See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin A new production plant will soon crank out jet fuel made from trash. As airlines seek to lower their carbon footprint and cities struggle with growing... Alain Renaudin's insight: After Qatar's gas plane, Airbus' E-Fan, the solar impulse ... here comes the Garbage Air, where the circular economy ... Continue reading Your Future British Airways Flights May Be Powered By Garbage
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Air pollution, atmospheric cancer
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin 1 in 8 Deaths Globally Are Linked To Air Pollution A new report from the World Health Organization shows the air situation is far more dire than we anticipated. Alain Renaudin's insight: Atmospheric cancer is the disease of the century! You don't need to ... Continue reading Pollution de l’air, le cancer atmosphérique
Europe develops the world's first solar jet fuel
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin An EU-funded research project called SOLAR-JET has produced the world's first "solar" jet fuel from water and carbon dioxide (CO2). Alain Renaudin's insight: The Europe of Research is a positive, interesting and innovative Europe of the future. A programme in which ... Continue reading L’Europe développe le premier carburéacteur solaire au monde
This Air-Purifying Billboard Lays Waste to Construction Site Pollution
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin A new initiative from Universidad de Ingeniera y Tecnologa UTEC and agency FCB Mayo does more than advertise--it cleans up the very air we breathe. Alain Renaudin's insight: A few months ago I wondered if we would end up installing huge air filters at the entrance to cities ... Continue reading This Air-Purifying Billboard Lays Waste to Construction Site Pollution
French pride in their regional identity
- NewCorp Conseil's major national survey - The territorial reform desired by the Prime Minister (abolition of the general councils and division of the number of regions by two) will be difficult. Beyond the elected representatives who are already mobilising, it is the whole of the French population who declare themselves attached to their regional identity. Between accounting mathematics and identity ... Continue reading La fierté d’appartenance régionale des Français
Biomimicry: nature at the service of innovation
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin On March 26, the Minister of Ecology presented his bill on biodiversity. The economic potential of nature, embodied by biomimicry, is Alain Renaudin's insight: The interviews and verbatims were collected during the biomimicry conference organised by NewCorp Conseil on 13 March 2014 ... Continue reading Biomimétisme : la nature au service de l’innovation
The TOPDESREGIONS - Results available
TOPDESREGIONS barometer 2014 - RESULTS AVAILABLE. Regions (also) have become brands. Territorial marketing, local economic development, attractiveness, ecosystem, ... the subject is topical: territories are at the heart of the issues, and of investments. The regions are not only administrative levels, they have become an essential stakeholder in the dynamism, animation and development of ... Continue reading Le TOPDESREGIONS – Résultats disponibles
THANK YOU! Biomimicry Conference, 13 March, Maison de la Chimie
-> The conference on Biomimicry that you should not have missed! A success thanks to you! I would like to thank you sincerely for your very large attendance (nearly 250), your encouragement and your thanks. Thank you to all the speakers (15!) for the high quality and interest of their comments, and for their diversity. This is also what it is all about ... Continue reading MERCI !! Biomimétisme Conférence, 13 mars, Maison de la Chimie
On TF1's 8 o'clock news! Biomimicry and Ceebios on the news ...
Researchers are trying to draw inspiration from nature for their inventions: this is biomimicry. In addition to the technological innovation that natural elements can provide, it is also an ecological example. Scientists will be able to draw inspiration from complete ecosystems and living systems in a sustainable way.
