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“The world has changed, but...

Henri Fayol did not know agile organizations,...

Managing is not planning, organizing,...

You've surely heard these common phrases in...

“The world has changed, but not my principles”. A fictional interview with Henri Fayol on the limits of traditional management in the digital age.

Henri Fayol did not know agile organizations, collaborative platforms, or artificial intelligence, yet his name and work continue to be cited in management courses. At a time when we talk more about "squads" than hierarchy, and when managers are overwhelmed by obligations and contradictions without always knowing what their purpose is, what will remain of the founding principles of modern management? I imagined this fictional interview with Henri Fayol himself, who has returned to confront his ideas with the realities of contemporary work. Far from defending an outdated model, he...

Participative innovation leads to intrapreneurship at Credit Agricole

A couple of weeks ago I came across a very interesting white paper on intrapreneurship issued by french bank Credit Agricole. I did not...

Disconnecting during vacation is good

That's a matter that comes back endlessly : disconnection. I'm not - or not only - talking of disconnecting from social media, which is...

Holacracy at Zappos : no boss or hierarchy. Really

It was the big announcement of the end of 2013 in terms of management innovation. Zappos announced they were going to adopt a management...

Is Social Business about good intentions or war ?

A couple of weeks ago Anthony Poncier said that despite of appearances, more and more social business and enterprise social networks projects were not...

Forget centricity and focus on enablement

Summary : will tomorrow's businesses be people centric ? Customer centric ? Rethinking centricity shows that organizations are paying more and more attention to...

Don’t confuse enterprises without managers with without management

Summary : we talk a lot about the cases of enterprises without managers, praised for their agility and their effectiveness. Businesses show interest for...

Enterprise 2.0 needs reverse management

Summary : there will be no enterprise 2.0 without managers 2.0 with new practices and a new way to contribute to collective success. But...

Lessons on the hard job of designing communities in the organization

Summary : If communities have a real value for organizations, there are still few certainties about their positioning and management. Out of the work...

Engage with customers. And then ?

Summary : It's obvious that the use of social media within companies and between companies and customers are not compartmentalized but complementary disciplines. If...

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