
Dr Marc Stierand

Dr Marc Stierand
Full Professor
Expertise
- Creativity, aesthetics, and sensory knowing
- Culinary arts
- Management education & development
- Managerial and organizational cognition
Biography
Marc Stierand, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Service Management and the Director of the Institute of Business Creativity at EHL. Before joining the world of academia, he was a chef in Michelin-starred restaurants and luxury hotels. His research focuses on managerial and organizational cognition and management education and development in the hospitality context, with particular interest in personal and team creativity, intuition, and talent.
Marc has authored several papers in diverse outlets including Management Learning, Creativity and Innovation Management, the Journal of Creative Behavior, and the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. He is a regular presenter and session chair at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM) and the British Academy of Management Annual Conference (BAM) where he is also a steering group member of the Research Methodology Special Interest Group.
Awards
‘Best Developmental Paper Award’ delivered by the British Academy of Management’s Research Methodology Track for the paper titled ‘Intellectual Quietness: Our Struggles With Researching Creativity As A Process.’ (2018)
'Developing creativity in practice: Explorations with world-renowned chefs' included in a Virtual Special Issue of Management Learning on sensory knowledge that the journal believes illustrates the finest work on sensory knowledge that has been published in the journal in the least ten years (2017)
‘Best Developmental Paper Award’ delivered by the British Academy of Management’s Research Methodology Track for ‘Reflecting on Becoming: The Role of Savoir, Savoir-Faire, and Savoir-Être.’ (2016)
'Creativity and Innovation in Haute Cuisine: Towards a Systemic Model' is listed as the most cited Creativity and Innovation Management articles published in 2014 and 2015 (2016)
Education