1. Letting “it” lead through us
A brief account of the first spiritual steps of an ordinary manager
Laurent Ledoux –

2. There are many paths to the elusive top of the mountain

3. “It” shoots Milestone 1 - 1973 “Be one with
the bow, the arrow, the target & everything, everyone else”
Awa

4. Quand tu aimes, il faut partir.
Milestone
Quand tu aimes, il faut partir.
When you love,
you must leave
Cendrars

5. Birds get into water without getting wet
Milestone
Birds get into water without getting wet

6. Milestone
“My capacity as a leader comes from my choice to allow life to unfold through me”
“The major problems
in the world are the result of the difference between
how nature works &
the way people think”
Senge
Bateson

7. Milestone
Nature is infinite
in time
and space
Conche

8. Waves are distinct but cannot be separated from the sea

9. mobilize their group for the adaptive work
Milestone
Photo: ΠΑΣΟΚ
Leaders
mobilize their group for the adaptive work
Heifetz

10. Milestone
Spiritualisationclarifies & prioritizes desires to meet life’s objective
Diel

11. My originial manager’s framework
A classic business model to present possible actions
Vision & Strategy
Processes & Technology
Organizational Structure & Culture
Resources (Budget & People)
Source: Arthur D. Little

12. All is one “Wisdom is knowing that all is one” Everything is connected
Hawley

13. Wise leadership… …mobilizes the group to become conscious
that all is one ?

14. From shareholder value to Shared value
(put in a “spiritual” perspective)
Optimize the value
for the society at large
under the constraint of
an adequate profit
for shareholders
Faber
VP Danone
Nos comptes nous racontent des contes:
il faut que nous changions les contes que nous nous racontons
Maximize the value
(without limits)
for shareholders
under the constraint of
the respect of the law
Friedman
Chicago School 14

15. Spirituality guides ethics

16. Extend
ethics
to nature
Callicott

17. Team management principles
Intrinsic equality
Personal growth
Capacity to self-direct
Inspired by Isaac Getz (Freedom Inc.)

18. Everybody wants to take initiatives1
Whyway
Intrinsic
equality
Intrinsic
Equality 2
Humility
Fairness 3
Everybody wants to take initiatives

19. Everybody is able to take initiatives1
Exploration 2
Trust
Personal growth
Benevolence 3
Everybody is able to take initiatives

20. Capacity to self-direct1
Adults 2
Engagement
Capacity to self-direct
Let go 3
Everybody has the liberty to take initiatives

21. Let the effect impose itself
Julien

22. The best leader is the one whose existence the group barely knows
Photo: Radoslav Minchev
Laozi, 630 BC

23. Getz Laloux Personal growth Evolutionary growth Self-direction
Intrinsic equality
Evolutionary growth
Self-management
Wholeness

24. To the memory of François Vassart my first spiritual teacher
Spiritual exercises
To the memory of François Vassart my first spiritual teacher
(1925 – 2001)

25. Inner calm “We only suffer from ignoring what is not lacking:
inner peace”
Castermane

26. One arrow, one life