CIME Innovation’s Programme for 2026

Meetings and Webinars

19 March: Turning Collective Experience into an Asset

Turning team experience into reliable, actionable knowledge has become an essential collective skill in an increasingly dynamic, complex, and uncertain professional environment. This skill is acquired and strengthened through “hot” after-action reviews (AARs), a specific form of immediate, collective situation analysis. How can this collective learning be developed?

19 June: Working with Emerging Technologies

The accelerating pace of technological change on the one hand (AI, immersive reality, etc.), and the deployment of innovative forms of work on the other (hybrid, remote work), combined with new management approaches (algorithmic management, agile organisations), are leading to a profound rethinking of working conditions. These developments call for new ways of doing, thinking, organising, and collaborating at work.

15 September: Skills Development for the Future of Work

This webinar aims to explore the gap between young professionals’ skills and current labour market needs, drawing on recent data from the United Nations and private-sector organisations highlighting both skills shortages and emerging opportunities. It seeks to identify missing skills, question the alignment between educational models and sectoral realities, and discuss the potential of micro-credentials and flexible learning formats to better prepare people for the jobs of tomorrow.

15 October 2026: “There Will Be No Generational War”

Building on her observation of highly educated young people (Master’s degree holders and above), who will be key actors in shaping our future, Monique Dagnaud complemented her work with a third study (from May 2023 to early 2024) conducted with a Youth Assembly, in order to better identify, by contrast, the aspirations of young people from disadvantaged urban areas who hope for upward social mobility.

“There is not one youth, but many youths. However, these young adults share a collective experience marked by major historical shocks: Covid-19, the return of war to Europe, climate catastrophes, the rift with the United States, and more. These experiences shape their imagination and worldview—caught between anxiety and resilience—as well as lifestyles that differ sharply from those of the previous generation.”

Learning Expedition in France

2–5 November: Understanding the Management of Transformations
(Location and programme to be announced)

Annual Study Day

9 December: Programme to be announced

Publication in English of CIME’s Second Book: The Hidden Faces of Innovation

In today’s economic environment, as organisations continuously seek growth and development by optimising their innovation and creative potential, it is essential to understand critical issues and management practices related to both technological innovation and management more broadly. Based on nearly ten years of research and studies conducted within CIME Innovation, this book explores multiple facets of innovation through short case studies, most of them drawn from field research carried out by CIME’s partner researchers and practitioners, and informed by empirical studies in national and international companies. The French edition was published in November 2025. The English version, scheduled for February 2026, will be published in London.