Teaching and Pedagogical Innovation

 

 

Training leaders capable of learning from experience and making decisions in complex contexts

 

In environments characterized by complexity and uncertainty, training managers is not only a matter of transmitting tools, models, or methods.

 

It also involves developing their capacity to understand the situations they face, learn from experience, and make decisions in contexts where answers are not always known in advance.

 

The quality of leadership therefore depends not only on acquired knowledge, but also on the capacity to interpret experience and draw learning from it.

 

 

 

Pedagogical Positioning

 

Teaching activities are situated in the continuity of research conducted on leadership development, learning from experience, and decision-making in complex contexts.

 

They are based on a central idea:

 

leadership develops not only through the acquisition of knowledge, but also through the capacity to transform experience into understanding and learning.

 

This approach seeks to articulate:

• academic research in management sciences
• leadership experience
• concrete managerial situations
• the development of reflective capacities

 

It aims to bring together knowledge production, lived experience, and leadership development.

 

 

 

A Pedagogy Based on Experience

 

A key distinction structures this approach:

 

learning models is not enough — the aim is also to learn from experience.

 

It seeks to develop in students:

• a capacity to analyze situations
• a capacity to interpret complex contexts
• a capacity to learn from experience
• a capacity to develop their leadership
• a capacity to make decisions adapted to the situations they encounter

 

The objective is not only to understand concepts, but to develop a capacity to act in real leadership situations.

 

 

 

Reflective Leadership Lab

 

The Reflective Leadership Lab is a pedagogical device dedicated to exploring processes of learning from experience.

 

Students work not only on the situations they face, but also on the way they understand and interpret them.

 

They are invited to:

• analyze leadership situations
• make their reasoning explicit
• question their assumptions
• explore different interpretations
• identify the learning that emerges from their experience

 

The aim is not to find a single solution, but to develop a capacity to understand complex situations and adjust decisions accordingly.

 

The device also serves as a space for pedagogical experimentation, making it possible to explore different approaches to leadership development.

 

 

 

Pedagogical Objectives

 

The device aims in particular to develop:

• reflection in action and on action
• empathy and perspective-taking
• critical thinking
• creativity in the search for solutions
• continuous learning

 

These capacities contribute to leadership development and to improved decision-making in complex contexts.

 

 

 

Development of Teaching Cases

 

The work also includes the design of teaching cases focused on leadership, experience, and decision-making.

 

These cases emphasize not only the decisions themselves, but also the processes through which decisions are constructed.

 

They make it possible to explore mechanisms of interpretation, learning, and leadership development based on real situations or situations inspired by real experience.

 

 

 

Link with Research

 

Teaching activities are situated in the continuity of the research program developed within the Reflective Leadership Research Initiative.

 

They contribute to articulating:

• knowledge production
• analysis of experience
• leadership development
• pedagogical innovation

 

A pedagogical article dedicated to this approach is currently in preparation.

 

These activities also constitute a field for exploring the leadership development processes studied within the research program.

 

 

 

Intended Impact

 

The objective is to train managers capable of:

• learning from their experience
• understanding complex situations
• developing their leadership
• improving their decision-making capacity
• acting with discernment in uncertain environments

 

The aim is not only to apply models, but to develop a capacity to transform experience into learning and action.