Nurturing and scaling a purposeful innovation culture while building effective leadership.
I was recently interviewed by Karima Chibane [http://linkedin.com/in/karima-chibane] from “Elles font bouger les lignes” [https://youtube.com/channel/UClJ6twu5ykrZkLAaDd8sM4A], the youtube channel dedicated to sharing women’s stories and how they impact gender equality. The interview is in French, but you will find below the key
Back in December 2020, I recorded an interview with Ana who shares empowering stories on her youtube channel [https://youtube.com/channel/UCHEj1VncoizfeDhi_oEk2eQ]. Here is the full video where you can see me share about being authentic at work, and of course emotions with some tips about how to
With International Men’s day just passed, the timing of this last short post in the “beyond the buzz” series is very lucky. The big trend of “engaging men in women’s issues” is interesting and deserves a deeper look. But this subject deserves a reframe in 3 other key
In this 3rd post of the “Beyond the Buzz” series, I’d like to explore with you the diversity and inclusion (D&I) subject as it is very trendy but often seen as just a must do for ethical reasons. “There should be more diversity and inclusion in your
In this second article of the “beyond the buzz” series, I tackle the still touchy subject of getting more women in top positions in organisations. I say touchy, because even though many start to agree that there are inequalities that need to be addressed, there are still debates, amongst men
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Early 2020, I was writing about how feminine values in your corporate culture were key for innovation; little did I know then how important that message was going to be, especially as we are going through the COVID/Post COVID crisis. In this article, I am sharing why paying attention
In a context of remote working (or mask-wearing), where the contact cannot be physical, where we lose a large part of the non-verbal information, it becomes more difficult to capture the emotions of the other, take the temperature of our teams and show empathy. The webcam limits our visual and
It’s pretty much back to work at Innovation Copilots after a hectic few last months. To get back in the groove of writing and sharing ideas on innovation and strategy on the blog, I thought I would start with a few books that were part of my summer’s
Coming out of lockdown, continuing or not to remote work and (re)building team dynamics are bringing a new lot of unanticipated deep issues to address [https://innovation-copilots.ghost.io/the-pains-of-transformation/]. I’ve been hearing recently a lot of questions from managers about how to deal with people’s anger.
The corona virus pandemic has and will continue to trigger our emotions. Mainly because it is a “life event” which encompasses three life challenging notions at the same time: our survival instinct, a sudden (sanitary, personal, professional, financial and societal) crisis, and a potential radical change in our way of
I’ve been observing for the past few months how company cultures have been either supporting or hindering the organisation’s ability to deal effectively with the radical change brought on by covid-19. The pressure exerted by our environment or new circumstances is highlighting the best and the worst in
I have heard many stories since the beginning of the lockdown period, about how people dealt more or less effectively, some with ease, some with pain, stress and high emotions. One of the aspects I have noticed was how differently introverts and extroverts handled the situation of lockdown and remote