Les Artisans du Changement

What Les Artisans du Changement does

Les Artisans du Changement is a French Association Loi 1901 (non-profit) founded in 2015 and headquartered in Nantes, operating as a collective of approximately 30 vetted consultants, trainers, speakers, coaches, facilitators, and well-being practitioners serving organizations in the Grand Ouest region of France. The collective delivers multidisciplinary change-management services covering strategic advisory, individual and team coaching, organizational transformation, participatory facilitation (Forum Ouvert, World Café, Barcamp, Simplificathon, Ideathon, Croisière du Changement on the Erdre river), professional training (in-person, remote, hybrid), keynote speaking, workplace well-being, and internal communication consulting.

The collective operates two digital platforms: Change Lab, a subscription-based pedagogical video platform launched in 2021 by member La Fabrique du Changement with contributions from other artisans; and TGS Knowledge, a customizable WordPress-based knowledge base co-developed by member Atelier Chaman with TGS France for franchise networks. Members also publish books through Pearson and Dunod. The collective runs La Fabrique du Changement, an annual flagship event in Nantes co-organized with member La Fabrique du Changement.

Revenue mechanics combine membership dues, a 10% retrocommission on collective client engagements (contributed back to the association), individual training fees from members who are registered training organizations, Change Lab subscription revenue, event and publication income, and public/private donations including crowdfunding. Go-to-market is community-led: inbound requests reach a generic contact email, are distributed equitably via a WhatsApp business channel with priority given to members without recent missions, and pilot members manage client relationships. Distribution is Regional, concentrated in the Grand Ouest, with no disclosed expansion plans beyond that territory.

Name

Les Artisans du Changement

Legal name

Les Artisans du Changement

Website

https://lesartisansduchangement.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Les Artisans du Changement is a Nantes-based non-profit collective of ~30 consultants, trainers, coaches, and facilitators delivering organizational transformation, coaching, training, and well-being services to organizations in France's Grand Ouest region, supported by the Change Lab digital platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Organizational Change Consulting

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Change Management & Transformation Consulting (BPAHAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Change Management & Transformation Leadership (EDABAAAD), Organization Design & Change Management Consulting (BPAHACAD), Organizational Change & Transformation Coaching (EDABANAG), Enterprise Application Training, Change Management & Adoption Services (BPAEAGAN)

Keywords

• Organizational transformation consulting
• Change management coaching
• Managerial innovation training
• Workplace well-being services
• Facilitation workshop services

Headquarters

HQ city

Nantes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership dues (cotisations): Annual membership fees paid by active artisan members, ambassadors of change (honorary members), and bienfacteur (benefactor) members. The fee amount is set annually by the bureau.
2. Collective client engagements: Members work together on client engagements explicitly addressed to the collective. A 10% retrocommission on revenue generated from collective missions is contributed back to the association to fund projects aligned with its purpose.
3. Training and formation revenue: Individual artisan members (most of whom are registered training organizations) deliver paid in-person, remote, or hybrid training programs on topics including management facilitation, creative methods, visual management, leadership, presentation skills, and cognitive efficiency.
4. Events, conferences, and publications: Revenue from organizing events, seminars, conferences, colloquia, and publishing (print and digital editions). The collective conducts actions of mutualized communication and co-publishing.
5. Public and private donations, crowdfunding: The association receives subsidies, patronage/mécénat, and may engage in crowdfunding campaigns via web platforms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Les Artisans du Changement is a French collective of approximately 30 consultants, trainers, coaches, facilitators, and well-being practitioners that delivers organizational transformation services to companies and institutions in Western France. Its offering spans individual and team coaching, managerial and organizational consulting, participatory facilitation formats (Open Space, Barcamp, World Café, etc.), professional training programs, keynote speaking, workplace well-being services, and internal communication support. The collective also operates Change Lab, a subscription-based pedagogical video platform launched in 2021, and the TGS Knowledge platform for franchise networks.

