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OUR MISSION
In an uncertain world, the performance of an organization depends on its adaptability. UNREST is the first European Change Enablement advisory firm, designed to develop this behavioral and relational skill.
In fact, it is its primary function.
John Kotter
Change is here to stay. Your organization too.
Leaders feel unprepared for the current period of constant change
of HR managers think that managers are overwhelmed by constant change.
Boards think that their organization is not ready for permanent change.
Sources: “Top 5 HR Priorities for HR Leaders in 2025,”
Gartner, November 2024. LLH-ICEO, “View From the C-
Next: Embracing the Transformation of Leadership”, Nov 2025.
Change is Inevitable. Uncertainty is Manageable.
Uncertainty: an individual and collective test.
Technological progress, regulatory changes, social transformations... the acceleration of change is one of the major markers of our time.
In this context, adaptability has become a key skill. For individuals and organizations alike, it is synonymous with resilience and sustainable performance.
One question remains: how can this capacity be developed in practice? As early as 1993, WHO provided us with a structuring working framework, by defining the psychosocial skills as “a person's ability to respond effectively to the demands and challenges of daily life”:
● Cognitive resources (decision making, problem solving)
● Emotional resources (stress regulation, resilience),
● Relational resources (communication, empathy).
Behavioral sciences: what is observable is measurable. What is measurable is trainable.
We are resolutely committed to the Anglo-Saxon tradition of behavioral and cognitive sciences.
This tradition imposed a simple requirement: to make behavior observable, measurable, and trainable. She structured a Culture of evidence, a logic of efficiency And a control by indicators that allow you to move from intention to action.
The competency-based approach was naturally developed there, because it transforms abstract qualities into operational capacities. It makes it possible to objectify progress, assess the impact and anchor change in concrete situations.
It is this pragmatism, this measurability and this orientation towards real efficiency that are the basis for our choice.
Reconciling mental health and workplace efficiency.
In an uncertain and complex world, Adaptability determines sustainability. It's true for individuals. This is also true for organizations.
In this perspective, we adopt the intuition formulated by the physician and philosopher Georges Canguilhem: “To be in good health is not to comply with a norm, but to be able to establish new ones.”
That is why our raison d'être is to enable the sustainable development of this normativity within organizations, by making psychosocial skills the basis for performance, cooperation and health at work.
Because there is no well-being without agility, no performance without active resilience, no transformation without proof, we are committed to a measurable approach, based on research and oriented towards a lasting impact.
To be useful. Now and permanently.
In a context of polycrisis, it is time to deploy functional approaches, rooted in reality and at the service of individuals.
Confidence
Rigor
Fraternity
Why Call on Us?
UNREST is a cognitive-behavioral change firm. It is based on a resolutely scientific, structured and demanding approach to individual and collective change.
