by laurie | Dec 20, 2017 | Strategy & Governance
Community or citizen-based cooperatives are booming in the European renewable energy field. There are hundreds of these cooperatives in Germany and Denmark, and dozens in France (e.g. Enercoop), Belgium (e.g. Ecopower), the United Kingdom (e.g. Energy4All),...
by laurie | Dec 6, 2017 | Strategy & Governance
Innovation is the process of converting an idea or an invention into a good or a service, creating a value that users are prepared to adopt and/or pay for. Although they invest heavily in R&D, this conversion process remains elusive for numerous...
by laurie | Nov 22, 2017 | Work & Organizations
We’ve all heard how job hopping is the ‘new normal’ for young workers. How millennials expect to be challenged, supported and validated in their role – and that if an employer doesn’t provide these things they will simply jump ship to something new. Young...
by laurie | Nov 16, 2017 | Work & Organizations
“They could see that I was there to make them grow”, “I can’t get my subordinates to do any work”, and so on. These types of comments from company managers in the French expatriate community raise serious questions about the way...
by laurie | Nov 8, 2017 | Work & Organizations
In his speeches, President Macron repeatedly refers to the concepts of “ability” and “enablement”. The idea of working to improve each person’s freedom and ability to act is a political issue that also directly affects management...
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