Leadership et changement: Le célèbre discours de Sumantra Ghoshal, « The Smell of the Place », traduit en français. — Link to the original speech in English: https://youtu.be/UUddgE8rI0E « The Smell of the Place » (L’Odeur du Lieu) est un discours donné en 2004 au World Economic Forum de Davos par Sumantra Ghoshal (1948–2004), Professeur en leadership stratégique à la London Business School, dont les recherches se sont concentrées sur…

A poetic and psychodynamic journey into the corporate world. — Read an excerpt first? >>> https://fbagutti.medium.com/the-psychodynamic-poets-in-the-corporate-world-67bec82489e9 “As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.” — C.G. Jung “Ah! the old pond! And when a frog dives, The noise the water makes!” — M. Bashō Who…

A Methodology of Action — Reference: Family Ghosts in the Executive Suite, by Deborah Ancona and Dennis N.T. Perkins, HBR Magazine, January–February 2022. To best express your potential as a leader, it can be helpful to recognize your own “family ghosts,” understand how they influence your current behavior at work, and decide which ones to…

The Wilfred Bion’s theory of groups — Beneath the surface As soon as we enter a group, any kind of group, we are affected by the unconscious functioning pertaining to human beings in groups. Some groups thrive and some never reach their destination, and get lost in limbo — groups’ members rationalize what happened and find explanations to make sense…

Everyone who has to deal with a power figure faces this dilemma. — There is a historical conundrum — though it is possible that it was invented out of thin air, but it doesn’t matter much — that makes Vlad Tepes rather interesting for those interested in the workings of the human mind in general, and for men of power in particular. The…

A relational moment around change on stage — « It takes a long while for a director to cease thinking in terms of the result he desires and instead concentrate on discovering the source of energy in the actor from which true impulses arise. » — Peter Brook, theater director, 2017 Deleted scene Stage directions*: At the office…

“As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.” — C.G. Jung “Ah! the old pond! And when a frog dives, The noise the water makes!” — M. Bashō Inside the organization, the mere presence of…

Nourished and inspired by the understanding gained by thinkers who have gone before them, the psychodynamic poets invite their interlocutors to join in an intersubjective quest. Self-discovery is not an adventure done in isolation, it is a relational journey. — I write in my notebook with the intention of stimulating good conversation, hoping that it will also be of use to some fellow traveler. But perhaps my notes are mere drunken chatter, the incoherent babbling of a dreamer. If so, read them as such. …

Poetry invites the act of creation, opening towards inner knowledge, choice, and freedom, which are intimately linked. — To go beyond conventional methods of exploration, we embrace poetry to join the craft of language. We put ourselves in unison with the ample breath poetry calls for to come to life. Poetry catalyzes the possibility of insubordination to the passive reading of the world and incarnate the sensitive experience…