For our second podcast, our co-founder Allen Vernier had the pleasure of interviewing Pauline de Becdelièvre, professor at ENS Paris Saclay and member of the IDHES-CNRS laboratory, in particular about the last longitudinal study that she conducted from March 2020 to December 2021 with François Grima, University Professor at UPEC, on the impact of the pandemic on […]
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For our first podcast, we are pleased to welcome Frédéric Fréry, professor at ESCP and For our first podcast, we are pleased to welcome Frédéric Fréry, professor at ESCP and CentraleSupélec, who agreed to answer with a lot of KINDNESS questions from our co-founder Allen Vernier regarding the release of his new book ‘100 Idées […]
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Key ideas from critical constructivism to the educational model of Paulo Freire The first part of this article is available here
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ABSTRACT (the full article will be available in English soon) Entrepreneurship education is at the crossroads. On the one hand, entrepreneurship, as a teaching object, is very widespread in business schools, engineering schools and universities. On the other hand, entrepreneurship education lacks of legitimacy and critical approaches aiming at counterbalancing the influences of neoliberal ideology and […]
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We no longer live in the business world we knew. Wake-up! We can adapt but we have to hurry to put an end to a massive and unnecessary human suffering[1] Just like our world, the business world is changing. Yet, most of our professional practices do not, failing to acknowledge the necessary transitions they have […]
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We are often referring in our communications to a new and emerging mindset, that we have chosen at KINDNESSforBusiness to name KINDNESS. It is the counterpoint of the current dominating “command and control” (C&C) mindset[1]. Actually, we think that the KINDNESS mindset is rather an evolution of the C&C mindset than a whole revolution. According […]
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ABSTRACT Who has never been transported by a few musical notes like no other art, instrument or tool can do? Curiously, the corporate world has too little taken hold of musical inspiration in a kindly vision of well-being and quality of life at work. In a holistic and 360 ° approach to “making society”, at […]
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ABSTRACT The admiration that Permaculture has for the natural system, can be adopted to comprehend the value that kindness embodies as a seed able to nurture healthier and more balanced work environments. In such environments, the individual can flourish,by contributing to the development of the bigger picture.
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Leading the best sellers since its release in France in September, the book The child, the mole, the fox and the horse by Charlie Mackesy has recently invaded the corridors of the Paris metro via an unprecedented poster campaign glorifying … KINDNESS, presenting it quite simply as the ultimate ambition, the new goal to be […]
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The coronavirus crisis is a devastating and deadly social problem. But, unfortunately, it’s far from the only social problem that the world in 2020 faces. Climate change, income inequality, population growth, resource usage, automation – the list is endless.Who should solve these social problems? We typically look to governments – or perhaps NGOs and foundations […]
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