Franck Gazzola

Challenge & Adventure
Change Management
Inspiring Stories
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PROFILE

Get ready to be blown away by the incredible images and insight of International Adventure & Documentary Photographer Franck Gazzola.

This presentation is visually stunning and captivating.

Franck will take you on an incredible journey from his life in a corporate suit to his life in a wetsuit.

Franck has explored under the polar ice, lived for 4 days and 3 nights on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean in a tiny underwater habitat, sailed the Northwest passage in the Arctic in a small expedition schooner and documented our fast-changing environment and its impact with some of the world’s most renowned scientists in very remote locations.

Franck gives a transparent insight on ‘’how he got there’’. Opportunistic mind, curiosity, hard work, passion, and determination have all contributed to shape his life.

But Franck will tell you, he is no super-hero, he is an ordinary guy who does extraordinary things. He is very relatable.

Franck won’t preach to you, he won’t lay out the rules, he’ll just give you an honest view of how he achieved his dream life, how he broke the shackles to show that change is possible.

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SPEAKING TOPICS

For Franck Gazzola, the only constant is change. He has gone through many changes, some radical ones more than once, some more subtle. Over the years his willingness and ability to change became a skill. Whether it is to reach a long shot inspirational goal, to learn to new ways of working, adjust to a new team or adapt to new processes, Franck Gazzola will take you through several pivotal changes that allowed him to travel the world and document some of the most extreme projects. Whilst taking the audience on a visual journey with some breathtaking images from his different expeditions in the most remote places on Earth, Franck will share stories and anecdotes, as well as reflect on his decision-making tools and the often-ignored various support mechanisms that can support us through changes.

Through breathtaking images taken during his missions around the world in some of the most extreme and remote environments, Franck Gazzola will give his take on his approach of risk-taking and more importantly risk-management. Through his experience and personal story, he will help reconcile ‘’risk’’ with ‘’reason’’. He will explain the actual type of risks he is exposed to and how teamwork, training, and processes help mitigate unfavourable prospects. Franck Gazzola will also talk you through some exceptionally threatening situations he has been involved in, including a shark bite 80M under the surface, and will talk through the methods and tools that allow him to work with on-going risks. Whether you are a risk-owner or a risk-taker in your own working environment, what Franck Gazzola will cover will be applicable to most industries or to our private life too.

Franck Gazzola has worked on some incredibly difficult or harsh environments and participated in highly technical project like living underwater for several days in a light portable habitat. Whether it’s sailing the infamous Northwest Passage on a 60ft schooner and diving along the way, sleeping in the bottom of the ocean or ice-climbing in Nepal, none of this work would have been possible working alone. In such conditions, where any small issue can become a life-or-death ordeal, teams are a lifeline to safety. Of course, it is not always as extreme and Franck Gazzola will paint the picture of what teamwork actually means in a context of pioneering expeditions, when something has never been done, often in remote and isolated locations. Whether the team is about managing safety, bringing different sets of skills to the table, managing complex logistics or simply bringing social comfort and laughs, Franck Gazzola will depict how working in expeditions can help break down the silos that often get in the way of good communication and excellence in execution. In his world, colleagues and acquittance mostly become friends for life, living with such intensity that no team-building event is ever needed, and growing a common sense of pride on what has been achieved. However, teams are a make-or-break in such a high-pressure/high-risk environment, requiring strong visionary leadership and an acute recruitment instinct. Franck Gazzola will cover all the aspects of the teamwork he has witnessed over the years working on remote expeditions and how it compares to his 15 years working in a Corporate environment.

I’ve always thought that meeting certain people can change the vision of one’s environment, or even one’s path…This could happen during short encounters, shared moments, or thanks to a talk in a business conference…Franck is one of those rare people. The values he conveys, the path he has chosen, and his commitment into the human adventure make his presence feel like a privileged moment in time. During our last conference in June 2019, I needed to lead my team into pushing their own limits in thoughts and actions. Franck took all the necessary time to prepare this conference with me. He was able to accurately scope my business stakes as well as my team’s. Franck has the required sensitivity to get in-sync with the audience and the charisma to take us all with him into his explorations. We call came out with a renewed consciousness of our potential & possibilities, both individually and as a group.

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