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How many people today would describe their work as play? For most, work and play are opposites. For Frédéric Beziers, however, playfulness in the workplace is something to aspire to. “I would love to see more playful leaders in many organizations, each demonstrating a willingness to challenge and ...

After graduating with a Master in Economics, Renaud Prodel began his career in finance and auditing at Deloitte, where he had the opportunity to work with a wide range of companies such as Accor, Total and Peugeot, as well as many different types of people. After eight successful years, Renaud was ...

In our highly competitive and rapidly changing economic environment, developing agility has become a key issue for companies throughout the world. In the words of Bill Gates: “Success today requires the agility and drive to constantly rethink, reinvigorate, react and reinvent.”

HEC Paris alumnus, Steven Voogd Boom is a finance professional with experience in FP&A, accounting and corporate finance. Having worked for Big 4 auditing (PwC), start-ups (DaVita Inc.’s international division) and private equity-owned companies (Lumileds, formerly Philips), he has an impressive ...

Although often associated with startups, innovation plays a crucial role in the survival of all companies. To innovate effectively, however, the management of established organizations have to embrace the unknown and accept failure as part of the process.

Fabienne Diouf had doubts about adding an online MSc Program to an already-busy schedule. At the time, she was the Cooperation and Trade Director at the Sultanate of Oman Embassy in Senegal and had two young children. But she soon found a rhythm and settled into the work, and now she looks back with ...

Impact investment is a growing trend that aims to increase financial flows into social and environmental initiatives across the world. Impact investors look for projects that offer both financial returns and positive social outcomes, in areas such as education and healthcare.

I have gained strong experience of working in Education and Culture since my role as a Head of Communications at the Sorbonne Abu Dhabi University. Following my mission of starting the Sorbonne University in Abu Dhabi and working there for more than 7 years, I joined the Fatima bint Hazza Cultural ...

What do SAP, Amazon, Google, and Airbnb have in common? They have all added a CHO, or Chief Happiness Officer, to their executive ranks in response to increasing evidence that happy workers are more productive, efficient, and engaged. Although there no is universally established definition of the ...