Author: Alexis Kummetat
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Sparking a collective dynamic is a profession!
A few weeks ago, I took part in an “expedition” organised by the Institut de la Sociodynamique. The day reminded me of three useful – and indispensable – keys to…
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AI is a redistribution of power. But who benefits?
AI is the topic of the moment, in companies and in our daily lives. But one question is rarely addressed seriously by those who buy and deploy these tools: the…
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International relations: golden goose or fool’s gold?
Crises follow one another, experts proliferate, academic programmes multiply. International relations and security and defence have become a “market”. But a market for whom? And what do companies really need?
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Sustaining the transatlantic relationship and supporting NATO’s transformation through associations
Is NATO facing a “rupture”, or a new stage in its history? Drawing on organisational change practice and on the history of Euro-Atlantic associations, a proposal: to transform the Alliance…
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Facilitation: a strategic asset for the transformations of our world
In November, the International Association of Facilitators held its annual Europe and Middle East gathering in Bucharest. Notes, pictures and travel impressions – and a conviction: facilitation is, decidedly, a…
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Against polarisation and radicalisation, let’s accept “yes, but” (and “no, but” too…)
A “like” on LinkedIn earned me the accusation of endorsing Kremlin talking points. In fact, I had simply refused to give in to polarisation – a habit in my life…
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NATO, an organisation like any other?
Invited to the Public Forum held alongside the NATO Summit in The Hague, I looked at this key event with the eye of a practitioner of collective dynamics. Is the…
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The coalition of the willing: a matter of mobilisation (and transformation)
Behind the phrase “coalition of the willing”, which has emerged in support of Ukraine, lies a challenge that many companies and organisations face: a question of mobilisation, deployment and agility.
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Once we know… how do we actually do it? Four ways of implementing a decision, with varying degrees of success
In companies as in international relations, I observe different ways of implementing decisions once the diagnosis has been made. I recommend and support some of them. I advise against others.
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There is no ideal organisation… (only the need to decide and to work better together)
There is never an ideal organisation, only collective ways of working and interactions to optimise. A seminar on the “operational level” of the French armed forces offers cross-cutting lessons for…
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Cognitive warfare: the role of companies
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we have been facing a genuine “cognitive war” that targets civil society beyond the armed forces. The lessons we can draw from it also…
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Two-ways conversations
I have met Theodore Zeldin during an annual gathering of the “ Change Leaders “, the alumni of the specialized master “ Consulting and…