ORCIDWhilst I first discovered my passion for and respect for the sea as a young adult through cruising in the Mediterranean, it was when I left my native Var at the age of 23 to study oceanography at university that I began to devote myself fully to this profession. Little by little, after numerous learning phases (which were clearly longer than usual…), I feel that over the past few years I have gradually built up a modest yet solid and varied body of experience.
My sons have helped me grow; life has taught me a great deal and continues to do so; for several years now, I have been particularly interested in the mechanisms that enable (or prevent) the establishment of collective functioning – that is, a combination of human behaviours, characterised by respect and control over one’s emotions – which may ultimately lead to transcending the laws of arithmetic, where 1+1 can ultimately amount to far more than 2. Catalysing constructive energies, deconstructing various impositions in order to better reconstruct inter-individual dynamics is certainly a significant part of my research approach, both in my work and in my everyday social life.
As for the world of work, following an initial attempt that came to nothing at the last minute and with some difficulty, Virginie and I have been running a new cooperative project since mid-2021 called POKaPOK. I am now thoroughly delighted by the enthusiasm, human intelligence and energy that my colleagues at POKaPOK are, in turn, investing in this promising new cooperative project, through which we aim to shape our well-being at work and, in our own modest way, boost our productivity tenfold for the benefit of the major environmental challenges of our time.