Learning psychological safety: training and gaming experiences
Over the past few weeks, we have been playing ReSet (for more information about the game, visit our website http://www.nexusconsultation.com and, in particular, the ReSet page) with many teams from different companies in a truly intensive manner, and each time we are surprised by the results and feedback we receive after people have played. Over […]
In teams as in chorus: singing with joy even when we make mistakes
«N’ayez pas peur de vous tromper, soyez à fond, prenez du plaisir… même si on se trompe l’important c’est d’être à fond ! Le public pardonne aux gens sympas, pas à ceux qui restent là paralysés sur scène.» ‘Don’t be afraid of making mistakes, give it all you’ve got, have fun… even if you make […]
Gen Z vs. Gen X and Y: the Diversity Wheel as a tool to facilitate intergenerational dialogue
The Diversity Wheel is a very interesting tool for exploring the different identities that make us who we are. And particularly effective when used to activate conversations, for example between people participating in DE&I training. The tool was published in the book ‘Workforce America! Managing Employee Diversity as a Vital Resource’ by Loden & Rosener […]
The unanswered mail case
What is a liberated company? That’s the question I’m asking myself after leaving the company I founded ten years ago. I began by reviewing the different approaches to the liberated company. I felt it was superfluous and boring. Then I thought about the highlights of this adventure, the emotions I’d felt. Because that’s what it’s […]
Permaculture Principle #5: Use and value renewable resources and services
In service of the Whole In Nature, a renewable resource is one that is made available again “soon” after use. Soon here is a totally subjective, human-centred concept: it is framed around human time and needs, and implies that it can be available again when our need for it re-emerges. And Nature is full of […]
Permaculture principle #4: Apply self-regulation and accept feedback
A powerful principle: simple in its workings, so difficult to fully engage with! The truth is, I have found this principle the toughest one to reflect on so far! Why might that be? Well, partly I think because I have been witnessing how growing positive feedbacks of climate change and biodiversity erosion seem to be […]
Permaculture principle #3: Obtain a yield
It is the whole system that yields, not just a series of parts On a Permaculture farm, plants, shrubs, trees, and animals are chosen and organised so that each of them will provide several beneficial inputs to other parts of the overall system (according to the famous permaculture design principle: 1 element = several functions; […]
Permaculture principle #1: Observe and interact
Taking Nature in The first step for a permaculturist when arriving on a new piece of land, or in a new farming community, is to slow right down, and to hold back any urge for quick ‘productive’ action. My friend Rob (https://www.robhopkins.net/ ) even suggests that where you decide to settle, build a house and […]
The ‘left-wing manager syndrome’ or the denial of management
‘The worst bosses are the leftist bosses,’ said Arthur Brault-Moreau’s father. After a very difficult experience as a parliamentary assistant, he conducted a detailed investigation into what he calls ‘left-wing’ management. His book, ‘Le syndrome du patron de gauche, manuel d’anti-management’, tries to explain how apparently evolved bosses can practise toxic management for their subordinates. […]
