Is the success story of military methods applied to business really justified?
Reading time: 7 minutes Over the past few years, articles and reports claiming the benefits of military methods applied to business have flourished. During the first covid crisis, military personnel were interviewed at the drop of a hat for information on how to better manage times of crisis and uncertainty. As if the key to […]
Soft-skills without the marketing flair – Episode 5: Self-compassion
Reading time: 7 minutes We often talk about compassion for others, but never for ourselves. And when we hear about self-compassion, it’s met with an outcry: “I’m going to be seen as selfish!” or “I don’t want to feel sorry for myself” or even worse “What’s this nonsense?Yet at Open Mind, we talk a lot […]
Soft skills without the marketing flair – Episode 4: Time management
Reading time: 5 min In a study conducted by Prof. Ghoshal, 90% of managers waste their time on all kinds of inefficient activities. In other words, barely 10% of managers spend their time in a committed, determined and thoughtful way. Why is the ability to manage time – to use and structure it efficiently and […]
Soft skills without the marketing flair – Episode 3: Self-awareness
Reading time: 5 min We continue our series on the soft skills of tomorrow according to Open Mind. The 1,500+ cognitive and emotional assessments we have carried out with French executives and managers have enabled us to put into words the cognitive and emotional issues they encounter on a daily basis, and what skills they […]
Soft skills without the marketing flair – Episode 2: In praise of vulnerability
Reading time: 8 min We continue our series on the soft skills of tomorrow according to Open Mind. The 1,500+ cognitive and emotional assessments we carried out with French executives and managers enabled us to put into words the cognitive and emotional issues they encounter on a daily basis, and what skills they have or […]
2020, what if you switched to neuroscience at work?
Playback time 5 min According to the experts at Gartner, neuroscience and neurotechnology in particular will not be democratized for at least another decade. Right. We’re going to try and speed things up a bit with this article. It would be too bad to lose 10 years. NEURO WHAT? To clear the way, let’s […]
Serious games: video games for well-being
Neither completely serious, nor completely games, serious games touch on all areas to facilitate learning or training. Their latest idea ? Putting themselves at the service of well-being to alleviate stress or optimize performance. An update from Deborah Varoqui, PhD and Scientific Project Manager at Open Mind Innovation. Serious games, full of ideas Are serious games new? […]