Biomimicry | Airbus, a leading aircraft manufacturer
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin Alain Renaudin's insight: Biomimicry, by Airbus: What do velvet, the skin of a shark, and advancements in aircraft aerodynamics have in common? The answer lies in a field of scientific study that involves examining what can be extracted, learned and duplicated from the natural world. Known as 'biomimicry,' or ... Continue reading Biomimicry | Airbus, a leading aircraft manufacturer
5 Ways To Inspire And Encourage Everyone You Work With
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin You have an all-star team and vision for miles--What's missing? Bring your focus back to your people's potential with these tips from the authors of... Alain Renaudin's insight: Breaking out of silos to innovate is also about breaking out of your own thinking patterns, which often put your thinking on autopilot. Continue reading 5 Ways To Inspire And Encourage Everyone You Work With
200 times stronger glass inspired by seashells | Newsroom - McGill University
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin Alain Renaudin's insight: 200 times stronger glass inspired by shells. A team of engineers from McGill University led by Professor Francois Barthelat has been inspired by seashells to make glass 200 times stronger. "Observing the natural world can clearly lead to improved man-made designs," Barthelat said. ... Continue reading Un verre 200 fois plus résistant en s’inspirant des coquillages | Newsroom – McGill University
Top 10 innovations at the Consumer Electronic Show 2014
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin The 2014 edition of the CES (Consumer Electronic Show) was held in Las Vegas. This unmissable event allowed many companies to present thousands of high-tech products that will be part of our lives in the very near future. Among all the innovations on display, we can see the ... Continue reading Les 10 innovations les plus marquantes du Consumer Electronic Show 2014
Bankruptcies at a record high in 2013, with SMEs particularly hard hit
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin EXCLUSIVE - A total of 63,100 companies filed for bankruptcy last year, almost as many as in 2009. This threatens 269,000 jobs. The... Alain Renaudin's insight: 2013: Bankruptcies: +3% Start-ups: -2% See on http://www.lesechos.fr
Why hydrogen is back in the game
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin The promise of clean, abundant energy has not yet been fulfilled. But the automotive industry is beginning to believe in it, and hydrogen is... Alain Renaudin's insight: ... Hydrogen and Biomimicry: extract from the article ... "We are talking about artificial photosynthesis, because we would convert solar energy into hydrogen with a single cell ... Continue reading Pourquoi l’hydrogène revient dans la course
Business creation in 2013
With a total of 538,185 business creations, 2013 is the worst year since 2009, the year in which the auto-entrepreneur regime was introduced. Total number of new businesses: -2.1% versus 2012. A result which however masks two opposite movements: 2013 is the worst of the last 5 years for auto-entrepreneur creations, the best of the last 5 years for the ... Continue reading Bilan 2013 de la création d’entreprises
(Self)Company portraits
The values, history or key figures of companies are often displayed on corporate websites or in results reports ... but it is not always easy to know how to talk about the company and especially the team on the other side of the hall. Beyond the "official discourse" and the social barometers, how can we ... Continue reading (auto)Portraits d’entreprises
6 Ways To Create A Culture Of Innovation
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin Reward employees with time to think while providing them with the structure they need.Alain Renaudin's insight:Innovation is not something you can improvise!See on http://www.fastcodesign.com
How ECOVER produces plastic packaging by cleaning the seas
See on Scoop.it - Alain RenaudinSpecialist in green cleaning products for 30 years, Ecover will manufacture its packaging from plastic waste found in the sea from 2014.Alain Renaudin's insight:The sea, a resource of plastics ... it's sad but good. The economy is also a solution to ecology.See on http://www.spotwork.fr
Sustainable development as a factor of competitiveness
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin Despite the crisis, many SME managers still consider it strategic to implement new environmental, social and societal actions. In particular, to gain in competitiveness. Alain Renaudin's insight: The result of this Generali-CSA survey of VSE/SME managers has been a constant for some time now. Continue reading Le développement durable, facteur de compétitivité
Science of Bioinspiration Is Spreading, But Lacks Commercial Teeth | Xconomy
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin Can innovators learn anything about sustainability from the minimalist lifestyle of a two-toed sloth? This question occurred to me Wednesday during the Fou Alain Renaudin's insight: This article written at the end of the "Fourth Annual Bioinspiration Conference" last November in San Diego sums up quite well what biomimicry has done for the ... Continue reading Science of Bioinspiration Is Spreading, But Lacks Commercial Teeth | Xconomy
NewCorp Conseil's wishes
NewCorp Conseil would like to wish you all the best for a year 2014 full of decisions and achievements. DO IT IN 2014 for a MADE IN 2014
The face of entrepreneurship is changing (Nov. update)
It was time for the Grandguillaume report to arrive, but it will not save the year 2013, a black year of creation for auto-entrepreneurs. With a total of 497,955 business creations over the first 11 months of the year, 2013 is the worst year since 2009, the year in which the auto-entrepreneur scheme was introduced. In the ... Continue reading La création d’entreprise change de visage (màj nov.)
