Alain Aspect, professor at the University of Paris-Saclay and the Ecole Polytechnique, is co-winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics.
This prestigious award marks a fundamental step for the entire quantum sector. which is experiencing extraordinary dynamics. Alain Aspect is the co-founder of the startup Pasqal and advisor to Quandela; Two gems whose development we are proud to be able to support.
Congratulations to Alain Aspect and thanks to Pasqal and Quandela for their trust.

Geopolitical crisis, health crisis, energy crisis, raw materials crisis, economic and social crisis, environmental crisis… In 2022, the world has been hit by a multitude of ever-changing crises, with lasting consequences for contemporary societies. In a hyper-connected world and a hyper-globalised economy, “the butterfly effect” is now much more a certainty than a theory. From cyber attacks to supply disruptions, from health risks to energy risks, from reputational risks to high-intensity conflicts, these multiple global crises have had a significant impact on business activity. How does a company adapt ? How do corporate security and safety professionals ensure the business continuity of organisations while still allowing them to capitalise on these disruptions so as not to “waste the crises”?
Yann de Kersauson, Executive Search Director/Partner and in-house “security/safety” expert who regularly participates in the work of the CDSE, will speak at this conference on the “new skills and new talents” required to overcome crises more effectively

By Anne Cudkowicz and Gwënola Dubois-Dorkel, both general managers at Arthur Hunt Transition.

his is precisely what the latest survey carried out by the IFOP on behalf of Arthur Hunt, in partnership with the Bona Fidé agency, invites us to do. Something about the climate surrounding the issue of work has changed, and managers and executives are not immune to the rule.

This is because the “big quit” is probably above all a symptom of a new vision of the world of work. The 58% of executives who are thinking of going elsewhere will certainly not jump in feet first.
But they are clearly seized by doubt. The proof? 77% say they understand the graduates of the grandes écoles – Polytechnique, HEC, Sciences Po, etc. – who have expressed loud and clear their refusal to take up a career in companies considered responsible for the current climate crisis. This figure is not insignificant: in normal times, it’s easier to imagine young people who are committed, sometimes even radical, who get back into line as they get older, and are judged as such by their elders. None of this here: it’s young people who redefine work-related representations, and the most experienced who follow… A sign of the times, no doubt.

They are more astute; they either plan to start a business (40%) or continue working as freelancers (39%). And because the prospect of going it alone when you’ve spent all your career in a large group can be daunting, becoming a transition manager can then become an attractive option. Hence the transformations underway in the transition manager line of business. In the past, transition managers tended to be experienced managers, at the end of their career, who provided their extensive experience to a struggling company.

Today, the job has been modernised, and is no longer seen as an activity linked solely to crisis situations (40% believe that they are “as useful for a company in a time of growth as in a crisis”, compared to 18% who believe that “they are first and foremost useful for a company in a time of crisis”) but as a real lever for development. In a context where the relationship with work is changing, where careers are no longer linear, where ethics matter, transition management is a solution for the future, both for managers and their individual aspirations for a “multi-faceted” professional life and for companies, by overcoming their recruitment difficulties.

Anne Cudkowicz – Anne began her professional career with a headhunting firm specialising in the recruitment of senior executives, then for seven years she set up, developed and managed the Marketing & Commercial division at Expectra (Randstad Group).

Gwenola Dubois-Dorkel – After 10 years as a consultant and then manager at Expectra (Ranstand Group), she became a Partner in 2017 and took over as General Manager of the business in 2019.