Author: Alexis Kummetat
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Third places: a way of working in the “new normal”?
“Third places”, spaces between office and home, were cautiously emerging before the lockdowns. Will the lessons of remote working accelerate these shared workspaces? Not necessarily – at least not without…
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Are you ready for freedom?
Mathieu Laine’s book « Infantilisation » is both a bestseller and widely discussed. Brilliant, perhaps provocative, it challenges politicians and citizens – but also the entrepreneurs of “civil society”.
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Not essential
Nearly a year of upheaval: where do we stand in our thinking about what is “essential”? Here are my own reflections.
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A crisis of authority?
It is often said that the French “have a problem with authority”. When the theme resurfaces, so does the temptation of a providential man – sometimes a general… Two books…
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Innovating in the midst of chaos
Published in 2020 by Jean-Baptiste Colas, a French Army officer posted to the Defence Innovation Agency, « Innover en plein chaos » is a short, dense but well-designed book –…
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Collective action: a page to write every day
Two books by two actors of French political life over the last thirty years – Régis Debray and Jean-Pierre Jouyet. Their scathing views shed light on today’s political action, and…
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Under pressure…
Many books are devoted to the “new paradigm” of safety, “Safety-II”. Gareth Lock’s has the great merit of being rich in inspiring, gripping stories from the world of diving that…
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A social dilemma, really? Or a question of relationships?
Have you watched the Netflix documentary “The Social Dilemma”? In the context of the lockdown many are living through, it takes on an extra flavour: that of power – the…
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To win: adapt or change? 7 lessons from military history for civilian entrepreneurs
Armed forces are both bureaucratic organisations and subject to the need for agility under lethal constraint. A practitioner and strategist, Michel Goya offers keys for understanding and reflection – for…
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Threats to social cohesion
Our October survey on “troop morale”, on the eve of the new lockdown, shows a drop in morale among employees and the self-employed – and above all a substantial change…
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A taste for secrets
Yet another book on special forces? Written not by a historian or a journalist, but by one of their recent commanders… Beyond its own purpose, it is also a useful…
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Two-ways conversations
I have met Theodore Zeldin during an annual gathering of the “ Change Leaders “, the alumni of the specialized master “ Consulting and…