President and founder of SHIGAN
For more than twenty years, Sébastien Couderc has advised executives, companies and institutions through their most sensitive...
Read more →Bring the favorable factors to the surface and shape a situation that works for you. When a situation turns sensitive, we first read who counts: who decides, who blocks, who can open the way. We then advise, and we stay to support the roll-out.
Strategic communications for sensitive situations, from Paris
Founded in 2013, SHIGAN is a firm of experts dedicated to preventing and managing sensitive contexts and communication crises: crisis communications, social strategy and employee relations, influence communications, prevention of radicalisation.
What we do
Four areas, one standard: understand who counts before acting.
Crisis communicationsIn a crisis, communicating is no longer only about finding the right words: you have to understand a fast-moving situation,...
Social strategyWhen employee relations come under strain, you need both to understand the balance of power and to know how to act.
Influence communicationsIntervening when understanding the players, the balance of power and the environment is decisive.
Prevention of radicalisation and secularismIn 2014, SHIGAN extended its activities to secularism, religion and radicalisation in the workplace and in local areas.Our network
The experts in SHIGAN's network, their working languages and the regions they cover.
Network expert
Blandine Cazelles
Founder and president of CriseHelp, partner
Blandine Cazelles founded and presides over CriseHelp, a network of independent crisis management experts.
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Network expert
Antoine Estève
Media training and crisis communication consultant
A director and senior reporter for 26 years, specialising in conflicts: the former Yugoslavia, the Middle East, Afghanistan,...
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Director of the Institut de la laïcité
Laurent Bérail directs the Institut de la laïcité, which supports companies and public bodies on secularism, religion and...
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Network expert
Mathieu Coindet
Consultant in employee relations and sensitive negotiations
From the banking sector, Mathieu Coindet has built his career on close to fifteen years of commitment to staff representation,...
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Network expert
Régis Genté
International consultant, journalist and author
An international consultant, Régis Genté works on governing circles, geopolitics, armed conflict and energy.
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Our latest articles
Social negotiation: preparing the meeting that unlocks it
A social negotiation is not won in the room. It is prepared with a clear mandate, a credible alternative and a sharp reading of each party's interests.
Disinformation: why a correction is not enough
Repeating a myth in order to correct it can make it stronger. Work on debunking and inoculation shows the fact must come first, then the technique named.
Secularism and public services in France: what the courts have settled
French secularism does not apply the same way to a civil servant, a user of public services and a private-sector employee. Three regimes, three questions, and a method to decide without improvising.
Frequently asked questions
What is SHIGAN?
SHIGAN is a consulting firm specialising in crisis communications, influence communications, social strategy and the prevention of radicalisation. It advises executives and organisations facing sensitive issues, in France and internationally.
What issues do you handle?
The firm works on crises and sensitive issues, social conflicts and restructuring, influence communications and public affairs, the prevention of radicalisation and secularism, and international communications.
Do you work internationally?
Yes. SHIGAN works from Paris and internationally, in Africa, Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and with the European institutions, through a network of partner firms.
Who do you work with?
Executives of companies, institutions, local authorities and governments who need to understand the actors involved, make a position heard or manage a sensitive situation.
How does an engagement start?
With a first conversation about your situation, the actors involved and your objectives. SHIGAN then proposes a method, a team and a timetable suited to the file.
Let's talk about your project
A precise need or a preliminary question: the first conversation is about understanding your situation, not selling a service.
Contact us- 06 07 11 27 76
- sebastien.couderc@shigan.eu
- 28 rue Juliette Lamber, 75017 Paris, France