Author Archives: laurentmarbacher

The Times, They Are A-Changing ?

Posted on May 21, 2013

Last week, I had a look at this video against gas fracking near New York City made by Yoko Ono, her son Sean Lennon and others. I could not help thinking about a recent documentary I saw about the last … Continue reading →

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Inspiring books for 2013 : #5 – Your Money or Your Life, by Joe Dominguez & Vicki Robin

Posted on March 21, 2013

This post will be the last of the “Inspiring Books for 2013″ series. No, Your Money or Your Life is not a thriller. It is not a typical self-help book with the “seven steps” or “ten rules” for managing your … Continue reading →

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Inspiring books for 2013 : #4 – The Third Industrial Revolution, by Jeremy Rifkin

Posted on March 11, 2013

Jeremy Rifkin, renowned futurist, thinker and author, published The Third Industrial Revolution; How Lateral Power is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World in 2011. In this book, he argues that we have started a third industrial revolution, that is … Continue reading →

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Inspiring Books for 2013 – #3 : Managing Flow, I. Nonaka

Posted on February 25, 2013

All right. This is not the kind of books you want to read in the subway or in a café. It is academic, and probably made for academics (its price also is for academics…). But I think its main ideas … Continue reading →

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Inspiring Books for 2013 – #2 : Money and Sustainability, The Missing Link, by Bernard Lietaer

Posted on February 12, 2013

The second inspiring book I would like to comment here is Money and Sustainability : The Missing Link, written by Bernard Lietaer, Sally Goerner and Stefan Brunnhuber. This is a report published by the European Chapter of the Club of … Continue reading →

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Inspiring Books for 2013 – #1 : Permaculture, by David Holmgren

Posted on February 5, 2013

In 2012, five books have inspired me a lot. As you will see, they all relate to some key elements of a successful transition towards a new society. Let’s start with the first of them : David Holmgren, Permaculture, Principles … Continue reading →

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Bring On the Revolution of Capitalism !

Posted on January 4, 2013

Recently, I came across this speech of Peter Bakker, the President of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The former CEO of TNT, now leading this organization with more than 200 corporate members, pledges for a revolution of … Continue reading →

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Three Paths to Management Innovation (HCL, Hervé Thermique, Morning Star)

Posted on November 27, 2012

One of the conferences of the World Forum in Lille was named “Management 2.0″. Three companies – HCL, Morning Star and Hervé Thermique – shared their view on what it means to be an open, freedom-based or democratic company. As … Continue reading →

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A Company That Does Not Belong to Anybody

Posted on November 23, 2012

Last week, I attended the World Forum in Lille. All the event was remarkable (and I’ll come back to it in other posts), but I have been impressed by a small and well-hidden nugget : the unique governance of a … Continue reading →

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“All the President’s Men” and the Age of Internet

Posted on November 5, 2012

Because of US elections, French TV gave us the opportunity to watch again Alan J. Pakula’s movie : All the President’s Men. I have been impressed by one particular thing in the movie : the technological gap between 1972 and … Continue reading →

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