Albert Meige
Associate Director
Shifting perception to explore and understand the world
Education
MBA
HEC Paris Business School
PhD in theoretical & numerical physics
Australian National University
Telecom Engineering degree
Past Experience
Presans
Founder & CEO
Ministry of Higher Education & Research
Advisor to the Minister
HEC Paris business school
Executive Program Director
Institut Mines-Telecom
Executive MBA Program Director
Ecole Polytechnique
Research Fellow
Albert Meige has been an entrepreneur since his teenage years when he started selling magic shows. He is the founder of Presans, a startup he sold to the strategy consulting firm Arthur D. Little in 2020, and of which he is now Associate Director. Albert has been an Academic Director at HEC Paris and Mines-Telecom Institute. Trained as a Telecom Engineer, he holds a PhD in Computational Physics from the Australian National University and an MBA from HEC Paris Business School. In 2008, the French École Polytechnique awarded him its Innovation Prize. He is the author of many books and publications on innovation and digital transformation, over a dozen peer-reviewed academic articles, two patents, as well as the ministerial report “La Formation de l’Esprit Entrepreneur“ (2018). Albert is an ultra-trail runner and a seasoned photographer. He can solve a Rubik's Cube in less than fifty seconds and loves (urban) exploration…
Be careful out there
By now, business executives are well aware that using artificial intelligence (AI), especially generative AI (GenAI) such as ChatGPT, brings with it certain risks as well as benefits. Apart from the commonly cited existential risk of a future artificial general intelligence posing a threat to mankind, there are plenty of less severe but more likely risks. Those that most people have read about already are possible biases in GenAI’s outputs, as well as its propensity to “hallucinate” on occasion.
Simulating strategy
Is the Metaverse dead? With the same rapidity that it was hyped up only a couple of years ago, today it has fallen from grace. So far, most people have failed to get excited about the idea of spending large amounts of time withdrawn from the real world wearing clunky goggles. Now, it’s all about artificial intelligence.
A guest role for AI
The applications for generative artificial intelligence (AI) keep on coming. In the first of a series of Blue Shift Bulletins, in which we share some thoughts based on interviews with industry and academic experts, we take a look at the disruptive benefits of AI for the hospitality industry, one of the less-talked-about industries so far in the great AI debate. Our first interview was with Alix Boulnois, Chief Digital Officer (CDO) and executive committee member of the global hotel group, Accor.
The Industrial Metaverse
Is AI still dumb as a rock?
While ChatGPT’s rapid rise has fascinated the world, it is in reality just the tip of a gigantic iceberg. We have entered a transformative era of artificial intelligence (AI) in which no sector will remain intact, and the speed at which this revolution is unfolding is dizzying. In this Viewpoint, we address some crucial questions about generative AIs.
Web3 & Metaverse — The rise of the new Internet & the India opportunity
Metaverse and Web3 are often used as umbrella terms for the next generation of the Internet, and the transformation they signify presents both a challenge and an opportunity for India. While some remain skeptical, we believe Metaverse and Web3 will lead the frontiers of the next wave of digital adoption for Indian industries. This Viewpoint explores the market potential of this next version of the Internet across different industries in India and gives an overview of the early use cases tested by industries in India and across the globe.
Will AI take us into Orwell‘s 1984?
Generative artificial intelligences (AIs) are based on neural networks that have, on the one hand, been trained on immense bodies of data and information, and on the other hand, been adjusted by humans to return the expected answers. The results are staggering and the performance gains unprecedented, but then so are the risks. In this Blue Shift Bulletin, inspired by an interview with Accor Chief Digital Officer (CDO) and executive committee member Alix Boulnois, we consider briefly one of the darker prospects for AI.
From good to great: Enhancing innovation performance through effective management processes
Take off or trough?
“Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” – Niels Bohr
And man created AI in his image ...
ChatGPT arrived through lightning-speed adoption. Indeed, OpenAI confirmed that ChatGPT users surpassed 1 million just five days after its launch, making it the fastest-adopted app in history. And although not yet confirmed by OpenAI, we estimate that number grew further to somewhere between 100 and 300 million users by the end of January.
Time to renew your pilot’s license?
My kids have replaced me with ChatGPT
[This Viewpoint is the second in a series on AI and ChatGPT inspired by an article originally posted on LinkedIn that was 100% AI-generated from a single prompt. The first Viewpoint was cowritten with an AI using an iterative process. This Viewpoint offers a more in-depth critical analysis of the technology written by a human author and proofread and enhanced by an AI.]
Quantum summer or winter?
There are still big uncertainties about how quantum computing (QC) will evolve — will there be a breakthrough, when might it happen, and which technologies and applications do we expect to succeed?
This Viewpoint shares the results of a Blue Shift by Arthur D. Little (ADL) survey, inviting more than 500 experts and industry executives to gauge their views on critical uncertainties and future scenarios; to draw conclusions on technology maturity, pace, and impact; and to help illustrate what this might mean for business.
The metaverse: What’s in it for telcos?
The Metaverse is a megatrend, presenting both a challenge and an opportunity for the telco industry. While some have dismissed it as a passing fad, we believe the Metaverse: (1) necessitates structural changes to the telecom industry on an infrastructure level and (2) offers valuable economic and strategic benefits for those telcos that actively participate in it.
The Metaverse, beyond fantasy
Unleashing the business potential of quantum computing
Creative thinking for leaders
There is still a fashionable prejudice that large corporations don’t know how to do rapid radical innovation, and that start-ups are now taking the place of the research and innovation departments within big firms because the “liner is too big to turn”. This is misguided. As we saw during the COVID-19 crisis, some large companies can deliver incredible innovations very quickly. Existing products were rapidly hacked to fight the virus. For example, sporting goods retailer Decathlon transformed its diving mask into a respirator.
