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Some time ago, I’ve seen a Bentley ad posing on an interesting question: “How much can you live between heartbeats?” Leaving aside the impactful tagline, offering, in my view, the most exclusive sense of belonging for someone spending more than $200.000 for a car, the ad left me as well with something else to think … Continue reading
I always saw knowledge as my trustworthy and reliable partner, helping me become what I am today. Knowledge shaped my bold actions, educated arguments, and outspoken standings. Swiss movie director Jean-Luc Godard once said: “It’s not where you take things from – it’s where you take them to.” For me, knowledge is not about exclusively … Continue reading
I have to agree that it is already a strange concept to start a post with. My self-protective neuron/s already shout/s at me: “Stop right there! Do you know what egoism means? Read a dictionary for God’s sake!!!”. So I did: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/egoism “The words egoism and egotism are frequently confused, as though interchangeable, but there … Continue reading
Some time ago, I had the chance to read an article introducing an interesting study authored by researchers from MIT, Harvard and the Wharton School showing how US investors are more likely to put money into a business idea pitched by a man rather than a woman, and even more so, if the man was … Continue reading
Lesson #6 – Never forget the relevant stakeholders your actions serve During 2014 FIFA world cup tournament, the introductory movies/ads preceding either the matches or after-the-games reports from the tournament were in fact “Rio-type” cartoons showing an idyllic face of a paradise land populated with wonderful people enjoying football. Now, if it is one thing I can … Continue reading
Lesson #1 – To win one should break “untouchable” model silos Five years ago, on July 6th 2014, while playing against Costa Rica in the quarter-finals of 2014 FIFA world cup, Netherlands’ coach Van Gaal in a last minute stunning move decided to swap team’s goalkeepers just before the penalty shoots. He sent in reserve … Continue reading
I witness lately an interesting trend among those I interact with. I see how a relevant number of people start refusing to trust. I see how they end up becoming cynical when claiming that they value trust while self-constraining themselves to not entirely trusting anyone or anything. Or at least not anymore. They all see … Continue reading
It seems that people are more rational when making certain emotionally-charged decisions when the options are presented in a different language than their own. This might explain to some extent why expatriate management and mixed boards applying to a second (non native) language for usual decision making argumentation tend to choose options that some would … Continue reading
These days nothing tends to remain sacred. In business, we don’t feel guilt to play, even subversively, with what was perceived until now to be “untouchable icons”. The disruption that many expects and embrace it seems to come in many situations “by stepping over someone else’s body”. In our lives we find as well, day … Continue reading
“I want energy, I want passion, I want joy, […] If she can beat you doing that, then God bless her. Shake her hand.” This is what tennis coach Nick Saviano told Sloane Stephens on April 1st, 2015 after she dropped the first set in the Miami Open, 1-6, to Simona Halep. One set later, … Continue reading
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