Bloomberg Billionaires
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin The Bloomberg Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the world's richest people. Alain Renaudin's insight: wow, great example of infographics, dataviz & Co ... See on http://www.bloomberg.com
Relaunching growth: the French no longer rely on the State
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin For two thirds of French people, the current economic difficulties are not a crisis, but a "deep and lasting change in society", according to an Ipsos poll for "Le Monde". Alain Renaudin's insight: One of the best studies of the year. Open doors sometimes, but good condition... Continue reading Relance de la croissance : les Français ne comptent plus sur l’Etat
Swiss drone takes inspiration from insects to avoid mid-air collisions
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin One of the most important issues in the design of drones is the problem of mid-air collisions. Swiss engineers have succeeded in inventing a flying robot inspired by insects to avoid collisions.Alain Renaudin's insight:taking inspiration from nature ... humm ... that tells you something ... Continue reading Un drone suisse s’inspire des insectes pour éviter les collisions dans les airs
Volvo creates nanomaterial that revolutionises energy storage in electric vehicles
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin The pollution caused by our cars is one of the biggest problems for the preservation of our planet. Electric cars are one of the solutions, but many people are sceptical about whether they are really environmentally friendly.See on dailygeekshow.com
Adrift, the video that will make you love the mist
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin While fog is rather annoying and reduces our visibility when driving, it can also be full of beauty! As this superb video shows us the fog in a completely new light.Alain Renaudin's insight:Vertiginous and sublime. See on dailygeekshow.com
"The city limits", a poetic video illustrating the growing urbanisation
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin Humans are only a tiny part of the Earth's history. Yet, for the past 200 years, we have been drawing on its resources as if they had always belonged to us...See on dailygeekshow.com
Feeling Your Consumer: What Marketers Are Missing About Making Emotional Connections
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin Douglas Van Praet discusses the neurological nature of empathy and how marketers often focus on competition at the expense of real connections. See on http://www.fastcocreate.com
The Psychology of Color in Marketing and Branding | Help Scout
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin The psychology of colour as it relates to persuasion is one of the most interesting-and most controversial-aspects of marketing. See on http://www.helpscout.net
Myth busted: the rational consumer does not exist
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin A new step in the dossier on "secret techniques to crack the consumer" that disproves the theory: the consumer is not rational Alain Renaudin's insight: This is an interesting article, but probably not written by someone in research or marketing or advertising, because the entry ... Continue reading Un mythe s’écroule : le consommateur rationnel n’existe pas
Burning food crops to produce biofuels is a crime against humanity
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin Jean Ziegler: EU leaders must vote against a biofuels policy that is increasing world hunger and causing environmental devastation See on http://www.theguardian.com
Biomimicry: what if we asked Nature?
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin Innovating to rethink our changing world, showing resilience to reinvent ourselves: The challenge is launched, the desire is there, the crowds are gathering ... yes, but how do we do it? What if the solutions for the Future were already here, all around us, in the living? Continue reading Biomimétisme: et si nous demandions à la Nature ?
Interview with Jean-Paul Delevoye
Jean-Paul Delevoye, president of the EESC, on 23 January 2012 in Paris. PRM / Sipa Interview published on Rue 89 on 21 November 2013 In 2011, he diagnosed a France ready to explode. Today, the political and social climate proves him right. And Jean-Paul Delevoye has just divorced the UMP. Thirty years after his debut in ... Continue reading Entretien avec Jean-Paul Delevoye
In L.A., they saw the bio-car of 2025
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin Every year, the Los Angeles Auto Show organizes a design competition that imagines our modes of transportation of the future. This time, they are organic.Alain Renaudin's insight:When organic becomes biomimetic ...See on http://www.lepoint.fr
Energy news / World energy : The latest news on energy in the world - November 2013
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin SOUTH AFRICA Between coal and shale gas While South Africa's coal reserves rank 9th in the world, its shale gas reserves are promising...... - Zepros.frSee on http://www.zepros.fr
Personal branding, the future of man 2.0 ? | Le Cercle Les Echos
