Material for thought
Posted in strategy on Apr 6th, 2010
The socio-economist Yann Moulier Boutang and the business strategist Antoine Rebiscoul gave a speech at La ligue des Optimistes (see video in French) and at the Philosophie et Management seminar about possible evolutions of capitalism as we know it today. Here are two interesting points they made among many others. An economy of contribution is [...]
Posted in philosophy on Apr 1st, 2010
List of system theories as enumerated by Ludwig von Bertalanffy in “General System Theory” (1968): Classical system theory, basically maths. Computerization and simulation using models. Compartment theory: “the system consists in subunits with certain boundary conditions between which transport process takes place”. Set theory, which studies general formal properties of systems. Graph theory concerned with topological [...]
Posted in philosophy on Mar 27th, 2010
According to the psychologist Jean Pieget, “young children do have a lot of fantasy in thought. They may imagine that they are magically affecting things. And they have to learn to distinguish certain ‘fantasies’ which are to be called ‘reality’, namely the ones that pass the tests of reality”: that stand up the experience of reality [...]
Posted in philosophy on Feb 18th, 2010
An article summarising the Heterotopia of Walt Disney World presentation that I gave in October 2009 is now published in the February edition of the Philosophy Now magazine. The article is part of a series of papers about ‘continental tales’ and the concept of narrative in Continental philosophy. Thanks to the team of the Philosophy [...]
Posted in strategy on Jan 31st, 2010
I attended few weeks ago a seminar organised by the Philosophy and Management association in Brussels. It was all about talent, and how the way artists work and manage their career can be a source of inspiration for talent management within business organisations. Pierre-Michel Menger, French philosopher and research director for the CNRS, presented some [...]
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