Meet with François-Xavier Fonbonnat, co-founder of Laclaux with Chloé Nègre.
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If you have already listened to the episode titled « How to surround yourself well » with Chloé Nègre, available online since November 15th, you were certainly waiting for this one, which is in a way its sequel!
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After parallel professional journeys, Chloé and François-Xavier recently joined forces to found Laclaux, a publishing house that, I quote: «opens its doors to transmission, know-how, ecology, sharing and transparency.".
Laclaux aims to restore »furnishings of excellence".»
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In this episode, I wanted to discuss with François-Xavier leaving a salaried job to go into business together, and even more so with a friend.
He also explains that he would never have embarked on the entrepreneurial adventure alone, as he likes the strength of a duo. A duo that can also be found in his previous professional experiences.
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Responsible for all product development and partner selection, François-Xavier comes alive when talking about products, materials, gestures, touch... He's obsessed with detail – and he embraces it!
This level of precision perfectly complements and brings Chloé's vision to life.
Together, they summon the imagination and create pieces destined to last.
If you’d like to find out more about what I call Creative Management, I dedicated a full episode to it a few months ago.
Today, I would like to take a closer look at one aspect of Creative Management: team-building.
What exactly does it involve?
What are the benefits?
I also share a great example, as well as a counter-example, from my own experience as an employee.
And bonus: I talk about my favourite sports coach, Ted Lasso. (no spoiler as I haven’t started Series 4 yet).
If you're interested in offering your team a workshop / team-building / training session, do drop me an email! lbm@lilibonnet.com
I can organise and facilitate almost anywhere in the world 🙂
I’ve known Fabien for over 20 years, back when he was a graphic designer.
We worked together on a project and have stayed in touch — partly because it’s something I enjoy doing, of course, but mainly because I’ve always admired his entrepreneurial spirit.
Even when he enrolled at art school, he didn’t know what he was going to do later on; he just had a fairly broad vision of his future:
– getting up whenever he wanted;
– not working for a boss;
– and living in a loft.
Today, that’s exactly what he’s doing.
He’s the owner of UNSEEN, a vintage shop in Brussels, but he’s also a designer, a carpenter…
it’s clearly impossible to define him in a single word, as he has developed and put to use a wide range of skills.
And it’s quite fascinating to see how much this multi-potential individual needs to free himself from the constraints that a single skill entails, to allow himself not to be confined to just one profession. Not to limit himself. And that is precisely the driving force behind everything he undertakes.
this episode, we also talked about:
– pop culture,
– imposter syndrome,
– mental health,
– and identity, thanks to his recent reconnection with his country of origin, Vietnam.
