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Frederic Laloux

Former business coach who has sparked a global movement of organizations adopting radically more powerful – and soulful – management practices.

01. ranked thinker

Ranked #39 in 2019.

02. FAST FACT

Created an online learning platform of leaders inspired by Reinventing Organizations.

03. FAST FACT

Created a knowledge wiki about Reinventing Organizations.

ideas

Leading “a soulful revolution in the workplace”, Laloux’s book Reinventing Organizations focuses on how to turn a disillusioned organization into an enlightened one. His research and analysis demonstrates that every time humanity has shifted to a new stage of consciousness in the past, it has invented new ways to structure and run organizations. The enlightened organization, he said, is collaborative, decentralised, and adaptive, with a “sense and respond” approach to problems, operating on trust rather than fear.

Nationality

Belgian

BIO

A former associate partner with McKinsey & Company, Laloux holds an MBA from INSEAD, and a degree in coaching from Newfield Network in Boulder, Colorado. He moved from Brussels with his young family to join an ecovillage in upstate New York. Laloux has travelled widely and speaks five languages.

Content

Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage in Human Consciousness (Nelson Parker, 2014).

website

reinventingorganizations.com

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VERDICT

“A richly researched book. A stimulating and inspiring read.“

Robert Kegan, Harvard University, on Reinventing Organizations.