Author: Alexis Kummetat
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Cognitive warfare: the role of companies
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we have been facing a genuine “cognitive war” that targets civil society beyond the armed forces. The lessons we can draw from it also…
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On mergers and the human factor…
When a merger or acquisition project is launched, due diligence is an essential step. But it takes too little account of the purely “human” dimensions of individual and collective commitment…
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Matrix organisations: unfit for combat?
A French Court of Audit report on the Armed Forces Commissariat Service puts its “matrix organisation” under the spotlight. Is this model, shared by many large civilian organisations, fundamentally unsuited…
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Connection makers
On 25 November, the Institut de la Sociodynamique held its Managerial Innovation Campus, a biennial event devoted to current management practices – with, of course, a “sociodynamic” lens…
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Facilitating off the beaten track: putting diversity and inclusion to the test
The European conference of the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) has just ended in Berlin, after four years of absence caused by the Covid crisis. A few lessons drawn from…
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The times of change
When supporting an organisation, a team or an individual, the question of time often comes up in conversations, questions and doubts…
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For better services to territories: working better together…
This summer, I went on a cycling tour for a few days. Occupational hazard: I quickly started looking at the “customer experience” – and at the synergies needed to make…
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No, the virtual is not the real (and so much the better)
A little less than a year ago, Inflexions, the French Army’s journal of reflection, titled its issue no. 50 “Between virtual and real”…
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Ukraine, a magnificent sociodynamic actor
Sociodynamics is both an interpretive framework and an art of setting actors and organisations in motion. Closer to the philosophy of the game of go than to that of chess…
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Good-humoured convergences
For once, these lines are inspired not by strategic events in the east of Europe, but by a cheerful film release: the new Asterix and Obelix – and what it…
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The choice of synergies: seven situations where everything is at stake
Throughout the past year, I have supported teams that needed to come back together, heal their wounds and project themselves into an uncertain future. Different situations, varied solutions, but in…
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The choice of synergies (7): partner or co-actor?
Sometimes, to reach the objective, you need the resources and skills of actors outside the company – who may decide to commit with you, or not. The remarkable adventure of…