Don’t mention it! Tackling your team’s taboos, Part 2
Following on from Part 1 of our series on “undiscussables”, here are ways to tackle team dynamics where people say but don’t mean, professing publicly to espouse values and attitudes that they...
Jean-Louis Barsoux helps organizations, teams, and individuals change and reinvent themselves. He was educated in France and the UK, and holds a PhD in comparative management from Loughborough University in England. His doctorate provided the foundation for the book French Management: Elitism in Action (with Peter Lawrence) and a Harvard Business Review article entitled The Making of French Managers.
October 22, 2025 • by Ginka Toegel, Jean-Louis Barsoux in Brain Circuits • 4 min read
Following on from Part 1 of our series on “undiscussables”, here are ways to tackle team dynamics where people say but don’t mean, professing publicly to espouse values and attitudes that they...
October 16, 2025 • by Ginka Toegel, Jean-Louis Barsoux in Brain Circuits • 4 min read
Nothing stunts team progress like “undiscussables.” Left unmanaged, they choke the team’s problem-solving abilities and its capacity to learn and change. In this four-part series, we provide a guide for team leaders...
October 24, 2024 • by Jean-Louis Barsoux, Cyril Bouquet, Michael R. Wade in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion • 7 min read
The story of Patricia Bath, the inventor of modern cataract surgery and the first African American woman to receive a medical patent, highlights the power of the outsider perspective....
Explore first person business intelligence from top minds curated for a global executive audience