See on Scoop.it - Alain RenaudinAlain Renaudin's insight:Everyone becomes or wants to become a brand, in the age of the media-ego, this is not surprising. But conversely, and this is very important, brands also have an interest in becoming incarnate, re-incarnated, re-humanised. To be warmer, more emotional, more credible and sincere in their social commitments in particular. If ... Continue reading Le personal branding, l’avenir de l’homme 2.0 ? | Le Cercle Les Echos
The CEEBIOS
The CEEBIOS, European Centre of Excellence in Biomimicry in Senlis, aims to create on the former military site of the Ordener district a set of complementary activities related to a rapidly growing discipline: biomimicry. In the spirit of a campus, the centre will encourage exchanges and cooperation between scientists, researchers and ... Continue reading Le CEEBIOS
> France >
> France > http://youtu.be/FsYOvWy_1dA NewCorp Conseil 2013 - Alain Renaudin (... with Olivier Cimelière - HEURISTIK Communications - for the final touch :-) _____ Instead of made in France, I would prefer made BY France At a time of great economic anxiety, the temptation to fall back on protectionism is great. So the globalisation responsible for relocations would find its ... Continue reading > France >
On the usefulness of taxation
First edition on 28/10/2013 - Updated 01/02/2017 When taxes kill ... Income tax, vat, family quotient, family allowances, deductions related to high school and university students, local taxes, ... everything is increasing, everything is good to puncture. "The French must make efforts", this refrain repeated over and over again by politicians (of whom the public is convinced), is the only one that can be used as an excuse to make a profit... Continue reading De l’utilité de l’impôt
Biomimicry: the true nature of the collaborative economy?
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin What if the collaborative economy wasn't actually inspired by Nature? This is the opinion of Gaëtan Dartevelle, co-founder of Biomimicry Europa and director of Greenloop. - OuiShare Alain Renaudin's insight: Since man has been man, growth, expansion, conquest, has been at the expense of the other, physically. The ... Continue reading Biomimétisme: la vraie nature de l’économie collaborative ?
Those Who Stand for Nothing Fall for Anything
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin I've been trying to put my finger on the problem with so much of the social content brands put out into the world. Why does it seem so damned flat and soulless? Sure, they post the occasional Alain Renaudin's insight: Yes! Wake up brands! See on http://www.linkedin.com
Want To Find Brand Ambassadors? Start With Your Employees
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin The 2012 Edelman Trust Barometer, a trust and credibility survey that collects data from more than 30,000 people, found that regular rank-and-file company employees have more credibility than executives.Alain Renaudin's insight:Several years ago, I organised a conference under the theme "your first customer is the internal". It is also your ... Continue reading Want To Find Brand Ambassadors? Start With Your Employees
Business Is About Innovation, So Why Do We Teach It In The Same Old Way? - Forbes
See on Scoop.it - Technology in Business Today Business Is About Innovation, So Why Do We Teach It In The Same Old Way? Forbes My area of specialty is business ethics and more specifically stakeholder management. I've seen changes in attitudes about business throughout the years. See on http://www.forbes.com
Daddy Sugar to switch to plant-based plastic
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin See also: New variants of BASF's Ecovio plastic Sugar to boost electronics performance Braskem to produce plant-based LDPE The Plant Chemistry Association celebrates its fifth anniversary in Lille What patenting strategy in chemistry? Alain Renaudin's insight: Daddy, la vie en rose ... and ... Continue reading Le sucre Daddy va passer au plastique végétal
Political inspiration suffers from the pre-formatting of partisan thinking
Why is it so difficult to renew oneself politically and culturally? The time of great crises, of great decisions, of great changes, must also be the time of renewal, of creativity, of gathering, of national unity, of the "project". This applies both at national and European level. Europe should be at the time of the Europe nation, not the Europe of the world. Continue reading L’inspiration politique souffre du pré-formatage de la pensée partisane
Flying wind turbines: the future of energy is in the sky | ActuWiki
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin Alain Renaudin's insight: a new way of thinking! See on actuwiki.com
Myth busted: moths are not just harmful to humans
See on Scoop.it - Alain Renaudin There are animal or insect names that often have a negative connotation for many of us: from hyenas to spiders to snakes, the mere mention of them provokes, depending on one's sensitivity, at best a few...See on http://www.fandebiomimetisme.com
Forward
"Forward", to say "we still can" "Forward" was Barack Obama's campaign slogan, an apt and very contemporary slogan. More than a slogan, it is a call to mobilise, to energise, to conquer, to fight against defeatism and fatalism. When times are hard, the temptation is great... Continue reading Forward
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