1. Business, Peace & the Art of Naming
Presentation for SPES
Yper – 11/04/14
Laurent Ledoux –

2. Lack of rigor in the use of words leads unavoidably to fascism
Adorno

3. According to Benjamin Barber in «Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole», 2007; See also Anne Salmon’s analysis in « Ethique et ordre économique : une entreprise de séduction », 2002

5. Violence is a structural problem
Ginestet & Galtung
Organic, body system
Psychic
system
Cultural
system
Violence
system (autopoietic)
Health
system
Political
system
Economy
system
Legal
system

6. 7 concepts for peace building
Reducing
trauma
Steering
complexity
Designing
epigenetics
7 concepts for peace building
Peace needs to be established
as daily routine
and norm in language
and in day to day attitudes
Living in
Solidarity
Enhancing
empathy
Being
creative
Being
generous

7. Leadership “Mobilizing the group for the adaptive work” Heifetz
Photo: ΠΑΣΟΚ
Leadership
“Mobilizing the group
for the adaptive work”
Heifetz

8. Modulate the stress
Source: “Leadership without easy answers”, by Ronald Heifetz

9. Emmanuel Faber whole society adequate return shareholder’s value
Optimize value for the
under the constraint of an
for shareholders
Emmanuel
Faber
whole society
adequate return
Nos comptes nous racontent des contes:
il faut que nous changions les contes que nous nous racontons
Maximize (without limits)
under the constraint of the
shareholder’s value
respect of the law
Milton
Friedman 9

10. Asking grounded questions
What’s our model of leadership?
What does it mean for each of us to be wise here?
What’s our strategy?
What new story do we want?
What’s our culture?
What are the founding stories that made us who we are?
What culture do we need?
Of whom are we proud?
What are our values?
What fuels our pride? What kills it?
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11. Asking grounded questions
How do we cascade our engagement program?
Where do we see craft and community among our people?”
How do we become a ‘learning organization’?
What are our proudest stories of doing something differently?
What’s our innovation strategy?
How can we draw out and honour the brilliance of our people?
What were the key points in our discussion?
What idea did we just avoid, sideline, or dismiss because we are too afraid to ask or say or hear it?
What’s our action list?
What one change could we create that would make a huge difference?
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