News and thoughts on Philosophy, Strategic Management and Art.
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 [...]
Posted in innovation, strategy on Jan 25th, 2010
Check out the video of the Philosophy and Management Pecha Kucha presentation given by Laurent Ledoux at Recyclart in September 2009.
I collaborated with him to prepare the photographs and Polaroids, you can find the details here.
I hope it conveys the message and the exciting mission of the Philosophy and Management association.
Posted in innovation, strategy on Jan 17th, 2010
Massive corporations will always be more opaque for their employees than smaller ones. Working in a small team, you can take the time to learn your colleagues, speak with them about the projects, understand the motivations behind every decision. It is impossible to do the same in a company employing thousands of people. Most of [...]
Posted in strategy on Jun 7th, 2009
If you are interested in strategic thinking, look at the lecture of Nina Simon at the Smithsonian. It is a long video but I think it encompasses many important subjects: how to use tools such as twitter to make an ethnographic study of your audience, what are the best practices to define the mission statement [...]
Posted in strategy on Mar 17th, 2009
Both crowdsourcing and corporate social responsibility (CSR) are fashionable these days. Here is their definition:
“Crowdsourcing is the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call.”
Somehow dubious video from the creator [...]
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