Works
The works presented here are part of the ongoing Readings of the World project. They offer a critical reading of the contemporary world from the perspective of social sciences, philosophy and anthropology, examining work, organizations, modern beliefs and contemporary forms of power.
Each book constitutes an autonomous exploration, but all of these publications participate in the same intellectual approach: to understand the social and symbolic mechanisms that structure our societies, to analyze the dominant evidence and to shed light on the tensions between rationality, culture and lived experience.
This page offers a concise overview of these works, accompanied by reference points to help understand their orientation, main themes and overall coherence.
Innovation versus tradition: Understanding and overcoming obstacles to change
This book explores resistance to change not as dysfunctions, but as profoundly human, cultural and identity-related phenomena.
Themes: innovation, traditions, resistance to change
Target audience: managers, decision-makers, change agents
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The 8 keys to lasting success and fulfillment
A nuanced perspective on success, conceived as a process of inner and collective construction, far removed from contemporary performance imperatives. Themes: sustainable success, fulfillment, meaning
Target audience: general public, entrepreneurs, students
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https://www.amazon.fr/Cl%C3%A9s-pour-R%C3%A9ussir-S%C3%89panouir-Durablement/dp/6208000777
The inhabited organization: Awakening the being, transforming management
A work that examines the organization not as a simple technical device, but as a lived space, traversed by subjectivities, tensions and quests for meaning.
Themes: critical management, subjectivity, organizational transformation
Target audience: researchers, practitioners, managers, students
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https://www.leseditionsdunet.com/livre/lorganisation-habitee
The loneliness of the entrepreneur
A journey to the heart of an invisible failure
Presentation of the book
The figure of the entrepreneur is often associated with success, autonomy, and mastery. Yet, behind these dominant representations lies a very different reality: that of solitude, doubt, and the silent ordeal of failure.
This book offers an in-depth look at this rarely discussed experience. It explores entrepreneurial failure not as an individual failing, but as a social, psychological, and institutional phenomenon, produced by success standards that leave little room for human vulnerability.
Through a critical and embodied analysis, this book questions how our societies value performance while making invisible the broken paths, the silences and the suffering that accompany them.
Editorial journey
L’échec interdit: Essai sur le tabou de l’échec en France
Présentation de l’ouvrage
L’échec est partout présent dans les parcours entrepreneuriaux, mais il demeure largement absent des discours publics. Dans L’échec interdit, Gamal EL BALLAT analyse les mécanismes sociaux, culturels, juridiques et psychologiques qui transforment un revers économique en stigmate durable. À travers une approche mêlant sciences de gestion, témoignages et comparaisons internationales, l’auteur montre comment certaines sociétés apprennent de l’échec tandis que d’autres le sanctionnent. Cet ouvrage invite à repenser la place du risque, de l’apprentissage et de la seconde chance dans nos organisations et dans notre société. Traduit en six langues européennes, il contribue aujourd’hui à un débat international sur la résilience entrepreneuriale et le droit à rebondir.
Parcours éditorial
http://my.editions-ue.com/cover_playgrounds/referrals/110945
