by Mark Harling | Aug 31, 2023 | Blog
Something I hear too often is that strategy is only useful for large corporations. A few days ago, I was invited by a small business close to Nantes, to organize a workshop dedicated to creating a strategy and vision for one of their revenue streams. Defining a...
by Mark Harling | Aug 17, 2023 | Blog
In a traditional meeting, Pareto’s famous law also applies: 20% of participants generate 80% of the thinking, and most of the time, shy or introverted people don’t speak up. Does that mean that if you’re shy, you have nothing relevant to say? That if...
by Mark Harling | Aug 3, 2023 | Blog
During my last trip abroad, I had the pleasure to visit the company Synaps, in Lebanon : a research laboratory that produces knowledge to serve society on three themes: everyday economics, environmental stress, and digital transformation. The aim of the workshop was...
by Mark Harling | May 11, 2021 | Blog
I went for a bicycle ride with the children and it turned out we had a wonderful illustration of the theory of constraints. The children had great fun in towing each other with a strap and when the youngest was towing the oldest, we avoided all the drama of being...
by Mark Harling | Jan 25, 2021 | Life Lab
At LifeLab, we are aware that the children of today will shape the world of tomorrow, hence our motto “Today’s Students. Tomorrow’s World”. We teach children to think for themselves by enriching their life skills at problem solving, whatever the nature of the problem....
by Mark Harling | Jan 18, 2021 | Blog
For the international Appreciate a Dragon Day, I’d like to introduce you to Tiny Dragon. If like him, • You haven’t created any resolutions for 2021, • You haven’t refreshed your 5 year vision, • You haven’t decided on your strategic axis for 2021, • You haven’t taken...
by Mark Harling | Jan 17, 2021 | Blog
When I come to visit your shopfloor, your factory, your production unit, my work as a consultant is about understanding your problems, difficulties, and challenges, and helping you to solve them. It isn’t at all an abstract exercise at all but grounded in the reality...
by Mark Harling | Jan 10, 2021 | Blog
The celebrations are over, the decorations have been put away, the house and the office seem a little drab now. Suddenly, you capture something in the corner of your eye. It’s a houseplant! Maybe with all the excitement, you’ve forgotten about them a little? January...
by Mark Harling | Dec 8, 2020 | Blog
When you don’t have you Lego Serious Play kit, you just draw the Lego! Some wonderful discussions with the student designers of the International Masters Program from L’École de design Nantes Atlantique. We worked on creative questions around finding your...
by Mark Harling | Oct 4, 2020 | Life Lab
LifeLab©, an outstanding in-school program, teaches youth to listen to self and others, taking responsibility for their actions, learning critical and creative thinking, social and emotional capabilities. The program develops essential self-management skills. It helps...
