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Why Hard Work Isn’t Enough: The Role of Chance in Career Success

April 2nd, 2026
Roxana Barbulescu

Career success reflects not just effort, but how everyday chance events shape opportunities and visibility.

How a Fascination with the Human Brain Pushed Raphael Certain to Rethink Neurodegenerative Care

From the neuroscience lab to startup execution, the founder of Clarity is building a new approach to Alzheimer’s treatment, driven by what matters to him, and to society. 

What If Social Capital Became Our Common Rallying Cry?

Confined to academic debate and too heavily loaded to mobilize public opinion, social capital nevertheless remains a powerful concept that could become a unifying banner for social and democratic cohesion.

9 minutes
Isaline Rohmer

Why CEOs Can No Longer Ignore Social Cohesion

What if social cohesion became the next competitive advantage—linking risk management, resilience and innovation?

7 minutes
Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot

What Leaders Can Learn from Art and from Van Gogh

Noticing is a leadership skill. Van Gogh makes it unavoidable, and Daniel Newark turns it into practice.  While most leadership programs emphasize decisive action, clear communication, and reducing ambiguity, Daniel Newark offers a different approach

Daniel Newark

How Activist Short Sellers Move a Stock

A target price may overshoot reality, but it still hits the stock quickly. New research shows that one number can accelerate market impact.

7 minutes
Alexandre Madelaine, Luc Paugam, Hervé Stolowy

Who Will Win the Tug-of-War Between Europe and Big Tech?

Italy’s fine against Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) puts privacy design under antitrust scrutiny. Evidence suggests regulators should measure who is harmed, and design targeted remedies. 

7 minutes
Klaus Miller

Jean-Marc Semoulin: Trust as a Political Act

What if social cohesion began with a shift in perspective? In Les Mureaux, Jean-Marc Semoulin is experimenting with trust and social connection as drivers of long-term territorial transformation.

HEC Paris Sustainability & Organizations Institute

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