Category: Civil-military cooperation (CIMIC)
What can companies learn from the military world, and vice versa? Command, resilience, hybrid and cognitive warfare, alliances: perspectives that bring together defence and the life of organisations. Read our perspectives on organisational resilience
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Putting an end to corporate Putinism
Political affairs do not follow the same practices as business life. But there is a continuum between the two worlds: the way we look at others, which is lived every…
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Managerial courage?
Some words are overused in everyday business life. “Courage” seems to be one of them – especially after reading « Éloge du courage » by General Jean-Claude Gallet.
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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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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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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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Is free competition guerrilla warfare?
Whether through the opening of monopoly markets to competition or the arrival of digital “new entrants”, many large companies have had to resist or adapt. David Galula’s classic work on…
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The freedom of management
Admiral Finaz’s book, written by the former head of the French École de Guerre, does not set out to inspire awestruck crowds. Its aim: to build bridges between the civilian…
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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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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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Will our armies get lucky?
The 2017 Bastille Day parade and the tension between the political and military heads of the armed forces were an interesting illustration of the transformations of our society, and of…