EXPLORING AND BUILDING TOMORROW'S ORGANIZATIONS
France has a brand new Defense Innovation Agency
The recent creation, on the 1st September, of the Defense Innovation Agency, attached to the General Delegate for Armaments, confirms that for France as well, technological leadership in a conflictual world requires openness.
Trump won’t prevent Chinese innovation
China’s innovation capabilities are increasing and the rivalry with the United States is not going to contain, but reinforce this trend.
Thales leaves nothing to chance
Within the Thales Group, digital transformation is only one aspect of the innovation strategy. To understand this strategy, we went to meet Marko Erman, Research & Technology Director.
Case study: how MBDA uses the Presans Conciergerie
Four reasons Presans Conciergerie is a valued service within MBDA teams, after a few months of use.
Gérard Mourou and his lasers of extreme power
Our Optical Fellow Philippe Aubourg, former President of the Société Française d’Optique, talks about the career of Gérard Mourou, Nobel Prize in Physics 2018.
Renault: Capable of anything
The current performance of the Renault group in China and India is disappointing. Is this a worrying failure or, on the contrary, have we seen nothing yet of what Renault is really capable of?
SNCF : “Oui” to open organization ?
The ultimate stronghold of the post-war mixed French economy appears to have finally submitted to reform. But will this allow for better management? A better customer experience? A better ability to invest in the future?
INNOVATION IN CHINA: BIG, FAST, TRANSPARENT
The key actors of innovation in China are the State (if the State wants to do something, it does so, and it does so quickly), private capital (which allows to focus resources on many innovative initiatives), and startups (which grow fast, whose founders are often very young, and increasingly international).
Digital transformation in higher education: the case of HEC Paris
Peter Todd is the Managing Director of HEC Paris. He is particularly well placed to anticipate scenarios that will impact the world of management schools in the future.
Open Organization of the month: Thales Digital Factory
Our report on an event organized on September 3, 2018 by the Aerospace, Defense and Security Club of HEC Alumni, at the initiative of Jérôme Bouquet, member of the Board.
Albert Meige interview by the FNCC
Albert Meige interviewed by the Franco-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce.
Five quick insights on renewable energy storage options
This fact sheet on renewable energy storage options summarizes important facts that our Fellows have noticed as a result of their participation in Presans Platform missions.
DARPA, the F-35, and the return of Russia: in a world of new conflicts, technological leadership requires open organization
Piloting, financing and effectively advancing military technological innovation is now becoming a key priority for States.
RAPPORT MINISTÉRIEL
WHITEPAPER
