Jorge Sá has a master’s degree from the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management in California, where he studied with Peter Drucker (who offered letters of recommendation and endorsements for his books), and a doctorate (PhD) in Business Administration, from Columbia University, in New York, where he was a student, research and teaching assistant. He was always in the Dean’s list.

He was awarded the Jean Monnet Chair (by the Jean Monnet Foundation at Brussels), the highest European academic award, and has in the past received several distinctions including Fulbright, Beta, Gamma and Sigma fellowships.

He has two undergraduate degrees one in Economics and one in Business Administration and a graduate degree in Macroeconomics.

He is currently a professor at Swiss Business School (Zurich) and at AESE (associated with IESE of Barcelona).

Has addressed conferences and given seminars at several international universities and institutions including TED (USA), Drucker School, London Business School, IESE, Glasgow Business School, ESSEC (France), ESSAM (European Consortium of Business Schools), Oxford, Manchester Business School, George Washington University, University of São Paulo, School of Economics, Institute of Experimental and Technological Biology, Liberty Forum (Brazil) and University Jorge Amado. He also addressed conferences and presented articles in several academic meetings, namely Academy of Management, Western Economic Association, Peter Drucker Society of Europe, etc.

He has worked as a private consultant, has been a non-executive director or has taught in the executive programmes of multinational companies such as: Coca-Cola, SHELL, Unisys, IBM, Price Waterhouse, Klynveld Peat Main Goerdeler, Glaxo, British Petroleum – BP, Dun & Bradstreet, Deloitte & Touche, Makro (Metro group), Systéme U, I.F.A, Intermarché, Mini Prix Bonjours, Accenture, Watson Wyatt, Cap Gemini, Cesce, Scottish & Newcastle, Sara Lee, Microsoft, Total, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Logica, Indra, Grandvision, Jafep, Euler Hermes, Cosec, Pestana Hotels, Tivoli Hotels & Resorts, Millennium Bank, Julius Baer, SGG, Henkel, Abencys, Broadbill, Volkswagen Group, McDonald’s, MiTek, United Steel Products, etc.

His books have been published in eleven languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin), Russian, Ukrainian, German, Lithuanian, Thai, Korean and Norwegian and have received endorsements, among others, from Peter F. Drucker, Philip Kotler (world’s number one authority in marketing), Al Ries (author of the bestsellers Marketing Warfare and Positioning), Don Hambrick (Professor at Columbia University and at The Pennsylvania State University), Karl Moore (Professor at Oxford and McGill University), Luiz Moutinho (Professor at Glasgow University), and so on.

His hobbies are History and soccer. On the latter Sá holds a degree as a professional soccer coach. He speaks and writes (by alphabetical order) English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish.

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PUBLICATIONS:

BOOKS:

On strategy:

• Strategy Moves” (Prentice-Hall/ Financial Times)
• Anergy: a step by step approach to avoid 2 + 2 = 3” (Promoculture Larcier)
• The Neglected Firm” (Palgrave/MacMillan)
• The War Lords (Kogan Page)

On innovation (entre and intrapreneurship):

• Cómo innovar: mi empresa es mi primer trabajo (Ediciones del Laberinto, Spain)

On general management:

• How to create battle-ready organizations: Peter Drucker’s recommendations (VE)

On leadership:

• There is no leadership: only effective management (VE)

On staffing:

• Shakespeare, Henry V and the lessons for management (VE)

DVD’S / FILMS:

• TED USA talk in the link: https://youtu.be/SOkjPVi1Fts

AWARDS RECEIVED:

• Jean Monnet Chair (by the Jean Monnet Foundation Brussels)

TESTIMONIALS:

• “Professor SÀ is a great public speaker. Engaging, erudite, witty and to the point. He brings abstract concepts of business and the economy to life.” FREDRIK ERIXON – President of the European Centre For International Political Economy in Brussels

• “Participants’ feedback about the “Matinale” was outstanding. Thank you also for all the material and the books you brought along. Participants took along all the material, underlining their interest. Please accept once again our deep gratitude for your inspiring and eye-opening presentation[…] .” MARC WAGENER- Directeur at Fondation Idea / Chamber of Commerce Luxembourg
  

• “Many thanks for your outstanding presentation. It was well structured, very clear, simple and pleasant. You are a very natural speaker. Great work. […] It was a pleasure and an honor to see your “one man show”. A lot of humility and outstanding communicator.” Dr. MONCEF HADHRI- European Chemical Industry Council in Brussels
  

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