Bringing philosophical experimentation into the heart of business

Experimenting with HR Practices: Reinventing the firm as a venture platform

11min | 02/17/2022

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Speakers:

Jules Goddard, CEDEP Faculty, Fellow of London Business School, Member of the Council of the Royal Institute of Philosophy and author of recently published books on both philosophy and business experimentation.

Kate Chauviré, Director, Academic Planning and Coordination, CEDEP

When we are young, most of us create more value for the world by belonging to an organisation and learning to be more effective. The organisation adds value to our talent and capability. But at a certain age, most of us grow out of the need for this supportive and protective environment. The organisation starts to hold us back, and we leave to start up our own businesses.

The age at which this becomes apparent will vary. Some of us discover our entrepreneurial talent as teenagers and never want or need employment. Others of us never discover it, and we will always need employment security to provide an income. But the vast majority get to this moment of realisation in their 40s.

But what if corporate leaders celebrated rather than mourned the departure of their best talent and took a stake in these new businesses? What about establishing a venture fund and tempting those entrepreneurs to compete for it?

We need to rethink the very idea of employment. Organisations should become universities of enterprise, learning hubs and venture platforms – and thereby lead an entrepreneurial revolution in society.

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About Bringing philosophical experimentation into the heart of business

Is greater experimentation required in the way we do business? How can philosophy help us challenge the status quo? In this thought-provoking leadership podcast, Jules Goddard, CEDEP Faculty and practical philosopher, introduces six different ways to experiment with current managerial practice and asks what can we learn?

How can we turn meetings into conversations? Should management move beyond the dominant logic of efficiency? Is there value in reinventing companies as venture platforms? Could we bring the virtues of the free market inside companies? Is greater experimentation required in the way we work? What would happen if we liberated the maverick within us all?

This podcast is brought to you by CEDEP, a global executive education club and collaborative learning community of leading international organisations including L’Oréal, Renault and Moët Hennessy. CEDEP’s members co-create leadership development programmes to deliver innovative, highly relevant and actionable learning and create purpose-driven, agile and sustainable organisations.

For more information, please visit cedep.fr

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Bringing philosophical experimentation into the heart of business

Is greater experimentation required in the way we do business? How can philosophy help us challenge the status quo? In this thought-provoking leadership podcast, Jules Goddard, CEDEP Faculty and practical philosopher, introduces six different ways to experiment with current managerial practice and asks what can we learn?

How can we turn meetings into conversations? Should management move beyond the dominant logic of efficiency? Is there value in reinventing companies as venture platforms? Could we bring the virtues of the free market inside companies? Is greater experimentation required in the way we work? What would happen if we liberated the maverick within us all?

This podcast is brought to you by CEDEP, a global executive education club and collaborative learning community of leading international organisations including L’Oréal, Renault and Moët Hennessy. CEDEP’s members co-create leadership development programmes to deliver innovative, highly relevant and actionable learning and create purpose-driven, agile and sustainable organisations.

For more information, please visit cedep.fr

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Description

Speakers:

Jules Goddard, CEDEP Faculty, Fellow of London Business School, Member of the Council of the Royal Institute of Philosophy and author of recently published books on both philosophy and business experimentation.

Kate Chauviré, Director, Academic Planning and Coordination, CEDEP

When we are young, most of us create more value for the world by belonging to an organisation and learning to be more effective. The organisation adds value to our talent and capability. But at a certain age, most of us grow out of the need for this supportive and protective environment. The organisation starts to hold us back, and we leave to start up our own businesses.

The age at which this becomes apparent will vary. Some of us discover our entrepreneurial talent as teenagers and never want or need employment. Others of us never discover it, and we will always need employment security to provide an income. But the vast majority get to this moment of realisation in their 40s.

But what if corporate leaders celebrated rather than mourned the departure of their best talent and took a stake in these new businesses? What about establishing a venture fund and tempting those entrepreneurs to compete for it?

We need to rethink the very idea of employment. Organisations should become universities of enterprise, learning hubs and venture platforms – and thereby lead an entrepreneurial revolution in society.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Bringing philosophical experimentation into the heart of business

Is greater experimentation required in the way we do business? How can philosophy help us challenge the status quo? In this thought-provoking leadership podcast, Jules Goddard, CEDEP Faculty and practical philosopher, introduces six different ways to experiment with current managerial practice and asks what can we learn?

How can we turn meetings into conversations? Should management move beyond the dominant logic of efficiency? Is there value in reinventing companies as venture platforms? Could we bring the virtues of the free market inside companies? Is greater experimentation required in the way we work? What would happen if we liberated the maverick within us all?

This podcast is brought to you by CEDEP, a global executive education club and collaborative learning community of leading international organisations including L’Oréal, Renault and Moët Hennessy. CEDEP’s members co-create leadership development programmes to deliver innovative, highly relevant and actionable learning and create purpose-driven, agile and sustainable organisations.

For more information, please visit cedep.fr

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Bringing philosophical experimentation into the heart of business

Is greater experimentation required in the way we do business? How can philosophy help us challenge the status quo? In this thought-provoking leadership podcast, Jules Goddard, CEDEP Faculty and practical philosopher, introduces six different ways to experiment with current managerial practice and asks what can we learn?

How can we turn meetings into conversations? Should management move beyond the dominant logic of efficiency? Is there value in reinventing companies as venture platforms? Could we bring the virtues of the free market inside companies? Is greater experimentation required in the way we work? What would happen if we liberated the maverick within us all?

This podcast is brought to you by CEDEP, a global executive education club and collaborative learning community of leading international organisations including L’Oréal, Renault and Moët Hennessy. CEDEP’s members co-create leadership development programmes to deliver innovative, highly relevant and actionable learning and create purpose-driven, agile and sustainable organisations.

For more information, please visit cedep.fr

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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