Category: Reading notes
Books that inform our practice of management and change, and what they tell us about organisations today.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Two-ways conversations
I have met Theodore Zeldin during an annual gathering of the “ Change Leaders “, the alumni of the specialized master “ Consulting and…
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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…