Author: Alexis Kummetat
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Facing danger: the wall or the network?
In the crisis we are going through, two radically opposed behaviours are emerging, individually and collectively. They reveal two “paradigms” well known to the sciences of organisational safety and human…
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Centralising or decentralising the organisation: above all a collaborative challenge
In business as in the public sphere, organisations regularly swing between centralisation and decentralisation. The search for an ideal organisation? A managerial fad? What if we looked at these changes…
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Power put to the test of power
In the public authorities as in companies, failure to implement transformation dynamics almost always stems from an archaic view of power. Changing certainly means deciding – but it no longer…
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Construction: the challenges of “BIM as a service”
Like other sectors, construction is being transformed by digital tools and practices, BIM in particular. Beyond the tools, it must also quickly take the other drivers of change into account.
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Entrepreneurs, adopt the Jedburgh model!
The military world – or our perception of it – sometimes inspires business leaders. Irregular warfare, as topical as it is ancient, should also be among those sources of inspiration.
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How to end collective dynamics
Authority is in crisis, and we keep hearing about emergent dynamics, collective intelligence, co-construction, facilitation… How can we put an end to these ideas that muddle minds?
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Find a culprit or look for solutions?
When difficulties, failure or even an accident strike, the temptation is great to look for a culprit. A close cousin of the temptation of the providential man, this reflex is…
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European companies, between openness and closure
No more than governments should companies have to choose between a closed, scholarly, identity-based model and an open, mercantile, individualistic one. And the key to success is not “in the…
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The curse of the providential man
At the risk of shocking some classically minded people, turning to a providential man (or woman) is, in business as in politics, a real curse. Not merely as a moral…
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Governance in the digital age
Digital transformation is not (only) technological, but above all human and organisational. And since large organisations like to talk about “governance”, it is worth looking at what the term means…
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Employer brand: dare to be consistent!
In the war for talent, every company wants to present the best possible image of itself – sometimes at the expense of the truth, often at the cost of the…
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Digital transformation: don’t be taken in by words
Five years ago, digital transformation was in fashion. Now it is said to be acquired, and the trend is artificial intelligence. Beyond these fashions, what is really happening with these…