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The 2025 Sogeti Executive Summit opened not with solemnity but with a smile. “A CEO,” began Christophe Bonnard, “is merely a robot—but without the empathy.” Laughter filled the room, but the quip went straight to the summit’s theme: ‘Autopilot Yes/No: Protect Us from What We Want.’ What happens to leadership, he asked, when intelligence—artificial or not—takes the wheel?
Christophe welcomed 150 attendees, including nearly 100 clients from 14 countries and 87 first time participants. He reminded everyone that this was a non-commercial gathering—a place for reflection, not sales. “For the next 24 hours, you will not hear about Sogeti at all,” he joked, “except for these two minutes—because I’m the
boss.”
He painted Sogeti as fast-moving, close to clients, and human-centered. The company, he said, is defined by “technical expertise, responsiveness, and a collaborative mindset.”
Innovation, for Sogeti, is not about chasing trends but “co-creating solutions that make people and businesses thrive.” As he declared the summit open, Christophe left the audience with a challenge: “AI is no longer just a tool—it’s a decision-maker. The question is: when do we trust the autopilot, and when do we keep our hands on the wheel?” His closing wish—“Join us as thoughtful navigators of change”—set the perfect tone for a summit that promised to be part intellectual expedition, part human introspection.
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