“These certainties have disappeared”: Ursula von der Leyen redefines the European economic model
At La REF 2026, on August 27 at Roland-Garros, Ursula von der Leyen delivered a speech to French entrepreneurs that goes far beyond the question of competitiveness. The President of the European Commission starts from an observation: the conditions that have supported the European economic model for several decades are being profoundly challenged. Energy, China,...
AI in business: the missing link between productivity and value creation
A report by the United Nations Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence raises a question that should directly interest business leaders: who actually captures the value created by AI? Behind this question lies a much broader problem. Companies have invested heavily in accessing technologies, adopting them, and multiplying use cases. But they still have...
What does AI know about your company after 1,000 conversations?
An AI becomes more useful when it knows your business. But what happens when the combination of mundane information reveals context that no one has explicitly provided? A business leader uses artificial intelligence daily. One Monday, he asks it to prepare a negotiation with a supplier. A few days later, he analyzes with it the...
AI 2027: is the real risk superintelligence or the power we give to AI agents?
What if the real risk were not just superintelligence, but the power of action we grant to AI agents? AI 2027 imagines a loss of control of systems that have become superior to humans. Yoshua Bengio shifts the debate toward agency. For companies, the question is already concrete: an AI can be capable of acting...
The AI value gap: why AI works but doesn’t always create value
Artificial intelligence works. It analyzes documents, generates content, synthesizes information, detects anomalies, automates certain tasks and is now beginning to act through agentic systems capable of chaining multiple operations. Yet as these capabilities advance, another question becomes central: Why do companies with high-performing AI technologies not always manage to transform this technological power into measurable...
AI agents: who gave them the power to act?
Why companies must now govern their agents' authority, not just their autonomy Imagine a company that allows a sales agent to consult the CRM, identify at-risk customers, propose a discount, and send emails. Each permission seems reasonable. Then the agent gains the ability to modify certain business terms in the ERP. At what point did...