Antoine did a visual speech after the conference of Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele https://vanyp.elic.ucl.ac.be on “Climat : défis et opportunités” in Louvain-La-Neuve on 14 May 2019. Prof. van Ypersele delivered a sobering yet powerful message to the 350+ audience about the seriousness of climate change, how it is threatening life on earth, and what we should be doing to mitigate it.

Once upon a time, I was giving a writing skills training to young associates in a law firm. I was teaching them how to write clear, simple, short and actionable legal advice. At the end of the training, I asked them two questions: Did you find the training interesting?

Most organizations, at some point, face the challenge of defining or updating their mission, vision, values, purpose, strategic objectives, … you name it! But before engaging in the exercise of defining these elements (our vision is this …; our mission is that …), it may be useful to clarify precisely what we mean exactly when we say “vision”, “mission”, “values”, etc.