Product overview

Les Artisans du Changement is a collective of approximately 30 consultants, trainers, speakers, coaches, facilitators, and well-being practitioners based in Western France. The offering consists of consulting/coaching services (Accompagnements au changement), collective facilitation (Temps collectifs), professional training programs, keynote speaking, workplace well-being services, and internal communication consulting. The collective also offers two digital platforms: Change Lab (a subscription-based pedagogical platform with video content launched in 2021) and TGS Knowledge (a WordPress-based knowledge base solution for franchise networks). Additional offerings include La Croisière du Changement (creative workshops on the Erdre river) and published works including meeting guides and team management books.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Change Lab A subscription-based pedagogical video platform offering tutorials, conferences, interviews, and themed learning capsules for organizations undergoing transformation. Targets executives, managers, HR professionals, and training managers.
• Accompagnements au changement (Coaching & Consulting) Individual and team coaching, managerial innovation consulting, and change ambassador community programs to support organizational transformation. Delivered to executives, managers, and teams.
• Temps collectifs (Collective Facilitation) Design and facilitation of participatory formats including Open Space (Forum Ouvert), Simplificathon, Creative Marathon, Ideathon, Barcamp, World Café, pedagogical expeditions, workshops, and inspiring conferences for organizational seminars and collective time.
• Formations (Training) Professional training programs in meeting survival kits, facilitative management, visual management, creativity methods, collaborative skills, project management with mind mapping, leadership, and presentation skills. Delivered in-person, remote, or hybrid formats.
• Conférences (Keynote Speaking) Inspirational talks and keynote conferences covering appreciative management, feminine leadership, innovative management practices, and workplace well-being, delivered to audiences of 20 to 500 people.
• Bien-être au travail (Workplace Well-being) Stress and time management techniques, innovative well-being practices, and relaxation methods delivered in individual, team, or collective formats for seminars.
• Communication interne (Internal Communication) Internal communication strategy services including WebTV creation, podcast production, knowledge bases, photo and video reports, and employer brand communication.
• La Croisière du Changement Creative workshops conducted aboard a boat on the Erdre river in Nantes, offering an all-inclusive formula with meals, workshops, navigation, and entertainment for companies in transition.
• TGS Knowledge A configurable digital knowledge base platform built on WordPress open source, enabling franchise networks to communicate and transmit their expertise to franchisees through organized content trees, voting, comments, and supplementary features such as blogs, FAQs, forums, and idea labs.
• Les Livres des Artisans du Changement (Published Works) Published books and guides produced by collective members, including 'Guide de survie aux réunions', 'Guide de survie aux réunions à distance', 'Cultiver une équipe', 'Petit traité d'écologie personnelle', and 'Accompagner le changement avec les neurosciences'.

Quantifiable outcome

• 98% of people surveyed believe meetings are necessary, 75% feel they waste time in meetings, 88% have felt useless in a meeting, 77% felt useless more than once, and nearly 1 in 3 executives admits to having fallen asleep in a meeting — indicating the scale of the problem the collective's tools address.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• WORKLABminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021WORKLAB is a member of the collective and contributed to the Change Lab platform. It is also the author/publisher of several books (Guide de survie aux réunions, Guide de survie aux réunions à distance) published with Pearson, available through the collective's offerings.
• La Fabrique du ChangementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLa Fabrique du Changement is co-organizer of the annual La Fabrique du Changement event in Nantes and is a member of the collective. It launched the Change Lab platform in 2021 with contributions from other artisan members. The relationship is mutual: La Fabrique du Changement leverages the collective's network and expertise while contributing flagship events and content to the collective's ecosystem.
• Atelier ChamanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAtelier Chaman is a member of the collective and contributed to the development of the Change Lab platform. It is also the author of the book 'Cultiver une équipe' and handles the installation and maintenance of TGS Knowledge platforms.
• TGS FranceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTGS France, a specialist in franchise networks, partnered with Atelier Chaman (a collective member) to develop and commercialize TGS Knowledge, a customizable knowledge base platform. TGS France commercializes the solution while Atelier Chaman installs and maintains it. This is a cooperative arrangement between a member entity and an external partner.
• La Fabrique du ChangementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of the annual La Fabrique du Changement event of Nantes — a flagship change management event. This partnership is central to the collective's event-driven GTM strategy and community-building efforts.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Wemanity: A French management consulting firm focused on new ways of working, organizational agility, and managerial transformation. Directly comparable in targeting similar enterprise clients around new managerial practices, organizational change, and workplace innovation in the French market.
• Kea & Partners: A French boutique consulting firm specializing in organizational transformation, leadership, and new ways of working. Directly comparable as a French transformation consulting specialist serving similar enterprise clients with overlapping services in change management and managerial innovation.
• Stanwell: A French boutique transformation consulting firm serving enterprises on change, agility, and new managerial practices. Comparable as another French specialist consulting firm addressing similar transformation pain points for French enterprise and mid-market clients.
• Empowill: A French change management and human resources transformation consulting firm. Directly comparable in providing change management consulting, leadership development, and organizational transformation services to French enterprise clients.
• La Fabrique du Changement: A Nantes-based change management organization and core member of Les Artisans du Changement. Co-organizes the annual La Fabrique du Changement event and launched the Change Lab pedagogical platform in 2021, making it both a sister organization and the most direct comparable in mission, geography, and content focus.
• Luminess (formerly Cyrès): A French consulting firm dedicated to change management and organizational transformation. Directly comparable as a French specialist serving similar mid-market and enterprise clients on transformation, adoption, and managerial change initiatives.

Others

• Atelier Chaman: A member of the Les Artisans du Changement collective that handles installation and maintenance of TGS Knowledge (a WordPress-based franchise knowledge base platform). It is an ecosystem participant, providing a digital/technology product that the broader collective network leverages for client engagements.

Broad incumbents

• McKinsey & Company: Global management consulting firm with extensive organizational practice addressing transformation, leadership, and change management. Comparable as a broad incumbent operating in the same organizational transformation space, though at vastly greater scale and across all geographies.
• Boston Consulting Group: Global management consulting firm with organizational and people practices serving transformation, change, and leadership agendas. Comparable as a broad incumbent with overlapping capabilities in organizational transformation consulting for enterprise clients globally.
• Capgemini Invent: The digital transformation and innovation consulting arm of Capgemini, offering organizational change and transformation services at scale. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering overlapping change management capabilities as part of a much wider portfolio serving global enterprise clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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