A cross-cutting approach

What is RACINE?

These three areas address different situations. But they share one thing in common: human decisions rarely perform well when they're made without understanding the dynamics they're part of.

That's precisely why we developed RACINE.

An approach that decodes the interactions between people, their environment and the conditions for success.

Because a hire is never just a CV.

Because integration is never just an onboarding checklist.

Because a culture is never just the values on the wall.

And because a People & Culture strategy can't work without understanding the human realities it's trying to transform.

RACINE puts these dimensions back into perspective.

Decode before acting. Understand before transforming. Build the conditions for success.
Proprietary method

RACINE — decoding human dynamics and the conditions for success

Developed by Virginie Pecoraro Gangneux, RACINE works across context, skills, behaviors, and the individual and collective dynamics of an organization.

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Reconnaissance
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Alignment
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Calibration
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Immersion
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Navigation
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Embedding
Perception→ Analysis→ Decision→ Action
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Reconnaissance
Targeted search and qualified sourcing: reaching the best profiles, including those who aren't actively looking.
  • Headhunting for hard-to-find profiles and strategic roles
  • Targeted sourcing and rigorous pre-qualification of profiles
  • Access to the hidden market of passive candidates
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Alignment
Hop Team Action's human radar: assessing real compatibility, beyond the CV, even before signature.
  • Analysis of motivations and growth potential
  • Manager / talent / company culture compatibility
  • Mutual expectations made explicit from the outset
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Calibration
Before the new hire arrives, a tailored integration scenario is built for the role and the team.
  • Personalized integration roadmap
  • Clarification of expectations and objectives
  • Adapted to context: role, team, way of working
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Immersion
Day one and the first week: the moment that shapes the talent's future engagement.
  • Structured welcome journey from day one
  • Integration rituals adapted to the way of working
  • Early human and organizational bearings
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Navigation
Regular check-ins at 30, 60 and 90 days to catch early warning signs before they turn into departures.
  • Early detection of tension and disagreement
  • Active defusing before the breaking point
  • Sustained engagement for both talent and manager
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Embedding
The 180-day milestone: the talent is durably anchored, their success measured and consolidated.
  • Structured 180-day review
  • Measuring the success of the integration
  • Foundations laid for long-term retention

"A talent who puts down roots isn't recruited: they're cultivated."

A good human decision doesn't rest on visible skills alone. It also depends on what's less visible: the organization's context, the person themself, the dynamic between them and their environment, and the conditions in place for them to succeed for the long term.

RACINE is an approach for reading human dynamics that goes beyond analyzing skills and career paths alone.

RACINE brings to light what's sometimes invisible in human decisions: what can foster success, but also what can undermine it.

The goal isn't to predict the future. It's to better inform the decision.

What RACINE delivers
  • A more nuanced read of the situation
  • Clearly identified points of attention
  • Explicit conditions for success
  • Concrete recommendations
  • And above all, a better-informed decision

RACINE isn't a universal method. It replaces neither experience, nor judgment, nor field knowledge. It adds an extra layer of insight.

Because before trying to transform a human situation… you first have to understand what makes it work.

RACINE
Decode before acting.