How to develop a real team
It's not enough to bring people together, no matter how competent they may be, to get them to work well together. So how do you go about it?
Vox populi, vox dei
Thinking together is not about collecting ideas or extracting the best one. Thinking together is the fruit of a confrontation, a spark that springs up like that of flints being rubbed together.
To want to avoid confrontation is to deprive oneself of the fruits of cross-fertilization.
The e-book, a revolution? Just one more...
The emergence of tablets, e-readers and digital books must be seen as the most recent manifestation of the changes in reading habits that have been underway for centuries. And they don't harm reading, quite the contrary.
The meritocratic fable of the French school
France, like the United States and other Western countries, has for decades based its educational model on meritocracy. The idea is that every student can succeed in a course of study and find himself in the «grandes écoles», regardless of his social environment. A system that has allowed for a democratization of education, the limits of which are however perceptible today. At the end of the day, very few children from less well-off backgrounds make it to the elite...
Reducing relational distance within groups
The relational distance within a group can be transformed by individual and collective presence. By developing this presence, members reduce gaps, opening up a space for authentic collaboration.