Morality & Me - Episode 5: Leaving the defence industry
This final episode on my morality journey throughout my career is also the one where I have come to understand, accept and embrace my own...
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Welcome to Fabien's personal site and blog
Let me share with you stories, insights and experiences which I hope will make you think, reflect, and smile
- May 31, 2022
- 6 min
Research diary: Interview reflections
To conclude my MSc in organisational psychology, I am conducting a research project which looks at the moral discourse in the defence...
- May 10, 2022
- 7 min
Morality & Me - Episode 4: On burning out... and rebuilding
On this journey through my career, looking at the ways in which matters of morality have played a part, I have so far shared stories and...
- Apr 22, 2022
- 6 min
Moral dilemma at the dinner table
A few nights ago, I went out for a lovely dinner with some friends, a great opportunity to catch up on what everyone was up to, reminisce...
- Apr 2, 2022
- 4 min
LGBTQ+ - No time for complacency
Thursday was International Transgender Day of Visibility, which saw a lot of stories of hardship but also of hope being published by...
- Mar 11, 2022
- 1 min
Mental Health at Work blog: My mental health journey across the Channel
I am very proud to have been given an opportunity to contribute to the Mental Health at Work website, through writing a blog about my...
- Feb 21, 2022
- 7 min
Morality & Me - Episode 3: On becoming a Manager
I was 25 when I completed my Masters in Human Resources, and subsequently moved to the UK. As I started settling into the world of work,...
- Feb 10, 2022
- 8 min
Morality & Me - Episode 2: Global Mobility, dilemmas without borders
The next leg of my journey through morality at work, revisiting my own career to date through the lens of moral reasoning, is taking me...
- Jan 21, 2022
- 7 min
Morality & Me - Episode 1: First jobs, fluffy animals, and moral awakening
In this series of articles, I will be looking back at my own relationship with morality through the course of my career to date: when did...
- Jan 9, 2022
- 9 min
Morality & Me - Prologue : Why talk about morality at work?
Do you ever find yourself thinking about what "the right thing to do" is ? Or trying to justify an action which perhaps, deep inside, you...
- Jan 3, 2022
- 4 min
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
This famous painting from Magritte invites us to challenge what we consider to be the reality, in a very simple, yet effective and...
- Dec 18, 2021
- 7 min
2021 - The year I grew up
Like many, I like to take a moment towards the end of the year, and look back at what happened during the past 12 months, usually with a...
- Nov 27, 2021
- 7 min
Learning through developing others: 2 years of working with early talent
"What advice would you give your 20 year-old self?" is a question that sometimes gets asked to those of us who have been in the world of...
- Nov 4, 2021
- 10 min
Life on pause : 24 hours of wait, work, and worry...
We all start every working day with the knowledge that we will be balancing the requirements of the job and attention we devote to it...
- Oct 29, 2021
- 7 min
Climate emergency and moral dilemmas - a COP26 special
As the biggest world powers are gathering in Glasgow in the coming days to talk about their response to climate change and the race to...
- Oct 22, 2021
- 7 min
Learning from history - facing our darkest hours
Over the last 10 years, I developed a particular interest for a specific part of history, to which I dedicated a lot of reading. It is an...
- Oct 17, 2021
- 7 min
My life as a boring gay - an apology
As I sit down and get myself ready to watch Kylie Minogue's 2002 Fever Tour live in Manchester premiering on her YouTube channel (of...
- Oct 10, 2021
- 7 min
Mental Health in an Unequal World - A privileged perspective
The theme for this year's World Mental Health Day is "Mental health in an unequal world", reflecting the many divisions and inequalities...
- Oct 3, 2021
- 8 min
Research diaries: Casualties of the word count - purpose, taboos and dilemmas
Another deadline met, and paper submitted! And this one was significant, as it was the proposal for my MSc research project, which I will...
- Oct 1, 2021
- 5 min
Break-in at breakfast: instincts, conflicts and forensics
Monday mornings aren't typically the most relaxing time of the week for anyone. On this specific Monday, my daily round of conference...
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