they learn, unlearn and relearn, and he is eager to share this experience to decision makers and industrial players.

Doctor in innovation management at Mines ParisTech, Olga joined Stim in mid-2016. She participated in commercial development, organizes partnerships and relations with the academic world. With Stim, she accompanied the Caisse d’Epargne and Danone. Olga also led the collaboration with Epidemium, an open scientific program aimed at using big data to better understand cancer.

Olga has retained research activities in parallel with Stim. She manages the PatentLab project of the National Research Agency (ANR) which aims to develop patent management strategies. Olga is a scientific coordinator of the International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) community.

She also teaches Mines and the Universities of Strasbourg and Paris-Dauphine. She studied engineering at the Moscow State Technical University Bauman, completed a graduate program at IBM and then studied at the Institute for Sustainable and Innovative Technologies in Ljubljana.

Passionate about high-tech, she then did her thesis with STMicroelectronics on the subject of “Risk Management in double unknown“, which she pursued in a postdoc at Mines ParisTech.

Having joined the adventure Stim in its early days, Colette has strongly contributed to the evolution of the C-K method. She was first in charge of the Creative Engine project, which gave birth to the first prototype of a creative machine. With strong methodological expertise, she is now in charge of designing innovation methodologies and disseminating Stim expertise.

In addition, Colette has had the opportunity to support many clients, both on innovation projects – such as Valeo as part of a project to design the autonomous car of the future, and on the implementation of innovation process – in the world of banking in particular.

Work in progress!

Since joining Stim in September 2016, Simon has been involved in the design and animation of international workshops at Technip to accelerate two breakthrough projects around the topic “The Pipeline of the Future”.

Previously, Simon worked on innovation topics in Dassault Systèmes – Ideas Lab Marine and Offshore, as prototyper of a 3D ship presentation software, then at Astrivis (a spin-off of ETH Zurich ) to develop a face recognition algorithm on mobile devices. He then specialized in innovation management, where he discovered C-K (and Stim!).

In parallel with this specialization, he contributed to the “Patient Space” project at Elsan, aiming to accompany patients around their care in clinics, via digital tools.

Simon is a Télécom ParisTech engineer and a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique (Master Project-Innovation-Conception).