Frank Contrepois

Category: learning in public

Do you know the connection between resilience and grief?

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When we lose something important, there is a natural process that is the same for everyone and that I call the 8 phases of grief. The 8 phases of grieving: Shock, Denial, Frustration, Depression, Acceptance , Connecting with meaning and purpose, Decision, Integration Persons that manage to go through all the phases fast have resilience. Let me repeat, resilience is simply the capacity to “get over it”. From the outside resilient people will rebound, be determined, courageous and able to adapt. Read more...

No more facebook

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For your info, my facebook account is not fully deleted, so if you cannot find me anymore, it is normal. This decision was finalised (I was thinking about it for a while) after watching The Social Dilemma on Netflix. https://www.thesocialdilemma.com/the-film/ Read more...

Intent Based Leadership

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This is the approach I’m trying to use (with various degree of success), this is what a leader should do, this is why it is hard to implement and most of the time not understood. A lesson of leadership from the Nuclear submarine Captain that got the highest score by the Navy while delegating efficiently. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYKH2uSax8U 9 minutes worth your time as 1.7m can confirm Read more...

Reading for pleasure

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After reading book over book of work related stuff, while on my last holiday, I rediscovered reading fiction for pleasure and ended up reading about zombies until late. Try it :) Read more...

Show don’t tell

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Instead of creating a slide deck to show how it feels to work with you, do real work, useful to the audience. When asked for a presentation, provide work-done. Read more...

Being late

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I was late to start the blog again, while Lucas was still on holiday. Until I remembered a say “When you are late, don’t rush, in any case you will be late”. Read more...