“Celine’s work has been a major influence as we have developed Oscar Kilo the National Police Well Being Service, which now serves 200,000 police officers & staff…”
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(…Best is yet to come)
Today, it’s been 8 weeks since I started a new life as an entrepreneur, after 27 years in corporate roles. Exciting times! Here’s a quick and partial collection of some highlights, so as to remember the intensity going forward
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Our individual and collective responsibility to bring about positive change is immense. But how do we do? My contribution to an event on Community Building & Change Management organized at the International Committee of the Red Cross.
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Courage Camp. Tales from a 2-day retreat in Rhode Island, exploring what it takes to become a courageous leader. What if courage wasn't the superpower of a few, but our ability to be fully human?
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How do we do quality? Through processes and exhortations? Or by putting the human at the center of the system, and empowering them to improve it continuously? The pharma industry has misunderstood Edwards Deming for 30 years, but can catch up. An article co-written with Anders Vinther, Chief Quality Officer for Sanofi Pasteur.
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What if Agile was more than a process, a method? What if the logical progression from method to outcome was not the reality in most companies? Let's talk about change activism instead. This blog post was originally published on Hack & Craft News
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After 10 years exploring the world, growing through unusual jobs, connecting deeply with strangers, I experienced a cultural shock when I joined a large, old, scientific company. First, I tried to cope. Then, I tried to change a few things. It didn't always work as hoped, but it was definitely instructive.
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Stop using social networks to push information. You can do much better. Social networks with a purpose: this is a speech I gave at TEDxBedminster in Sept. 2014. Special thanks to Fatiha, Nicholas, Martina, Caroline, Alejandra, Richard, Stephane... and all dengue fighters across the world.
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What makes you love doing something? What keeps you doing it over time, tirelessly? In our ever more rapidly changing world, permanence of emotions is a mystery. For the last 12 years, I have woken up early, every end of the week, to go rowing – with joy. It’s about passion, and togetherness. What if work could be like this?
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