1 EGOS 2014 – Sub-theme 09: (SWG) Leadership in Art, Design and Organization Leadership, fable and power, according to « The Boss of It All » Philippe Mairesse (ACTE Cnrs/Art et Flux/Paris 1) pmairesse@acces-local.com Stéphane Debenedetti (DRM, Université Paris-Dauphine) stephane.debenedetti@dauphine.fr Content Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 1 The film narrative ............................................................................................................................ 4 Fables of power ................................................................................................................................... 6 The manipulative fable .................................................................................................................... 6 The artful fable ................................................................................................................................ 8 Discussion ............................................................................................................................................ 9 Emplacement....................................................................................................................................... 9 Telling the fable of power ............................................................................................................. 10 The leader-followers relationship ................................................................................................. 13 Displacement ..................................................................................................................................... 14 Disrupted theories ......................................................................................................................... 14 Characters, not persons ................................................................................................................ 16 The seventh metaphor .................................................................................................................. 19 Bibliography....................................................................................................................................... 24 Introduction