Where Did Our Dreams of Work as Emancipation Go?

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ผ?That is the question Emmanuelle Duez poses in her latest essay, and it’s the right one. Her analysis centers on workplace engagement, as defined by the 2025 Gallup study. The numbers are stark: France sits at 7%,...

AI: We’re Not Ready For What’s Coming

๐—”๐—œ: ๐—ช๐—ฒ’๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜’๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดLast week, I switched from ChatGPT to Claude. OpenAI just introduced ads, a sharp turn from its nonprofit origins and a sprint toward the most aggressive profit-seeking imaginable. Digging deeper, I read Dario...

The Power Paradox

โ€œ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜.โ€Even though Dacher Keltnerโ€™s book is not directly about leadership, it helps us understand how power works. He describes the Power Paradox: we rise because of our best human qualities, yet we fall because of our worst. This tension...

Empathy: From Buzzword to Business Lever

Over the past decades, empathy has been discussed more and more, and rightfully so,as it is a beautiful and powerful human trait. By 2020, it had become a buzzword, widelyused in self-development and leadership articles, as well as in marketing narratives.Innate for...

AI Is Moving Fast. Leadership Must Take The Lead.

Over the past few months, I had the privilege of attending three coaching and leadership conferences. In just six days, I listened to more than 35 speakers, including well-known voices such as Amy Edmondson, Brenรฉ Brown, Adam Grant, and Scott Galloway. One topic...

The Leadership Book I Highly Recommend

My favorite leadership book of 2025 is ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ถ๐˜ด by Jennifer Garvey Berger. Not because it offers easy answers but because it helps leaders see reality more clearly.Berger makes a powerful distinction between what is complicated and what is...