• Big Data et Big Brother, les deux frères amis

    Business Breakfast, Paris, 10 janvier 2012, réservez vos places! Google, Facebook, France Telecom, Groupon, Amazon, BNP, Carrefour, Twitter, vos systèmes de mail ou de relations clients, etc. ont cela en commun que leur simple activité génère naturellement des térabits, des exabits, voire bientôt des yottabits de données nous concernant tous. On appelle cela le BigData.…

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  • WebReview November/Novembre

    Boostzone Institute – Web Review November 2011 View more documents from Boostzone Institute

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  • WebReview November/Novembre 2011

    Boostzone Institute – Web Review November 2011 View more documents from Boostzone Institute

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  • Social (VIII) – So, where is the conundrum?

    The real issue today is between people, connecting them again through every means possible. Without trying to do kitchen psychology, we have to create more opportunities for employees to exchange, whether on a personal front (HR, mentor, coach) or on a professional front (brainstorm, quality circles, conferences); people need to feel the link amongst themselves…

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  • Social (VIII) – So, where is the conundrum?

    The real issue today is between people, connecting them again through every means possible. Without trying to do kitchen psychology, we have to create more opportunities for employees to exchange, whether on a personal front (HR, mentor, coach) or on a professional front (brainstorm, quality circles, conferences); people need to feel the link amongst themselves…

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  • Webreview October/Octobre

    Boostzone Institute – Web Review October 2011 http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/9630186 View more documents from Boostzone Institute

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  • Webreview October/Octobre

    Boostzone Institute – Web Review October 2011 http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/9630186 View more documents from Boostzone Institute

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  • Horizontal hierarchy: organization progress or more complexity ?

    Horizontal hierarchy: organization progress or more complexity ?

    Cliquer ici pour la version française October 4th, 2011 Our organizations are structured around vertical hierarchies and for decades organization researchers and consultants have worked on how to structure these vertical hierarchies, on what was the most important dimension to keep as the pivotal structure (regions, functions, products… you remember these debates) for creating the…

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  • Promoting the augmented leader

    Analogous to what augmented reality is to reality, the augmented leader will soon be with us. It is not a super human hero with chips installed in his brain. It is you and me, if we are able to augment ourselves. The augmented leader lives in a world of incredible tools (some of them 2.0…

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  • Promoting the augmented leader

    Analogous to what augmented reality is to reality, the augmented leader will soon be with us. It is not a super human hero with chips installed in his brain. It is you and me, if we are able to augment ourselves.

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  • The big idea, the Age of Hyperspecialization

    By Tammy Johns, published by Harvard Business Review in september 2011 Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations, published in 1776, famously described what would be one of the central drivers of economic progress for centuries to come: the division of labor. Much of the prosperity our world now enjoys comes from the productivity gains of dividing work into…

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  • Moneyball and the Talent Mismatch Facing Business

    By Tammy Johns, published by Harvard Business Review in september 2011 When I first read Moneyball: The Art of Winning An Unfair Game (the book that inspired the movie that opened this past weekend), I was struck by the similarities of the challenges that General Manager Billy Beane faced in 2002 to those that business employers face as they…

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  • Moneyball and the Talent Mismatch Facing Business

    By Tammy Johns, published by Harvard Business Review in september 2011 When I first read Moneyball: The Art of Winning An Unfair Game (the book that inspired the movie that opened this past weekend), I was struck by the similarities of the challenges that General Manager Billy Beane faced in 2002 to those that business employers face as they…

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  • The big idea, the Age of Hyperspecialization

    By Tammy Johns, published by Harvard Business Review in september 2011 Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations, published in 1776, famously described what would be one of the central drivers of economic progress for centuries to come: the division of labor. Much of the prosperity our world now enjoys comes from the productivity gains of dividing work into…

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  • 2021, Management Odyssey

    The technologies of 2021 are here. One just has to look and to imagine their implications. Just think of geolocalization, augmented reality, 3D printers, BigData, connection of things, tablet computers, recognition of movements /voice/ emotions/faces, sensors, 4G, Wimax, electronic books, telepresence, virtual work, etc. These technologies will “augment” our competences, our difficulties, and our opportunities.

