Category Archives: Creativity

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

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

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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Prototypes or Quick Wins ?

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

In the typical Change Management orthodoxy, there is this notion that you have to identify so called “quick wins” in order to gain momentum for your initiative. I do not deny the importance of such early successes : it develops … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Books of the Last Twelve Months

Posted on August 14, 2011 by

Summertime is great for reading. I’d like to share with you and recommend 10 books I have read over the past twelve months. I’d be glad to hear from you : what nuggets  have you discovered lately ? This book … Continue reading →

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Reflections after Lift 2011 Conference in Marseille

Posted on July 25, 2011 by

From July 6th to 9th, Fing hosted in Marseille an excellent Lift conference (feel the atmosphere here) with a terrific name : “Be radical !”. As one young entrepreneur put it on a funny slide, “radical” comes from Latin radis … Continue reading →

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Lessons From California

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

I just come back from a trip made with a team of 15 persons from a large French retail company. We went there from May, 23 to May, 29 2011 and visited companies like Whole Foods Markets, Lowe’s, Ideo, Cisco, … Continue reading →

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IDEA : Can France be part of the Design Thinking Community ?

Posted on April 4, 2011 by

A few weeks ago, EM Lyon and Centrale Lyon communicated about the launch of a common venture : IDEA, inspired by Stanford D-School or Aalto University Design Factory in Helsinki. This is great news, since Design Thinking has not been … Continue reading →

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