Gestemental in English
Gestemental is a French site of in-depth guides on how we learn, teach, communicate and work together. Each guide follows one author or one method closely, explains it with concrete examples, cites its sources, and says plainly what the research does and does not support. The English edition is being added one guide at a time.
Available in English
- Scrum
Scrum explained through the patterns of A Scrum Book: The Spirit of the Game: the organization, the value stream and the spirit behind the rules, with a critical look at the evidence. 25 articles.
In French for now
These guides exist in French and will be translated progressively.
- Gestion mentale
Antoine de la Garanderie's account of the mental gestures behind learning: evocation, attention, memorization, understanding. 25 articles.
- Mental models
123 thinking tools in 11 themes, from probability and cognitive biases to systems, economics and learning, each with examples and limits.
- Lean
The Toyota Production System and its heirs: just-in-time, jidoka, kaizen and respect for people. 25 articles.
- Agile
The 2001 Agile Manifesto read closely: four values, twelve principles, the methods and their drift. 25 articles.
- Primitive reflexes
Neuromotor development and the integration of primitive reflexes (INPP, RMTi, Padovan), with the state of the evidence. 25 articles.
- Faber & Mazlish
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen: communication between parents and children. 25 articles.
- The Vittoz method
Roger Vittoz's psycho-sensory re-education: attention, presence and anxiety. 25 articles.
- Montessori
The child as the agent of their own development: materials, prepared environment, sensitive periods. 25 articles.
- Nonviolent Communication
Marshall Rosenberg's NVC: observation, feelings, needs and requests. 25 articles.
- Positive Discipline
Jane Nelsen's approach, rooted in Adler: kind and firm at the same time. 25 articles.
- Giftedness
Gifted children and adults: the clinical view set against the research. 25 articles.