IFSI - FIIS

What IFSI - FIIS does

IFSI (Forum International de l'Innovation Sociale) is a French non-profit association founded in 1976 under the Association Loi 1901 legal framework, headquartered in Paris at 60 rue de Bellechasse. The organization delivers international training seminars and consulting programs focused on institutional transformation, serving private and public organizations, managers, consultants, public officials, psychotherapists, and other professionals. It also supports participation by young professionals from Southern countries through a scholarship program. The organization is registered as an approved French training organization (n° 11750269775) and is governed by a member-elected board currently presided over by Michael Gutmann.

Its core offering is a proprietary Institutional Transformation methodology that integrates psychoanalytic theory drawn from W.R. Bion, the Group Relations tradition, open systems theory, personalism, and systemic analysis. The product portfolio comprises four main programs: TransformaCtion (the flagship annual international seminar on authority, leadership and transformation since 1978), FLAM (an annual seminar on femininity, leadership, authority and masculinity since 2004), Leading Consultation (an 18-month consultant training program delivered in partnership with the University of Bath), and Identité, Rôle et Travail (IRT, a seminar on identity, role, and work). Delivery occurs through in-person international seminars coordinated from Paris and conducted across France, Spain, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Italy, Israel, Peru, and Cuba, with brochures and registration in French, English, and Spanish. The organization also curates selected academic publications on group relations, institutional transformation, and organizational change.

IFSI generates revenue through individual and corporate membership fees and participation fees for seminars, processed through a website payment portal; specific pricing is not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market model relies primarily on word-of-mouth through an international network of sister associations (Israel, Cuba, Colombia, Italy, Belgium, Peru), alumni of prior seminars, and university partnerships. The organization operates with approximately 6 employees and is structured as a member-run association rather than a commercial entity, with no external investors or parent company.

Name

IFSI - FIIS

Legal name

Forum International de l'Innovation Sociale (F.I.I.S)

Website

https://ifsi-fiis-conferences.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

IFSI - FIIS is a Paris-based non-profit founded in 1976 that delivers international seminars and consulting training on institutional transformation, serving managers, consultants, public officials, and organizations through a proprietary psychoanalytic and Group Relations methodology.

Ownership category

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Product category

Management Consulting & Professional Training

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHACAD

Organization Design & Change Management Consulting

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Management Consulting

SECONDARYEDABAAAD

Change Management & Transformation Leadership

Education/Corporate Training & Professional Development/Leadership & Management Development

SECONDARYBPACAJAD

Change Management & Transformation (Org/HR)

Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/HR Consulting & Advisory (HR Strategy, Org Design, Change)

Keywords

• Institutional transformation consulting
• Leadership development seminars
• Group relations training
• Organizational change management
• Psychoanalytic management training

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Pricing tiers

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Core offering

IFSI delivers international experiential seminars and training programs that enable managers, consultants, and institutions to examine and transform authority, leadership, and group dynamics within organizations. Its flagship offerings — TransformaCtion, FLAM, Leading Consultation, and Identité, Rôle et Travail (IRT) — apply the proprietary Institutional Transformation methodology grounded in psychoanalytic and Group Relations theory.

Product overview

IFSI - FIIS offers a portfolio of international training seminars and educational programs focused on institutional transformation and social innovation. The core offerings include: TransformaCtion (the flagship annual seminar on authority, leadership and transformation since 1978), FLAM (seminar on gender dynamics and systemic tensions since 2004), Leading Consultation (an 18-month professional training program for consultants and managers run with the University of Bath), and Identité, Rôle et Travail (IRT seminar on identity and work). The organization also provides publications and resources drawing from psychoanalytical approaches and group relations theory.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TransformaCtion Flagship international seminar of IFSI focused on Authority, Leadership and Transformation. Created in 1978 (originally called ALT until 2005), it creates a temporary but active learning institution where participants explore their 'existence in the institutional world' through individual and collective reflection in the 'here and now'.
• FLAM International seminar addressing femininity, leadership, authority and masculinity, and the systemic tensions arising from gender relations. Established since 2004.
• Leading Consultation An 18-month international training program for consultants and managers, organized in 6 workshops alternating with consultation missions, conducted in partnership with the School of Management at the University of Bath. The program develops institutional transformation consulting capabilities and integrates consulting dimensions into management practice.
• Identité, Rôle et Travail (IRT) Seminar focusing on the interplay between identity, role, and work, using diverse forms of cultural and artistic expression to explore representations of these concepts within institutional systems.

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Technology focussed No

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Recent moves5 records

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Broad incumbents

• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with a substantial leadership and talent practice. Competes for the same C-suite change and leadership development budgets that IFSI targets, but at vastly greater scale and with broader commercial framing.
• INSEAD Executive Education: Top-tier global business school running leadership and change management programs for executives. Comparable on the leadership/change theme but serves a mass-market, corporate audience with classroom-based rather than psychoanalytic methods.
• Center for Creative Leadership (CCL): Large, established leadership development provider offering executive education, coaching, and research. Overlaps with IFSI's leadership and transformation offerings but at much greater scale and with a broader, less theory-driven methodology.
• RHR International: Global consulting firm specializing in leadership effectiveness and organizational health for senior executives. Overlaps with IFSI on leadership and institutional dynamics work but applies a more mainstream executive coaching methodology.

Direct peers

• Tavistock Institute of Human Relations: UK-based research and consulting organization and the historical home of the Group Relations tradition from which IFSI's methodology derives. Directly comparable intellectual lineage and overlapping focus on organizational dynamics and change.
• ISMA International: International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations; runs conferences, seminars, and publications at the intersection of psychoanalysis and organizational life — a closely aligned peer in methodology and audience.
• A.K. Rice Institute: US organization dedicated to extending the Group Relations tradition into organizational consulting and leadership development. Shares IFSI's psychoanalytic foundations and seminar-based experiential learning format.
• Group Relations International: US-based professional association for group relations conferences and training, listed as a sister organization on IFSI's own site. Direct peer operating the same experiential learning format and theoretical framework.
• Centre for Group Relations (Leicester): UK-based group relations training and conference provider working in the same Tavistock/Group Relations tradition as IFSI, serving consultants and managers through experiential learning events.
• Praxis International: European organization referenced by IFSI as a sister association, operating group relations conferences and consulting work across Europe with shared methodology and audience.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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