Sociologist and anthropologist, Alain de Vulpian founded in 1954 COFREMCA SOCIOVISION, a team of field sociologists specializing in change in modern societies and innovative policies. In 1975 he founded RISC (Research Institute for Sociocultural Change) whose president he was until 1990.
Historian, Irène Dupoux-Couturier was co-founder and CEO of CEFRI (Training Center for International Realities) from 1973 to 2003, helping managers all over the world to develop their international strategies through better understanding of the various national and managerial cultures.
She was also the co-founder in 1999 of SoL France, exit from MIT, with the goal of making people the heart and center of organizations.