A book has just been published containing the writings and speeches of Antoine Riboux, who during the 30 years he spent at the head of BSN (now Danone) was always a pioneer in social and managerial matters.
This month's issue of Management contains a number of excerpts, and I can only share with you part of the article entitled ‘Taylorism is outdated - we need to rely on the intelligence of employees’.
Let's put things into context. It was 1987, and the Prime Minister at this time, Jacques Chirac, had entrusted...