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François Candelon

Alum Global Director (2019-2024), BCG Henderson Institute

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  • Engineering degree, École Polytechnique and MINES Paris Tech

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François Candelon

Alum Global Director (2019-2024), BCG Henderson Institute

François Candelon served as the Global Director of BHI from 2019 to 2024. He was a Managing Director & Senior Partner based in BCG’s Paris office for more than 30 years. He also led BHI’s Tech & Biz Lab, focusing on exploring the technology horizon and sharing actionable insights with leaders.

François researched AI and Digital as a source of competitive advantage for businesses and national economies, including topics such as AI competitivenessdeep tech, and AI & society.

His work has appeared in publications, such as Harvard Business ReviewMIT Sloan Management ReviewStrategy ScienceTED. He wrote a monthly column on AI in Fortune and was a speaker at global conferences like Politico, AI Summit, MWC, TED, Web Summit, Global AI Summit, and Wuzhen Internet Conference. In 2021, he was among the 8 shortlisted for the prestigious Thinkers50 distinguished Digital Award.

Outside of work, Francois enjoys sports, karate, contemporary art, and theater.

Recent Work

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Fortune | November 1, 2024

How Your Business Can Make the Most of Abundant Computing Power in the Age of AI

In what novel ways might leaders create, deliver, and capture value with a massive increase in computing power?

Exponential View | October 18, 2024

Generative AI’s Impact on Computing Power: Lessons from a Bullish Model of Global Demand

The challenge for most businesses is not preparing for a world of computing power scarcity, but rather the opposite—getting ready to seize orders-of-magnitude more affordable compute to secure novel forms of competitive advantage.

Fortune | October 4, 2024

GenAI as an ‘Exoskeleton’: How it Expands Your Workforce’s Capabilities

Just as an exoskeleton enhances human movement beyond natural limits, GenAI empowers workers to tackle tasks that would otherwise be out of their reach.

BCG.com | September 5, 2024

GenAI Doesn’t Just Increase Productivity. It Expands Capabilities.

A new experiment shows that GenAI isn’t just a tool for increasing productivity—it can expand the range of tasks workers can perform.

Fortune | August 30, 2024

Power Doesn’t Always Mean Profit: What Builders of Digital Ecosystems Can Learn From The Metaverse

The metaverse itself is far from dead. In fact, the spatial computing race has only just begun.

Fortune | July 5, 2024

Is AI About Automation, or Augmentation? Understanding the Difference Can Guide Your AI Investments

Business leaders would do well to reacquaint themselves with the fact that the economic value of technology is greatest when it enables full workflow automation.