Category: Social change
What changes in society mean for work and for relationships between people, inside companies and beyond: remote work, crises, social cohesion, polarisation. Read our perspectives on hybrid work
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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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All bureaucrats?
In the “start-up nation”, as in the most ambitious companies and organisations, being called a “bureaucrat” is hardly flattering. Yet the temptation to adopt this way of organising is strong.…
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How do we react to crises?
When a dramatic event occurs, the responses organisations provide always depend on the human factor. And in a situation of failure, in the face of crisis, how do we change?
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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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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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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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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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Remote working for all? Not on just any terms.
On the eve of this September return to work, we invited you to reflect on your perception of remote working and on the conditions for its success… It is a…
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Remote working: the results of our autumn survey
On the eve of the September return to work, we wanted to ask you about your perception of remote working: your wishes, your reservations and fears, your suggestions… Here are…