The Social Constitution of the Workspace

Numerous abuses are currently inflicted on human habitats—both the broader ecosystem and the specific places where our lives unfold: the home, the street, the office. But why would a species damage the very spaces it inhabits, especially at a time when we have more data about our environment than ever before? This raises a crucial question: why does knowledge not lead to care?

Written by Michaël V. Dandrieux • 25 Nov 20

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Michaël V. Dandrieux, Ph.D., is a sociologist and co-founder of Eranos. For the past 20 years, he has guided leaders across various industries: shaping the future of healthcare with Pierre Fabre, steering Chloé's transition to stakeholder governance, fostering worker engagement at Nexans, navigating Air France's cultural response to COVID, promoting Pernod Ricard's values of conviviality, and enhancing women's confidence with L'Oréal USA. Rooted in the tradition of the sociology of the imagination, he teaches at Sciences Po Paris within the School of Management and Impact and serves on several Boards of Directors and Mission Committees.

❝The way to build a church is not merely to pay for it to be built, especially not with someone else's money. The way to build a church is not even to pay for it with your own money. The way to build a church is to build it yourself.❞

— G.K. Chesterton, vie de Saint-Francois d’Assise

The Social Constitution of the Workspace

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