No matter your organization is an elephant : it can dance too !

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Summary : What makes a social business project successful ? To what extent question the existing and transform the culture ? Is success possible when top managers are not much concerned ? If we observe three major cases, there’ something obvious : the project was tied to an organizational change wanted by deeply involved CEOs. [...]

If it matters measure it. If it’s new build a new frame of reference.

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Summary : When the world and the economy are transforming, the existing frames of references on which be base our thinking and decision making become obsolete. To adapat to their current and future context, organizations not only should have the vision of what they want to become but also implement it in their employees’ day [...]

My takes on the Enterprise 2.0 Forum : Enterprise 2.0 and the end of social washing

I’d like to take a few minutes to share with you my takes about the last  Enterprise 2.0 Forum that took place in Paris on march 17th et 18 th. First, a few words about the context. I was looking for a professional event about enterprise 2.0 in Paris. Why do I mean by “professional” [...]

Moving toward business models of a new kind : the example of “Danone Supporting Life”

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One thing is sure : the “after the crisis world” will be very different from what it was before. It may seem obvious, but if we have a closer look at what happened in the past, we have to admit many upturns consisted of the rebuilding of what used to exist as it was. This [...]

Businesses and People : performance according to Antoine Riboud

A reflection that is not very far my usual discourse since it’s about optimization under resource constaintes. Most of all human resources. Everybody know that a company’s goal is to make money in order to create value for its shareholders without whom it wouldn’t exist. As time went by the need for making profit was [...]

Do You Know Social Business ?

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There was a lot of people at the “Theatre Marigny”, in Paris a few weeks ago. So many people that not everybody who wanted to attend managed to get a seat. It wasn’t the latest trendy show…or maybe yes. The first opus of a show that can be called “how to make business without breaking [...]

Seen, read, heard this week #1

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A new column that will be weekly…or not. Will last..or not. Sometimes I read, hear, see things that are not worth a post but that I feel like sharing like I would do at the cofee machine, around a drink or a lunch… Heard during a conversation • “Since they are not provided with the [...]

Danone explorers : In Real Life recruitment 2.0 for Y Gens

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A few weeks ago I was invited by Danone to attend their Danone Explorers event, a moment when the company and students who are looking for an internship can meet. I already wrote many things about Danone on my French blog but nothing here. I think there are a few things you have to know [...]

Managing Complexity : Danone Tries to Spread its Values through a Business Game

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“Managing Complexity” or “Managing in complexity” is a very common word at this time. This only means people have to take into account more and more changing factors before making a decision. It may seem obvious but it’s still useful to remind some people of that as we can see too many managers acting as [...]

Antoine Riboud was true

For those who don’t know him, Antoine Riboud was the former CEO of BSN now called Danone. This man always had a clear vision of the future of enterprises. A book has been published about all his texts, conferences, reports and I wanted to point a report he made on 1987 at the request of [...]