Talent doesn’t exist
Attractivity, development, acceleration, engagement of talents are dense activities for the people in charge of human development. From school relations to leadership development program management, I have tried to understand what talent is. According to the schools of thought and the years, the definition did not cease evolving with the trends and seasons. Sometimes elitist,…
Is your strategy seeing through the dark?
Is your strategy Cyclope or Argus? One single eye to rely on, versus a diversity of eyes providing the gift of prophecy. Strategy is an enlightened way to watch, analyze, choose, launch and make your future happen. Strategy is not just about maximizing your immediate probability of success. It can be about changing the rules of…
Manifesto for a human-led transformation
When I joined the corporate world, there was no Facebook, Twitter or Uber. Despite everything w When I joined the corporate world, there was no Facebook, Twitter or Uber. Despite everything we can hear, see or read about the future, it will not be governed by artificial intelligence, data or silicon. Our collective destiny is…
5 communities to transform your organisation
This article is not a tribute to the benefits of collaboration or an effigy of the collaborative approach. It is an alternative vision of what we call “transversality”, or the intangible lines that need to exist and be reinforced between different boxes in a company’s organisation chart. Recently a new client with a strong culture…
Speaker at LeWeb 2014 about Open Innovation
The slides and some pics from our keynote presentation about ‘Developing an Open Innovation Culture’ at the LeWeb 2014 conference
Direct democracy
This week we’ve been working hard on the launch of our collective intelligence software, Assembl. We have a few large projects kicking off and the preparation has got us thinking about its applications for direct democracy. It turns out many people aren’t aware of the concept or how it can be applicable to them in…