‘Digital Uncertainty’: Our Weakness, Their Strength
Quentin Toulemonde After a month of total writing sobriety, I’m thrilled to be back to kick off 2026 and get back into good habits. We live in an increasingly uncertain world. Geopolitical…
2025 In Review
As 2025 draws to a close, I would like to take a moment to reflect on five themes that, in my view, have had a particularly strong impact on this…
Burry-ing the Numbers?
This week, attention turned once again to Michael Burry, who announced that he is closing his investment fund, Scion Capital. Burry became a prominent figure nearly two decades ago after…
Rated, Not Verified
This week, an article in the Financial Times drew my attention for its critical perspective on the potentially problematic role of credit rating agencies in assessing private credit risk. The…
The 1’000 billion dollar man?
The past week has seen a flurry of commentary across the financial press – and far beyond – on Tesla’s newly approved long-term performance award for its chief executive, Elon…
Survival of the Fittest
This past weekend, a concise yet remarkably insightful interview with Per Franzén, CEO of Swedish investment firm EQT, published by the Financial Times, captured my attention. Franzén warned that a…
HigherEd is dead? Long live HigherEd!
This week, I was struck twice by the same theme. First, by the cover of L’Express predicting “la crise des diplômes qui vient.” Then, by Ne faites plus d’étude !…
On Exemplarity
This week, I would like to take a step back from my 15 years of experience dedicated to transforming organizations and operations — supporting or contributing to their structuring and/or…
Thinking with Machines in the Age of AI
It’s a pleasure to return to writing on this blog, and I hope to rebuild a regular writing habit. To begin again, I want to address a classic topic: education…
Tectonic shifts
After a few months of stepping away from this blog, I’ve decided it’s time to return to writing. These months of absence have certainly not stopped the world from moving…