20 emplois de demain Actualité du futur, 7 octobre 2013 L’institut américain Sparks & Honey a imaginé et illustré 20 emplois de demain, regroupés dans un diaporama publié en septembre. Ces emplois concernent notamment le monde du travail : citons par exemple le conseiller en productivité pour les salariés, désorganisateur d’entreprise chargé de casser la hiérarchie pour recréer une ambiance plus digne d’une start-up et donc plus favorable à l’innovation. Plusieurs emplois sont liés à Internet et aux technologies : organiseur d’identité numérique, spécialiste chargé de sélectionner les applications, les logiciels et les sources d’information les plus adaptés à chaque individu, et de les faire évoluer avec ses besoins; gestionnaire de décès virtuel, pour supprimer les traces d’une identité en ligne. Source :
6 Mindfulness Exercises You Can Try Today In this busy world of ours, the mind is constantly pulled from pillar to post, scattering our thoughts and emotions and leaving us feeling stressed, highly-strung and at times quite anxious. Most of us don’t have five minutes to sit down and relax, let alone 30 minutes or more for a meditation session. But it is essential for our wellbeing to take a few minutes each day to cultivate mental spaciousness and achieve a positive mind-body balance. So if you are a busy bee like me, you can use these simple mindfulness exercises to empty your mind and find some much-needed calm amidst the madness of your hectic day. I'm going to cover 6 exercises that take very little effort and can be done pretty much anywhere at anytime: Mindful breathingMindful observationMindful awarenessMindful listeningMindful immersionMindful appreciation Let's get started… 6 Mindfulness Exercises You Can Try Today 1.Mindful Breathing This exercise can be done standing up or sitting down, and pretty much anywhere at any time.
10 Classic Growth Hacks: Hints at the Future of Marketing Mouvements sociaux : de nouvelles formes de mobilisation? Note de veille, 26 septembre 2013 Depuis l’arrivée de François Hollande à l’Élysée, plusieurs mouvements sociaux importants ont largement fait parler d’eux, comme par exemple la mobilisation contre l’aéroport de Notre-Dame-des-Landes et l’opposition au mariage pour tous. Surpris par certains caractères de ces mouvements, leur capacité à mobiliser des catégories peu présentes sur la scène sociale, leur dimension spectaculaire, leur utilisation des médias numériques, comme des anciens médias d’ailleurs, nombre d’observateurs ont cru pouvoir parler de nouvelles formes de mobilisation à leur sujet. Qu’en est-il vraiment ? Une première remarque concerne les groupes sociaux qui s’expriment à travers ces mouvements. Un trait particulièrement saillant des mouvements sociaux qui se sont exprimés ces derniers mois est leur exploitation de la dimension spectaculaire. Dans quelle mesure ces différents caractères sont-ils véritablement nouveaux ?
BUILDING THE EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT ORGANIZATION Emotional intelligence is a valuable resource that can renew and re-ignite organizational purpose and inspire people to perform better. As clients will attest, the emotionally intelligent organization is in tune with its needs. Frank Sims was standing on Roadway Express’s shipping dock, watching one of the company’s trucks drive away with goods for Specialty Glassware (a pseudonym), one of Roadway’s large customers. Frank was worried. That afternoon, Frank called Specialty Glassware’s senior transportation manager, to get his help in videotaping glassmaking operations and interviewing labourers and salespeople about their business processes. The dock crew was surprised that the customer’s top management would put so much effort into helping them understand the glassware business. Breakthrough leadership Frank Sims’s experiment with new ways to lead is typical of the many innovations at Roadway Express Inc. during the past three years. Creating an exciting culture
Imagine your customer becomes your friend Reawakening Your Passion for Work The Idea in Brief We all periodically face the haunting question: “Am I really living the way I want to live?” For executives, this question often arises at the apex of their careers—when aging parents or milestone birthdays remind them of their mortality. At these times, many people experience a creeping sensation that something is wrong. Exploring this question is usually painful and messy. How to begin? The Idea in Practice Taking Stock These feelings may signal it’s time to take stock: “I feel trapped.” Watch for quiet signals especially. Renewing Professional Passion To interpret vital signals and revive your energy for work, use one or more of these approaches: Call a time-out. BFGoodrich president John Lauer decided he’d had enough of corporate leadership—and left to help refugees. Create “reflective structures.” When Unilever asked Niall FitzGerald to take a leadership position in South Africa, he accepted—but felt conflicted about working in an apartheid-ruled country. “I’m bored.”
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