Albert Meige has been an entrepreneur since his teenage years when he started selling magic shows. He is the founder of Presans, a startup he sold to the strategy consulting firm Arthur D. Little in 2020, and of which he is now Associate Director. Albert has been an Academic Director at HEC Paris and Mines-Telecom Institute. Trained as a Telecom Engineer, he holds a PhD in Computational Physics from the Australian National University and an MBA from HEC Paris Business School. In 2008, the French École Polytechnique awarded him its Innovation Prize. He is the author of many books and publications on innovation and digital transformation, over a dozen peer-reviewed academic articles, two patents, as well as the ministerial report “La Formation de l’Esprit Entrepreneur“ (2018). Albert is an ultra-trail runner and a seasoned photographer. He can solve a Rubik's Cube in less than fifty seconds and loves (urban) exploration…
Be careful out there
By now, business executives are well aware that using artificial intelligence (AI), especially generative AI (GenAI) such as ChatGPT, brings with it certain risks as well as benefits. Apart from the commonly cited existential risk of a future artificial general intelligence posing a threat to mankind, there are plenty of less severe but more likely risks. Those that most people have read about already are possible biases in GenAI’s outputs, as well as its propensity to “hallucinate” on occasion.
Simulating strategy
Is the Metaverse dead? With the same rapidity that it was hyped up only a couple of years ago, today it has fallen from grace. So far, most people have failed to get excited about the idea of spending large amounts of time withdrawn from the real world wearing clunky goggles. Now, it’s all about artificial intelligence.
A guest role for AI
The applications for generative artificial intelligence (AI) keep on coming. In the first of a series of Blue Shift Bulletins, in which we share some thoughts based on interviews with industry and academic experts, we take a look at the disruptive benefits of AI for the hospitality industry, one of the less-talked-about industries so far in the great AI debate. Our first interview was with Alix Boulnois, Chief Digital Officer (CDO) and executive committee member of the global hotel group, Accor.
The Industrial Metaverse
Is AI still dumb as a rock?
While ChatGPT’s rapid rise has fascinated the world, it is in reality just the tip of a gigantic iceberg. We have entered a transformative era of artificial intelligence (AI) in which no sector will remain intact, and the speed at which this revolution is unfolding is dizzying. In this Viewpoint, we address some crucial questions about generative AIs.
Web3 & Metaverse — The rise of the new Internet & the India opportunity
Metaverse and Web3 are often used as umbrella terms for the next generation of the Internet, and the transformation they signify presents both a challenge and an opportunity for India. While some remain skeptical, we believe Metaverse and Web3 will lead the frontiers of the next wave of digital adoption for Indian industries. This Viewpoint explores the market potential of this next version of the Internet across different industries in India and gives an overview of the early use cases tested by industries in India and across the globe.
Will AI take us into Orwell‘s 1984?
Generative artificial intelligences (AIs) are based on neural networks that have, on the one hand, been trained on immense bodies of data and information, and on the other hand, been adjusted by humans to return the expected answers. The results are staggering and the performance gains unprecedented, but then so are the risks. In this Blue Shift Bulletin, inspired by an interview with Accor Chief Digital Officer (CDO) and executive committee member Alix Boulnois, we consider briefly one of the darker prospects for AI.
From good to great: Enhancing innovation performance through effective management processes
Take off or trough?
“Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” – Niels Bohr
And man created AI in his image ...
ChatGPT arrived through lightning-speed adoption. Indeed, OpenAI confirmed that ChatGPT users surpassed 1 million just five days after its launch, making it the fastest-adopted app in history. And although not yet confirmed by OpenAI, we estimate that number grew further to somewhere between 100 and 300 million users by the end of January.
Time to renew your pilot’s license?
My kids have replaced me with ChatGPT
[This Viewpoint is the second in a series on AI and ChatGPT inspired by an article originally posted on LinkedIn that was 100% AI-generated from a single prompt. The first Viewpoint was cowritten with an AI using an iterative process. This Viewpoint offers a more in-depth critical analysis of the technology written by a human author and proofread and enhanced by an AI.]
Quantum summer or winter?
There are still big uncertainties about how quantum computing (QC) will evolve — will there be a breakthrough, when might it happen, and which technologies and applications do we expect to succeed?
This Viewpoint shares the results of a Blue Shift by Arthur D. Little (ADL) survey, inviting more than 500 experts and industry executives to gauge their views on critical uncertainties and future scenarios; to draw conclusions on technology maturity, pace, and impact; and to help illustrate what this might mean for business.
The metaverse: What’s in it for telcos?
The Metaverse is a megatrend, presenting both a challenge and an opportunity for the telco industry. While some have dismissed it as a passing fad, we believe the Metaverse: (1) necessitates structural changes to the telecom industry on an infrastructure level and (2) offers valuable economic and strategic benefits for those telcos that actively participate in it.
The Metaverse, beyond fantasy
Unleashing the business potential of quantum computing
Creative thinking for leaders
There is still a fashionable prejudice that large corporations don’t know how to do rapid radical innovation, and that start-ups are now taking the place of the research and innovation departments within big firms because the “liner is too big to turn”. This is misguided. As we saw during the COVID-19 crisis, some large companies can deliver incredible innovations very quickly. Existing products were rapidly hacked to fight the virus. For example, sporting goods retailer Decathlon transformed its diving mask into a respirator.
More About Albert
- MBAHEC Paris Business School
- PhD in theoretical & numerical physicsAustralian National University
- Telecom Engineering degree
- PresansFounder & CEO
- Ministry of Higher Education & ResearchAdvisor to the Minister
- HEC Paris business schoolExecutive Program Director
- Institut Mines-TelecomExecutive MBA Program Director
- Ecole PolytechniqueResearch Fellow