No, the year 2021 (despite peaking COVID-19 pandemic) was not the “year of killing paper”

In a November 2020 post, I explored the possibility of the COVID-19 pandemic boosting paperless, digitized activities and asked: Will 2021 be the "year of killing paper" ? In a November 2020 post, I explored the possibility of the COVID-19 pandemic boosting paperless, digitized activities and asked: Will 2021 be the "year of killing paper" …

Facing COVID career uncertainties? SWOT yourself!

I wrote the original version of this post in April 2020, when I was in the 40+ days of lockdown here in France. The lockdown ceased after 55 days and this first ‘traumatic’ experience for many people triggered various changes, for me too. I was thinking then, as many, about the post-COVID period, assuming it …

Is Your Industry 4.0 transformation delayed by COVID-19?

February 2021, in these uncertain times with biohazard lingering and more possible forced lockdowns ahead, your Industry 40 transformation project may well be delayed. Yet this can be turned into an advantage by grasping the opportunity to better prepare the steps to ensure the success of the transformation journey to come. Besides, chances are that …

No Luddites, virus instead

About 3 years ago I posted some prospective thoughts about the possibility of new Luddites rising up to smash robots in anger and fear to lose their jobs. January 2021, no such uprising has been reported. Yet the fear of losing one’s job is possibly growing, but for a totally different reason: a biological virus. …

Merry Christmas and all the best for 2021

This year, 2020, will not leave us with the best memories, thanks to the infamous coronavirus COVID-19, robbing us from our regular lives. Therefore, wishing a merry Christmas carries deeper meaning than just usual wishes. Christmas, for those who can responsibly gather with family and relatives will be a moment of refueling heart and soul …

Will 2021 be the “year of killing paper”?

The paperless factory is an old dream, often promised, never fulfilled. In 2020 however, the COVID-19 pandemic, the lockdowns and people being massively hindered to go physically to work revealed all the drawbacks of paper-based processes. Never before probably, so many companies faced acute problems because of their dependencies to paper at literally the same …

We may have to search for a new job and a Goal Tree can help

In August 2019 I’ve posted a series of articles, my testimonial on using the logical analysis tool Goal Tree for finding a new job. I was about 5 months with my new company, a change that I have rationally pondered thanks to various tools, amongst which the Goal Tree. August 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic - …

12 tips for leading in a downturn, COVID reloaded – Part 3/3

This post is the third and last of a 3-part mini series. If you missed the first part with the 4 first tips, you may want to read 12 tips for leading in a downturn, COVID reloaded - Part 1/3, or catch up with the second part 12 tips for leading in a downturn, COVID …

12 tips for leading in a downturn, COVID reloaded – Part 2/3

This post is the second of a 3-part mini series. If you missed the first part with the 4 first tips, you may want to read 12 tips for leading in a downturn, COVID reloaded - Part 1/3 After a major crisis and its aftermath such as we experience(d) with the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdown and …

12 tips for leading in a downturn, COVID reloaded – Part 1/3

Five years ago, August 2015, I published my post “12 tips for leading in a downturn”. It was a collection of tips after having seen various management reactions to a slowdown, downturn, crisis, recession, that appeared in series from 2000 onwards. July 2020, France is officially out of its general lockdown and faces the aftermath …