No one doubts that the adaptability of human societies is the key to their survival. Jared Diamond describes the example of the Viking stable society in Greenland between the 10th and 15th centuries1 . It is an edifying example. Jared Diamond shows how culture, beliefs and preconceived ideas hindered the Read more
Data governance has more or less pervaded companies of the business world. This is not self-evident, because while it may seem easy to collect data today, understanding it and using it to the best is a challenge that fully justifies the role of the CDO. We have entered for a Read more
Carlos Tavares announced last year, in March 2019, that PSA had decided to withdraw from the race to level 4 and 5 autonomous car for individuals. This had sounded like abandoning a strategy on the belief that the goal was proving impossible to achieve. However, the main argument put forward Read more
The digital transformation or digital transition is today the subject “must have” of any corporate strategy. If it is absent, the credibility of the growth prospects will be mechanically reduced, when it is present what meaning the company must give it? The answer to this natural question is far from Read more
Digital transformation is a buzzword of today because it brings great promises to enterprises and new agile approaches allow to overcome hurdles of it. Yet, this is not that kind of experience that knows SERV+ company, quite the opposite.This case is the first in a series which aims to illustrate difficulties which companies may struggle with. The case SERV+ Read more
We know from Bateson, Morin, Caseau, and others … that living beings organizations are complex systems, and among them the business companies. As rightly exposes Henri Atlan, these systems can not be reduced to the sum of their components : “I’m not saying that we are only molecules! I say Read more
Today , managers have to optimize and sometimes to reegine their activities to achieve continuous improvement requested by General Management. This requires implementation of so-called ” quality ” approaches often based on the concepts of lean management . They should not only consider the case of their Direction optimizing its internal operations , Read more
Business is changing, more and more computers are replacing humans at work, it is quicker in countries like France where heavier taxes and contributions weigh on salaries. This is a silent move which pushes people to part time jobs or disoccupation. The only spared workers are the high skilled one able to deal with technologies and business organisation1. Countries where consumption is a growth engine, are suffering as purchasing power is stalling or decreasing. Those turned toward exportation fare much better. But competition is hardening in a deflationary context.
CEO are struggling to maintain or reach an operating income level which is today less and less compatible with investors requiring more and more return on capital. They are also fighting for Revenue as customers are affected themselves by business environment changes. Crisis is a good scapegoat, it explains disoccupation and companies troubles. But now it is over and hangover is still there.
To hope to survive, companies need to transform themselves. Even so, not all will be able to proceed, only those which will get capital to finance the change and only those which will succeed into executing the change. Not much time will be left to start.
All of this would be new, unless consulting and editing companies have not rapped out Transformation for years.
What should be transformational directions ?
Is America really running a race against the Machine ? Even if in August unemployment slipped to 7.3 %, its lowest level for five years, it is due mainly to people giving up to search a job. In the same time the part of American worker hits as well its lowest point for years. 
In their book, Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee explained that the trend has started many years before as it is shown in the picture below (more…)
By now, word Innovation flourishes often on political and managers lips as many entrepreneurs dream to transform an idea in gold. This is the modern rush. Looking at carefully, allows to discover soon that the race is likely to have few winners against many loosers. If United States seems to come close to win, among loosers lay old Europe. Are old fashioned countries showing so much resistance to change that it will anihilate all innovation benefits ?
To show what is happening, let’s consider a simple economy of four producer groups :
Let’s suppose that this order is matching the order of needs and all production cater everybody for what he needs.
There no money, this is a barter economy everybody gets his goods exchanging his own production for all his needs.
At this this moment, economy is at equilibrium.
All the the game will be to try to shock this model with population growth DP