In September 2019, I started an experimental mentoring programme for the women of Pôle emploi, the French unemployment agency. To communicate about the programme internally and attract participants (mentors and mentees), we created, with Véronique Chapelain (Director of Executive Talents Development) [http://linkedin.com/in/veroniquechapelain] a webinar (in French)
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As I’m heading to give another 3 days MBA class on business models in Paris tomorrow, I’m preparing to exchange on many strategic topics. While there are quite a few very effective tools to help managers get a solid grip on no non-sense strategy, the one thing that
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Mentoring is not just about career development. Mentoring is, first and foremost, a dialogue, a mutually beneficial relationship, and a shared learning experience. And when you multiply that practice so that it reaches a critical mass in your organisation, then you are creating a culture that lives and breathes feminine
Totem Media [https://www.talktototem.com/] has had the finger on the pulse on the Chinese market for quite a few years now. I never worked with them, but their insights on the evolution of China as a leading digital market are always spot on. Here’s their latest 148
I’ve been seeing for a while a big trend about intuitive leadership [https://www.forbes.com/sites/dedehenley/2019/06/14/why-intuitive-leaders-are-the-most-successful/#17659b567cfb] , especially linked to strategy and innovation. I’m glad that more feminine values are entering the realm of leadership [https://innovation-copilots.ghost.io/innovation-culture-needs-feminine-values/]but I’
Yesterday, Samsung announced its new flagship phones with a flock of new partnerships. This might seem business as usual for the Korean manufacturer that is struggling to live in the shadow of Apple’s overwhelming ecosystem. But something is happening. Maybe? Let me explain… Since 2019, Apple has been putting
I was writing yesterday on how « Tech » became a buzzword while the underlying innovation reality has evolved drastically. The way tech investment is managed is also in this in-between state. Some players like SoftBank have been built around the sole idea of leveraging digital network effects. They fund massive investments
TECH, these four letters have become more abused a term than digital, marketing, or design — which is by any means not a small feat. The best way to define « tech » is probably through the eye of investors and how the notion has tacitly evolved during the last 30 years. In
I wrote in 2016 about one of the tools we use to define the four types of problems innovators focus on. As I explained then, this kind of tool is admittedly a cheap sleight of hand. We reduce the complexity of the market to just four simple options. But this
The Female Code book is put together by Linda Eastman from PWN [https://www.google.nl/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=12&ved=2ahUKEwjYxP_M0bznAhUCYVAKHXqyCoMQFjALegQIARAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Flindaelliseastman&usg=AOvVaw1ExnIhVyCkdlJBqmRp3LFJ]
Dark kitchens are the hot trend in business innovation right now. Since Trevis Kalanick, ex-Uber CEO recently invested $150 million of personal cash in such a startup, with a further Saudi Arabia investment, of $400 million everyone is taking notice. But if you’re just taking notice, you’re late
Come on, you already know this! Countless articles, researches and studies have shown that to create an innovation culture you need these key feminine values: * Empathy [https://www.icopilots.com/culture-framework] so not only your innovation team can actually understand your customer and connect with your (potential) market; * Intuition so