“Be autonomous (and obey)!” The aspiration to autonomy corresponds to very strong contemporary expectations. We ambition to be self-governing, to have self-directing freedom, and especially moral independence. We want to seize the privilege of our lives by being who we are, to paraphrase the famous Joseph Campbell’s quote, dear to…

Hello, Did you know that René Kaës was born in the Grand East region in 1936, and inspired by Didier Anzieu’s research, he explored the psychic processes observed in organizations, such as unconscious alliances and the diffraction of transference within groups? He was not shy to face the suffering and…

A rambling reverie It’s no secret, transparency, data transparency, emotional transparency, glass buildings, it is undoubtedly trendy. Both at the ideological level and in its practical application, we might nevertheless wonder, in the privacy of our minds, whether transparency is really so desirable, or even possible? In a world of…

Prevalence in the general population:10%. According to the well-established framework of the Five Factor Model (FFM) — often referred to as the “Big Five” — personality fits neatly into five broad personality dimensions or traits, each representing a continuum: conscientiousness (high among task focused and orderly individuals), openness to experience…

Explore change as individuals and groups — Once upon a time, I met a leadership coach who did not believe that fear was the best motivator to foster change. Instead of setting platforms on fire and watching them burn, he was trying his best to create “safe spaces”. The first time The first time we met, he was reading again…

The Fool invites us to look under the masks, to become more conscious and to live more freely. — In Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well, when the boastful soldier and courtier Parolles says that he has found The Fool, the licensed clown Lavatch replies, ‘Did you find me in yourself, Sir?’ (Act 2, Scene 4). Somehow, we are all fools, and we all wear masks. The Fool invites…

There is enough time to become creative and active participants in our own destiny. — At dawn It is spring again, time has finally passed rather quickly and we are back in May, the month I was born. Let’s seize the day — we only live once! — and take some time off to reflect about time… What is present tense anyway, if we consider…

Leadership is not about being in charge. — As soon as we allow ourselves to look beyond the charismatic management styles of a four-star general or the boss in The Office (UK or US version), we feel the discomfort of having to consider many different possible definitions of what leadership is. There is transactional and transformational leadership, adaptive…