Michaël Valentin is Associate Director at OPEO, a consultancy specialized in industrial transformations. Having accumulated significant experience both as an operational manager in the automotive sector and as a McKinsey & Company consultant, Valentin now helps small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and large groups become industries of the future. Widely recognized as a global expert in this field, he is also an author of books such as The Smart Way, which talks about how the industry of the future can be used to transform today's factories into nuggets of gold (Valentin, 2017)