7 actions to be implemented in 2019 for an efficient Innovation Department
In order to step away from the all-around POCs that lead nowhere and do not always allow the team to join in as a whole, here are 7 actions to be carried out by the Innovation Department to mobilize start-ups and employees in a sustainable way. In 2019, reducing the cycle from idea to industrialization will remain the…
Bright Mirror
For the first time, on January 09, 2019, Bright Mirror crossed the border! At Le Hasard Ludique in Paris, in partnership with Jokkolabs in Dakar and the Impact Hub in Accra, citizens gathered to discuss the theme of the future of water. For one evening, French, Senegalese and Ghanaians are gathered to invent an optimistic…
Collective Intelligence – The African Paradigm
Before diving into collective intelligence, let’s talk first about innovation. The last 10 years have plunged the world into a deep economic, political and social crisis. While creating a profound mistrust of established financial and economical models in Western countries, this crisis has brought to light alternative practices, philosophies and models that existed all the…
#immo-inno, incubating talent
At the end of 2017, Eiffage Construction and Eiffage Immobilier launched their first internal innovation contest, Challenge #immo-inno, dedicated to tomorrow’s housing. After nine months of competition, a generous dose of audacity, a few late-night meetings and an overpowering desire to win, three teams stood out from the crowd with Origami taking top spot. Read…
Talent doesn’t exist
Attractivity, development, acceleration, engagement of talents are dense activities for the people in charge of human development. From school relations to leadership development program management, I have tried to understand what talent is. According to the schools of thought and the years, the definition did not cease evolving with the trends and seasons. Sometimes elitist,…