Paper short abstract:

The bienvivance approach declined in human development and economics domain, is an innovative positive operational paradigm of well-being and quality of life which contributes to optimal and sustainable human resource use.

Paper long abstract:

Pandemic, wars, individualism, uncivilities, pressure, competition… are particularly damaging to civilian populations, depriving them of security and stability, and preventing them from achieving self-fulfillment and self-realization. The resulting insecurity and instability have increased societal awareness of the need to prevent the conditions leading to this. Addressing those global and local challenges necessitates a change in the underlying mindsets that originally caused.

Thus, human development rising the level of knowledge and consciousness via "inner development for outer change” can make an important contribution.

Based on human potentials and capabilities, bienvivance approach shows that those competencies we need to face and overcome these complex challenges can be developed, and humans can be (re)trained for a mature human behavior.

A foundational shift in human values, and trainers and teachers’ mission and competences, to reshape the fundamental origins of these issues: toward “capacitating and quantum leadership”.

Rooted in positive psychology and capabilities approach (Sen, 1985), the bienvivance approach (Gendron, 2016) is focus on people "personal resource", "people potential and capabilities”, on what do they have and they are whatever the age (even in aging workers and end of life) versus what is missing, "lack or gaps", whatever the context (freedom, lockdown), whatever the physical shape (good, injured, mutilated, diminished…). The bienvivance is "a state of sciences and art of living, focus on "what we are and what we have" to remain in vitality with a meaningful life (aligned with his or her own's life values) in whatever the situations (lockdown, injured, dictature, sick, end of life...)" (Gendron, 2016).

The bienvivance approach declined in human development and economics domain, is an innovative positive operational paradigm of well-being and quality of life which contributes to optimal and sustainable human resource use. It aims at educating to the switch from, the individualistic economics' behavior perspective focused on "ME" toward a collaborative perspective "ME & WE".

This approach developed at the university during 9 years addressed to 600 future teachers has been scientifically assessed and shown promising outcomes published in articles and books (see Gendron, 2023). Thus, the communication will be focused on theoretical approach and on teachers, trainers new competencies and mission toward a “capacitating and quantum” leadership style.

Keywords: Bienvivance, Emotional Capital, Capabilities, Capacitating and Quantum Leadership