WAR ROOM 6 — The consultant
They had hired them in September, a reputable firm, serious people, with a clear methodology and a deliverable expected by the first quarter, because margins...
In Plain Sight — The Keyword Match
Behind the tools everyone uses and nobody really looks at. A company publishes a job posting. The role requires “leadership”, “change management”, strong execution capabilities,...
WAR ROOM 5— The long game
They were standing in the branch manager’s office, gathered without an agenda, too close to one another, in the kind of stand-up meeting you improvise...
In Plain Sight — The Skills Section
Behind the tools everyone uses and nobody really looks at. A recruiter opens a LinkedIn profile: “Leadership.” “Strategic Planning.” “Change Management.” “Python.” “Financial Analysis.” The...
WAR ROOM — Empty-handed
They were downstairs, at the café, just before heading up to the board meeting, the COO and the CFO, empty-handed, grabbing something to drink because...
At a distance from power- The shovel and the comment
In April 2026, in Montreal, a man parks on the side of a street, takes out a shovel, opens a bag of asphalt bought with...
In Plain Sight — Skill-Based Hiring
Behind the tools everyone uses and nobody really looks at.. A job title almost never describes the real work. Two people with exactly the same...
At a distance from power — the invitation and the room
The Parti Québécois organizes a meeting with a community that does not vote for it, a community naturally distant from the sovereigntist movement but that...
WAR ROOM — The title
They were talking about him while he wasn’t there, the way you talk about someone who has always been there, too long for anyone to...
At a distance from power — sovereignty and the list
On January 20, 2026, in Davos, the Prime Minister of Canada explains to world leaders that the old system is dead, that Canada will no...
BUREAU 42 — Episode 20: Training… in Lying – Final.
Small workplace scenes no one notices, no one questions. The training had been designed as a model, exemplary, rigorous, almost admirable in its precision, weeks...
At a distance from power — the trash and the citizen
In 2016, Montreal recorded 11,951 complaints for illegal dumping of waste, with weekly collection, functioning equipment and a street maintenance budget that had not yet...
WAR ROOM — No One
They were there around the table, the CEO, two VPs, finance, legal, and someone external whose presence had never really been explained but was always...
BUREAU 42 — Episode 19: Appointing Someone to Carry the Blame
Small scenes at work that no one notices or questions. For months, the situation had been deteriorating without ever fully collapsing, not enough to trigger...
BUREAU 42 — Episode: The Leader Who Chooses Not to Fight
Small workplace scenes that no one notices or questions. And yet, this is where everything shifts. He had just arrived, elected, appointed, expected, carried by...
BUREAU 42 — Episode 17: The nonprofit that dies of its good reasons
Small scenes at work that no one notices or questions. The CEO had just been appointed and, as one always does when arriving with a...
At a distance from power — the ground and the like
In Iran, since 2022, women have been taking to the streets to remove their veil, some are arrested, some disappear, some are hanged, and the...
BUREAU 42 — Episode 16: The Queen’s Decision
Small scenes at work that no one notices or questions. The new CEO had chosen to meet each department head separately, not as a method...
At a distance from power: the declaration
On February 28, 2026, a war begins in the Middle East and, the same day, from Mumbai, Mark Carney publishes a statement to say that...
At a distance from power — The field, then the SPVM table
When Fady Dagher was appointed at the head of the SPVM, he spoke about the field, about neighborhoods, about proximity, about real presence in difficult...
BUREAU 42 — Episode 14: The recruitment process that was never meant to decide anything
Small scenes at work that no one notices or questions. And yet, this is where everything shifts. The process had been launched properly, with the...
BUREAU 42 — Episode 15: The Organization Without Memory
Small workplace scenes no one notices or questions. The strategic retreat had been organized seriously, almost methodically, with weeks of preparation, solid consultants, well-prepared documents,...
At a distance from power- Digital Health Record
The Government of Quebec is now committing $450 million to the Digital Health Record, a project meant to modernize access to care, centralize data and...
At a distance from power — the clean leader
The Quebec Liberal Party finished the last elections with 21 seats, and in several regions it almost no longer exists, to the point where the...
BUREAU 42 — Episode 13: Appointing Someone So They Can Leave
Small scenes at work that no one notices or questions. And yet, that’s where everything shifts. The sentence landed just after the candidate had left...
At a distance from power — The only audit that would matter
The SAAQclic system was supposed to simplify citizens’ lives. More than one billion dollars were committed.On the ground, screens freeze, appointments disappear, employees go back...
BUREAU 42 — Episode 12: The One Who Was Made to Disappear
Small workplace scenes that no one notices or questions. He called her because he was afraid, not a spectacular or confessable fear, but that very...
At a distance from power — The PQ facing the risk of being the frontrunner
When a party moves into first place, the nature of the political game changes.The election is approaching and the Parti Québécois is leading, while other...
At a distance from power — the battery and the customer
The Northvolt battery plant was supposed to cost around $7 billion, including $4.4 billion from the federal government and $2.9 billion from Quebec, with the...
BUREAU 42 — Episode 11: The Ghost Position
Small workplace scenes no one notices, no one questions. And yet, this is where everything shifts. The program was ready long before the meeting.Not ready...
BUREAU 42 — Episode 10: Procedural Courage
Small workplace scenes that no one notices or questions. And yet, that’s where everything shifts. The lawyer never really believed this story would be resolved...
BUREAU 42 — Episode 9: The Subsidy Illusion
Small workplace scenes no one notices or questions. And yet, this is where everything shifts. What weakens an economy is not the absence of innovation,...
BUREAU 42 — Episode 8: The Corporate Welfare State
Small scenes at work that no one notices or questions.And yet, this is exactly where everything shifts. It is not when employees ask for too...
BUREAU 42 — Episode 7: Invisible Cuts
Small scenes at work that no one notices or questions.And yet, this is exactly where everything shifts. It is never the big decisions that damage...
BUREAU 42 — Episode 6: The Form
Small scenes at work that no one notices or questions. And yet, this is exactly where everything tips. It is never brutality that makes a...
Bureau 42 — Episode 5: The Comfortable Market
Some organizations dream of going international. But the moment the opportunity appears, they find a reason to stay home. Small scenes at work that no...
Bureau 42 — Episode 4 : The Comfortable Executive Committee
Everyone thought they were coming to the big quarterly meeting. The CEO had arranged a lunch more elegant than usual, because now we try to...
Bureau 42 — Episode 3: The HR Chatbot
The company wanted to “listen to its employees.”So it bought a chatbot. Marc typed: “I’m exhausted.”The chatbot replied: “Try a ten-minute walk.”Well-being has never been...
