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Performance Management: What does it mean to win?
A sports team wins a championship. An investment fund delivers an exceptional return. A television series attracts millions of viewers. A sales team exceeds its quarterly target. Each has a result. None of these results, on its own, tells us whether the performance can be repeated—or what it cost to achieve. That is the central…
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From Vision to KPI: Build a Management System that makes sense
The Polytechnique X-Matrix: From Purpose to Execution A KPI is the end of a strategic reasoning process, not its starting point. The X-Matrix connects what an organisation exists to achieve, the future it intends to create, the choices it makes and the work its people do every day. The upper part of the X: define…
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The Karpman Drama Triangle: How to Escape Victim, Persecutor and Rescuer Roles
Which role am I playing under pressure? Under pressure, even experienced leaders and negotiators can fall into surprisingly predictable relational patterns. A disagreement becomes personal. Someone starts blaming. Someone else feels powerless. A third person jumps in to solve a problem nobody asked them to solve. And suddenly, instead of solving the problem, everyone is…
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From France to the world
I was looking at the Happy CEO statistics and discovered something I hadn’t really measured before. More than 12,000 views from over 100 countries. TOP 5🇫🇷 France🇺🇸 United States🇩🇪 Germany🇭🇰 Hong Kong🇸🇬 Singapore And then Poland, China, Belgium, Canada, Vietnam, the UK, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the UAE, Ireland, New Zealand… and many more.…
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From an idea to a technology pipeline
A few weeks ago, XSEED was still largely a concept. The idea was simple: Start with real challenges. Find the right technologies. Build the bridge to market. Today, the first technology pipeline is taking shape across six areas: Water.Energy.Smart Buildings & Smart Cities.Circular Economy & Materials.Industry & Automation.Climate & Nature. The technologies are coming from…
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Strategy Starts With the Problem, Not the Solution
Why innovation should begin with the problems worth solving Innovation often starts backwards. We discover a new technology, admire what it can do, and then start searching for applications, customers and markets. But strategy should work in the opposite direction. Start with the problem. Understand it. Simplify it. Then search for the most appropriate solution.…