By Benoit Duand-Tisnes, Managing Partner

Who stole my cheese? or how to adapt to change

Spencer Johnson – Ed. Michel LAFON

In these still summery times, I share with you a fable that is a priori light, but astonishing in view of our current world in profound, rapid and now permanent transformation.

TO MOVE OR NOT TO MOVE

Transformation is inevitable for every company if it wants to survive. And this passes above all through its fundamental unity; the human!

It is therefore once again at the level of Man that everything is at stake. However, as in any change, most of us are aware of this need for change, are aware of the actions to be implemented, but are much less inclined to embrace it when it comes to changing our own person.

SOMETIMES CHANGE IS IMPOSED ON US

“Who stole my cheese?” is the edifying story of two little men, the “minigus” Flounder and Bundle, and two mice, Flair and Arrow, who live in a maze. The four friends fill up on cheese every day at a specific point in the maze. But one fine morning, their cheese disappears. This ordeal will catch some off guard, more or less permanently, and will be overcome brilliantly by others.

Cheese symbolizes the personal, family or professional goals that each person sets for themselves in their lives.

The labyrinth represents the framework of our quest (the couple, the home, the company or the society).

And the four characters embody, each in their own way, a part of us.

Their adventures are interspersed with inspirational quotes, which only those who choose to adventure through the unfamiliar areas of the labyrinth will be able to see.

DON’T BE AFRAID

This amusing fable, which can be read in less than two hours, aims to de-dramatize our fears, inhibitions and prejudices in the face of change. On the contrary, it encourages us to anticipate it and even to rejoice in it. Everything moves, everything evolves, and the only way not to succumb is to adapt!

Benoit DURAND-TISNES – Managing Partner, WAYDEN