The Bureau ofPoetic Leadership
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The Bureau of Poetic Leadership
Poetic Leadership · Poetic Advisor · Confidential speechwriter to visionary leaders
I help leaders and organisations turn defining moments into foundational words and experiences — revealing a vision, charting a course, sparking insight and moving teams to act.
When words change a trajectory
At turning points in an organisation’s story, words are not decoration. They provide direction, create commitment and make the future desirable.
Blending strategic counsel, writing and performance, I shape a voice worthy of the moment — delivered by the leader or embodied on stage by the Chief Poetic Officer.
What you can entrust to the Bureau
A bespoke speech delivered by you or performed by the Chief Poetic Officer to reveal your vision, open a chapter and leave a lasting mark.
Your vision and future — carried by your voice or embodied on stage by the CPO.A strategic and poetic narrative that turns purpose or vision into a shared language.
A foundation text in which people can recognise themselves and unite.A bespoke stage piece shaped from your theme, culture and live conversations: opening, closing, interlude or poetic summary.
Attention captured, emotion shared, commitment renewed and a lasting trace.A forward-looking story connecting strategy, imagination and contribution on the path towards lasting prosperity in harmony with the living world.
A horizon the organisation can see, desire and move towards.Confidential counsel to clarify your thinking, find the right words and prepare a voice you can fully embody.
A trusted thinking and writing partner beside you when every word matters.The moments that matter most
Transformation comes alive when people understand the direction, see themselves within it and want to contribute. Poetic art gives that vision a common language people can feel and act upon.
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Give words to defining transitions.
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Create the spark that opens imagination.
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Turn intention into collective momentum.
“The greatest constructionsare built by the strength of our arms.But the most beautiful epics are bornfrom a dream and a voice.”
One founding concept. Three experiences.
The Bureau’s founding concept
A vision of leadership · Not a keynoteBring imagination, sensitivity and the power of words into the heart of strategy.
The Chief Poetic Officer is a new role at the crossroads of leadership, storytelling and collective intelligence. It helps leaders reveal a sensitive vision, give it memorable words and turn it into shared momentum.
Numbers set objectives.
Words create collectives.
For leaders, teams or the whole organisation
Three bookable formats, three audiences and three distinct transformations.
Keynote · Coaching · Journey
Find your voice. Reveal your aura. Inspire people to act.
An experience blending poetic leadership, public speaking and personal alignment to reveal your singularity and restore the power of words to create meaning, connection and momentum.
“When you awaken your leader’s soul,
it will no longer let you sleep.”
Inspirational keynote
How leaders provide collective direction, re-enchant their organisations and co-write a desirable future.
In a world that knows how to do everything,
the true advantage will be knowing how to inspire desire.
The signature collective experience
Make everyone a co-author of the shared direction.
A collective immersion open to the whole organisation, designed to create common ground, share a desirable horizon and elevate everyone’s leadership. Each participant reveals their distinctive contribution, finds their words and becomes part of the living manifesto for a shared future.
What remains: words owned by the teams, a vision they can feel and commitment born from within.
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Words in motion
Bespoke words for the stage that capture attention, spark meaningful insight, unite people around purpose and leave a lasting trace — in English or French.
A bespoke poetic speech to set the tone, raise attention and open the field of possibilities.
A memorable finale that gathers emotions and projects the audience forward.
A poetic summary written from the conversations to reveal the essence of the shared moment.
The stage reveals a voice. Behind it, the same expertise supports leaders privately through their defining moments.
Resonance
From iconic houses to public institutions, from transition stages to executive circles.
And also: VivaTech · ProDurable · Crédit Agricole · WE DEMAIN · Dialogues en Humanité · Learning Planet Institute · Assemblée Citoyenne des Imaginaires · Institut des Futurs Souhaitables · SNCF · IntFem · UNESCO · Université de la Terre · Schumacher College · IFCAM · EDF · L’Optimisme · ESCP · MBA HEC · Utopies · Leaders League · Métamorphoses
The Bureau’s foundational book
120 punchlines for leaders and dreamers — with practices that set words in motion.
Both a personal compass and a book to experience collectively, CAP captures the essence of poetic leadership: finding words that illuminate, awakening imagination, and making everyone a co-author of the future.
To open reflection, illuminate a decision or begin a defining conversation.
To experience as a team, creating connection, freeing imagination and revealing a shared vision.
To transform collective voices into a clear, sensitive and mobilising narrative.
The voice behind the Bureau
Chief Poetic Officer, executive speechwriter, author and international keynote speaker.
A former Microsoft manager, ESCP graduate and contributor to Les Echos, Vincent Avanzi created poetic leadership to connect strategy with sensitivity, vision with words, and words with action.
A pioneer of poetry in business for more than ten years, he founded Les Poétiseurs, a collective of 40 corporate poets working to re-enchant organisations and open more human, living and desirable futures.
in Follow Vincent on LinkedIn ↗What leaders say
“He helped me articulate my deep truth and challenged me to step out of my comfort zone to share it with the world for impact.”Virginie Helias
Chief Sustainability Officer · P&G
“Listening, emotional and collective intelligence, with the ability to capture and elevate the spirit of the conversations.”Xavier Froissart
HR Director · France Télévisions
A few words can change a trajectory.Vincent Avanzi
That is why I write.
A conversation can open a future
A foundational speech, a collective manifesto, a keynote or a poetic performance: let us give your vision the words, breath and reach to chart a course, spark insight and create lasting engagement. A first confidential conversation, directly with Vincent.