Pragmatic Excellence

29/08/2014

One day this french business school student had the idea to travel around the world and meet Alumni and learn from their experience. 32 cities, hundreds of interviews, 1 website http://escparoundtheworld.org ... this is just AWESOME ! (stay tuned, my interview will be uploaded soon :-) )

ESCP Europe Around The World : This is the name of the original project that one of ESCP Europe's student has come up with; helped by a team of his classmate...

18/08/2014

Reversing the career and job search paradigm : you may beg for a better job... but what could make others beg for your skills and contribution ?

12/08/2014

Getting a healthy fix of leadership research at the Insead alumni gathering tonight - bridging academia and the real world is one of the key facets of pragmatic excellence .

06/08/2014

« If the doors of perception were cleansed everything/would appear to man as it is - infinite. » , William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

02/08/2014

An entrepreneurial adventure across Asia, challenging traditional ways of working - a highly recommended reading

http://www.techinasia.com/12-startups-in-12-months-how-this-digital-nomad-doing-it/?utm_content=buffer4a2ca&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer

From Bangkok to Bali, Pieter Levels is bootstrapping it all the way, too.

27/07/2014

Obsessed by a tricky situation, regrets, negative thoughts ? try this simple method to reset your mind.

Sometimes everyone of us get stuck into a tough situation at home or at work, so tough that we may get our mind locked into that situation. Obsession gets in, sleepless nights sometimes, self-talk,...

24/07/2014

Catching up with my 12 year old niece, I am asking her :
- so what's your strong topic at school ?
- well, I really suck at spelling...

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30/06/2014

Take the acid test : is your organization implementing these 7 habits of great employers ? http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/04/seven-things-great-employers-do-that-others-dont/

A recipe for an engaged workforce.

29/06/2014

Practical advice to make people listen
http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_better

In our louder and louder world, says sound expert Julian Treasure, "We are losing our listening." In this short, fascinating talk, Treasure shares five ways to re-tune your ears for conscious listening -- to other people and the world around you.

04/06/2014

Oh yes, it's been a long time ... lots happening, lots of work and projects to accomplish - fighting to find time to reflect . Here is one video about how we underestimate the amount of change we will go through in the future - interesting
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_you_are_always_changing?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_content=button__2014-06-03 -154083

"Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they're finished." Dan Gilbert shares recent research on a phenomenon he calls the "end of history illusion," where we somehow imagine that the person we are right now is the person we'll be for the rest of time. Hint: that's not the case.

09/04/2014

How our brain adapts to digital reading may be a problem to absorb complex written information - hence the value of keeping a regular habit of reading actual books.

Our brains, neuroscientists warn, are developing new circuits with a big impact on non-digital reading

03/04/2014

"We should have called your coach earlier" - this is what the boss of one of my coachees said in seeing a dashboard she built after our 3rd session together - nice ! :-)