From Resilient to Agile: The New Business Paradigm
Quentin Toulemonde Over the past four years, our global landscape has faced an interconnected web of economic, social, and geopolitical shifts. These changes are rare, surfacing only a few times each century.…
Quentin Toulemonde
Ode to Pedagogy
This week’s post was inspired by one of my recent readings, “The Diary of a CEO” by Steven Bartlett. In this book, the author distills the lessons learned from his…
No Retain, No Gain
This week, I attentively reviewed Michael Page’s latest “Talent Trends” report, entitled “The Invisible Revolution”. According to the recruitment firm, which surveyed nearly 70,000 individuals globally, spanning diverse ages, sectors,…
Byting into the Virtual Employee Experience
Last week, I, along with approximately fifty other human resource professionals, had the privilege to attend the inaugural “Employee Experience Day” hosted by Microsoft’s Zurich office. It was a day…
Unbuttoning Myths and Tailoring Realities: The New Landscape of White-Collar Employment
My eye was drawn this week to an (old) Forbes article describing the loss of momentum of “white-collar workers” in the job market, and the sense of panic that this…
A Twist of Inflation a Day Keeps the Recession Away
For several months now, it has been hard to open a serious newspaper, whether economic or not, without finding at least one article on inflation. The reasons are understandable: after…
Interest rates in Private Equity: the Great Debt Reset?
Interest rates play a pivotal role in shaping the global economy. The recent uptick in these rates (e.g. the FED Fund rate, see below) has sent ripples through financial sectors…
On Maslow and the Hunt for Safety
In 1943, the American psychologist Abraham Maslow introduced his renowned “hierarchy of needs“, a model which, while historical, remains deeply pertinent in understanding modern societal structures and individual motivations. Maslow…
We Don’t Need No (Faulty Higher) Education (2/2)
Challenge #3: Cleansing the French Private Education Forest A third significant issue can be perceived in the regulatory deficit affecting the private education sector. Until recently, French students would find…
We Don’t Need No (Faulty Higher) Education (1/2)
The landscape of higher education, a field I have been personally involved in, is in a state of disarray. This week and next, I would like to focus my analysis…