Relationships are more important than individuals

Placing humans at the center of our organizations is, in reality, something we have always done. Driven by a heroic imagination and the figure of the visionary leader who transforms an imperfect, passive, or even nonexistent world, we have always maintained a somewhat paternalistic relationship with everything around us—be it the natural world, human nature, or space. This is even a defining characteristic of organizations in Western markets. Ph. Descola demonstrated this nearly 40 years ago.

Par Stéphane Hugon • 14 Sep 24

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Stéphane Hugon Ph.D est sociologue, Cofondateur et Président d'Eranos, et enseignant à l'ENSCI. Il a accompagné le groupe Pernod Ricard sur les transformations consommatoires autour de la convivialité, LVMH sur le luxe et le sacré, la Recherche de l'Oréal sur des projets d'innovation, ou encore Groupama sur l'engagement des sociétaires. Il est particulièrement investi dans les missions de recevabilité des offres et de réduction des risques sur des investissements dont la variable de succès est l’interculturel.

❝Once the individual is seen as a separate entity, the individual and the community come into conflict with each other in an irreconcilable tension.❞

— Alain Anquetil, Philosophe

Relationships are more important than individuals

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