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The five plagues of corporate political correctness, by Julia de Funès – L’Express
The causes of employee malaise are often cited as the lack of meaning, contradictory injunctions, and toxic management, but the absence of freedom of mind seems to me to be…
How LinkedIn became a spectacle, by Julia de Funès – L’Express
Since its inception in 2003, the start-up LinkedIn, initially conceived as an influence platform for the networking and recruitment, is experiencing rapid growth, reaching over 10 million members in 2007.…
Sportsmanship, the big “no” to political correctness, by Julia de Funès – L’Express
How can we not be filled with admiration and enthusiasm at the sporting prowess of the Olympic Games? The whole world rightly admires, applauds, congratulates, trembles, cries, rages, vibrates thanks…
“Benevolence”, “inspiring”… The intelligence of employees deserves better than these conventional words, by Julia de Funès – L’Express
How is it that certain words prevail to the point of being immediately taken up, repeated, used in all sauces and all menus? How is it that “benevolence”, “resilience”, “inspiring”…
Corporate frescoes, the latest fad of right-thinking progressives, by Julia de Funès – L’Express
If you hear the word “fresco” come up in conversation, avoid any direct connection to ancestral cave paintings. We would immediately spot your disuse. Frescoes today designate modern tools, the…
In business as elsewhere, not all points of view are equal, by Julia de Funès – L’Express
In the ideal of good feelings and the reign of ultra-gentleness, there is no more room for confrontations, verbal jousts and conflicting points of view. We no longer seek to…
what distinguishes professionals from impostors, by Julia de Funès – L’Express
“Coach”! This uncontrolled designation of origin covers the best and the worst. The best, those who, with expertise, have the right combination of technical and interpersonal skills. The worst, these…
When seeing cognitive biases everywhere becomes a trap, by Julia de Funès – L’Express
Between the biases of attention, negativity, recency, primacy, biases of judgment, probability, anchoring, commitment, intentionality, confirmation, normality, biases of reasoning, availability, matching, the list is long… A bias, it should…
Positive thinking, this easy solution, by Julia de Funès – L’Express
Why does positive thinking as a whole (positive psychology, positive education, personal development) continue to spread despite obvious failures? For years, hordes of right-thinking people have been repeating the same…
Fewer empathy courses, more freedom of mind, by Julia de Funès – L’Express
Experimented in certain establishments since the start of the year, empathy courses must be generalized in all schools in France from next September. Well-being coaches from the business world will…