Dealing with the unexpected: the secret of astronauts
Dealing with the unexpected: the secret of astronauts
Astronomy Failure management Personal development Unexpected Anecdotes
Cyril Garnier
Cyril Garnier has been an actor and screenwriter for 20 years. After several years as a corporate speaker and storytelling coach, he returned to his artistic activity with the creation of his show "J'aurais voulu être astronaute".
We go through life like astronauts through space: we make plans according to our desires, projections based on what we know or think we know. We learn, we train, we prepare. But once we're underway, the unexpected takes over and bends our trajectories. Whether they help or hinder us, life's hazards always destabilize us, sometimes to the point of knocking us off our feet.
The conquest of space is full of stories that illustrate this phenomenon. By their very nature, space agencies venture into the unknown. Their engineers do their best to anticipate problems and learn how to deal with them, because astronauts put their lives on the line.
For Cyril Garnier, being inspired by their stories was a good way to understand how to deal with the unexpected. How to seize it, how to bounce back, and even how to profit from it? These adventures have structured his life as a man and an artist, guided his choices, and so far his path has been happy and unique. That's what he wants to share with you in this talk, so that you too can discover the secrets of the astronauts.