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  • Webreview september

    Voici notre nouvelle webreview: Il suffit de cliquer dessus pour accéder à la version complète. Bonne lecture! Boostzone Institute – Web Review September 2011 View more documents from Boostzone Institute

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  • Webreview september

    Voici notre nouvelle webreview: Il suffit de cliquer dessus pour accéder à la version complète. Bonne lecture! Boostzone Institute – Web Review September 2011 View more documents from Boostzone Institute

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  • LA CRISE: UNE OCCASION D’INNOVER DANS LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES TALENTS

    Les conséquences de la nouvelle crise des marchés financiers n’ont pas fini de se faire ressentir dans les entreprises, notamment en Europe. Les plans d’austérité gouvernementaux se traduiront inéluctablement par des licenciements, par des gels de recrutement, par des politiques salariales revues à la baisse, et par des coupes claires dans les investissements consacrés au…

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  • Social (VII) – Soft skills are needed today more than ever

    If some companies have started to realize the importance of soft skills, few have truly incarnated the 21st century’s look for spiritual goals, life purposes, and alignment objectives; some may say that it is not the company’s role to train people in these areas but, when the same is asking for 24hr presence through Blackberry…

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  • Social (VII) – Soft skills are needed today more than ever

    If some companies have started to realize the importance of soft skills, few have truly incarnated the 21st century’s look for spiritual goals, life purposes, and alignment objectives; some may say that it is not the company’s role to train people in these areas but, when the same is asking for 24hr presence through Blackberry…

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  • Le marketing à l’ère digitale, metamorphose ou cure de jouvence ? quelques questions…

    Le 16 septembre prochain le département marketing de l’ESCP-Europe et l’Institut Boostzone organisent une demi journée sur le marketing à l’ère digitale: métamorphose ou cure de jouvence?. Cet événement aura lieu à l’ESCP-Europe le 16/9 de 8h30 à 11h30. Il ne s’agit surtout pas d’une énième journée sur le marketing 2.0 mais d’une véritable séance…

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  • Social (VI) – Tools to bring SENSIBLE objectives altogether

    In prior notes, we have tried to show that the SMART way of managing is out and a more SENSIBLE one is in: Sustainable, Ethical, Network-supported, Small, Imaginative, Beautiful, Long-term, Excellence-driven. The important, yet, is to have ways of helping companies and people move towards this new leadership paradigm.  As all is rooted in company…

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  • Social (VI) – Tools to bring SENSIBLE objectives altogether

    In prior notes, we have tried to show that the SMART way of managing is out and a more SENSIBLE one is in: Sustainable, Ethical, Network-supported, Small, Imaginative, Beautiful, Long-term, Excellence-driven. The important, yet, is to have ways of helping companies and people move towards this new leadership paradigm.  As all is rooted in company…

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  • Who is accountable for collaboration?

    I was watching Gary Hamel’s video on innovation yesterday on Management Innovation Exchange. I must say that I was very impressed by the show. I wonder how Gary can so perfectly synchronize his words and the presentation on the screen behind him. I haven’t figured out whether technology is involved or just countless hours of…

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  • Infobésité, veille et gestion du temps des dirigeants

    Par Dominique Turcq, publié par Les Echos le 30 juin 2011 Pour un dirigeant, le problème de l’infobésité est moins celui d’avoir trop d’informations que celui d’avoir trop d’informations pertinentes. Comment extraire de ce qui est intéressant ce sur quoi on est vraiment intéressé? Comment assurer la curation des informations pertinentes. Lire la suite >>

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  • Defining the Augmented Leader

    By Dominique Turcq, published by Management Innovation Exchange, 30 June 2011 « Analogous to what augmented reality is to reality, the augmented leader will soon be with us. It is not a super human hero with chips installed in his brain. It is you and me, if we are able to augment ourselves. The augmented leader…

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  • Defining the Augmented Leader

    By Dominique Turcq, published by Management Innovation Exchange, 30 June 2011 « Analogous to what augmented reality is to reality, the augmented leader will soon be with us. It is not a super human hero with chips installed in his brain. It is you and me, if we are able to augment ourselves. The augmented leader…

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  • From Augmented reality to the Augmented Executive

    Everyone starts today to use Augmented Reality (AR) in a way or another and it is probably one of the most important game changer for our daily life within the next few years. We will use its power for tourism, recognizing a monument and getting information on it; finding our way (the closest tube station…

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  • From Augmented reality to the Augmented Executive

    Everyone starts today to use Augmented Reality (AR) in a way or another and it is probably one of the most important game changer for our daily life within the next few years. We will use its power for tourism, recognizing a monument and getting information on it; finding our way (the closest tube station…

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  • Social (V) – From SMART to SENSIBLE objectives

    Everyone remembers the SMART acronym to talk about strategic objectives in corporate planning; no surprise it came about in the early 80’s as financial capitalism was entering its growth phase!  Objectives had to be Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Results-oriented and Time-bound… How about adapting this to the new era we are entering? We are hereby proposing…

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