11 Dec

La Révolution inachevée des organisations

Detail of a gate in Versailles

Si vous avez apprécié le livre Reinventing Organisations ou que vous vous intéressez au mouvement de libération des entreprises, vous aimerez sans doute la série de 130 vidéos produite par Frederic Laloux, « Insights for the Journey. » Cette série est une mine d’exemples et de conseils pour s’inspirer des bonnes pratiques de diverses organisations ayant entrepris de se réinventer.

Les vidéos « vivent dans l’économie du don, » c’est-à-dire qu’elles sont mises à disposition gratuitement et que chacun est libre de proposer quelque chose en échange. Dans cet esprit, une communauté francophone s’est constituée pour traduire et sous-titrer l’ensemble des vidéos. C’est grâce à cette initiative que le site et son contenu sont désormais accessibles intégralement en français.

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18 Mar

Holacracy: How does it work?

Holacracy dynamic organisation

By Fabien Bataille

This article was originally published in French on Fabien’s blog Agile, Lean et Compagnie

As part of my research on new ways of working in organizations, which currently abound, I recently discovered Holacracy. It is used by Zappos, the
largest online shoes seller, in the United States
(see here [FR]). Closer to us in France “SOPRODI” (SME in industry in Clermont-Ferrand) and Antonutti-Delmas (SME transport, near Paris).

This new mode of business management, which was invented by the American company “Ternary Software”, then sold under license through the structure “HolacracyOne“, is now spreading around the world.

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10 Apr

3 things I learned on Agile with primary school teachers

Agile with primary school

The Agile philosophy is not only applicable to IT projects. It makes sense in any collaboration context, because it is just a better way of working. My recent experience of Agile with primary school teachers has shown me that the approach truly can be used everywhere and that it will quickly be of benefit to the team that uses it. 

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30 Mar

Why is Scrum so much fun? Part 4 – Voluntary participation

Voluntary participation

No matter how engaging an experience is, or how much effort you put in designing cool rules and goals: If someone feels forced to engage in an activity, they will find it utterly boring. In this fourth and final part, we are addressing the last aspect of what makes a game fun: Voluntary participation. How does this notion apply to Scrum?

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21 Mar

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

5 dysfunctions of a team

Fabien Bataille is the owner of the blog Agile, Lean et Companie (in French), which contains many insightful articles and book reviews. I invited him to be the first guest on this blog, with a translation of our favorite articles from his site. Today, a review of a classic management book.
-Coline Pannier

Among a bunch of books that a former colleague of mine left behind, I was especially interested in this one about team spirit.

After a first experience as a manager that didn’t go so well, where I had the feeling to always improvise instead of really managing, I’ve been looking for the best way to manage people (if this really exists).

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