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Renaissance de l’Europe, Grace à la nature

September 9, 2011

Face aux bouleversements qui secouent le monde et aux nouvelles puissances industrielles telles que la Chine ou l’Inde, l’Europe paraît souvent en perte de vitesse et démunie. Et cela continuera probablement si l’Europe croit devoir concentrer toutes ses forces dans cette concurrence économique entre nations et régions du monde, bien ancrée dans le paradigme industriel… » read more

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Contient du texte ou des articles en Français, Ethics, Philosophy

Are “social mixity” and “better schools” antinomic objectives?

January 16, 2009

No, I don’t think so. But to put it crudely, I don’t believe forced “social mixity” alone will lead to “better schools for all”. I rather believe that “better schools for all” will facilitate more “social mixity”. In this entry, a sequel to “Is “magical thinking” only striking Belgian politicians?”, I briefly discuss the title… » read more

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Belgian Politics, Contient du texte ou des articles en Français, English

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Is “magical thinking” only striking Belgian politicians?

November 13, 2008

A few general reflections on this particular brain disease affecting some decision-makers in Europe and elsewhere and a practical application on the social mixity decree for the French-speaking schools in Belgium Having worked for the European Commission and national governments as a consultant, a manager of a ministerial chief of staff, I have sympathy for… » read more

Posted by Laurent Ledoux

Contient du texte ou des articles en Français, English, Magical thinking, Management, Philosophy

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Can philosophy seriously harm your prejudices?

October 3, 2008

I believe so, yes… and prejudices are numerous in management circles, among managers, just as among all of us, today as in the past, in Belgium, Europe or anywhere in the world. Ideologies are never as strong as when we think we got rid of them. Prejudices can have devastating consequences. That’s is why Philosophie… » read more

Posted by Laurent Ledoux

Contient du texte ou des articles en Français, English, Prejudices

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Should you develop your imagination to be ethical?

September 15, 2008

Yes, I believe so. Imagination is not only necessary to “put yourself in the shoes of others” and try to understand their ethical viewpoint, which might be (radically) different than yours. It is also necessary to consider different ways to push forward what you see as “ethical” in a particular situation. In the attached documents… » read more

Posted by Laurent Ledoux

Contient du texte ou des articles en Français, English, Ethics, Imagination

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Laurent Ledoux's blog

CEO of Equis (Transformation Catalyst & Accelerator)

I act as Transformation Catalyst & Accelerator (as interim manager & consultant): I accelerate the transformation of various organisations (since Jan. 2017).

During the second half of 2016, I also acted as interim CEO for EURACTIV successful NWOW for multi-cultural team; rebranding; new products; financial turn around; strong increase in sales & profit (July - Dec. 2016).

Besides my activities for Equis, I remain, as a volunteer, Director of Philosophy & Management, academic director for the Executive Master of Management & Philosophies at Solvay Brussels School, in partnership with LSM and HEC Liège, board member of Lead-In (www.lead-in.eu) and President of Face2Faith.

Since 2012, I also support, through Equis and besides my other management tasks, organizations which are committed to implement a more participatory or collaborative governance (as described in Carney & Getz's "Freedom Inc", Laloux's "Reinventing Organizations",...).


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