is a writer and contributing editor at France's bestselling Philosophie magazine. The philosophy of Ralph W. Emerson inspired him to develop his own ethics based on anticonformism. He's the author of The Initial Struggle. Leaving Empire of Nihilism (2011) and the upcoming Last Words of the Dying Greats.
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Aim of the workshop: to create a conversation about what defines a job well done, and help your team work towards a common understanding.
In his article "How do you define a job well done?", philosopher Pierre-Olivier Monteil asks who is the best placed to judge the quality of work: the client, the employee, or the boss? All three points of view need to be confronted and combined, he concludes, in order to hopefully reach a consensus.
We'd now like to give you the opportunity to reflect on this subject among colleagues, in a three-part workshop.
1 > Three points of view
(10 minutes)
Form 3 groups (of one or several people), which must each adopt one of the following “points of view” on what constitutes a job well done: that of the engineer, who designs the process, that of user (or client), and that of the worker.
For 10 minutes, each group must list:
- all the criteria that defines a job well done (according to their point of view)
- all the reasons why this definition should be adopted by the company
2 > Debate
(25 minutes)
All participants then form a
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