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Toxic Geometry: Why Connecting Everything to Everything Can Cannibalize Your Company
Recently, I came across a curious mathematical theory. It said that if you play Tic-Tac-Toe not on a traditional square board, but on a donut-shaped one — where the edges connect — the game becomes impossible to win and everyone ends up tying.
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AI or No AI: Is That Really the Question?
Shakespeare’s dilemma has made its way into executive committees. In today’s context, the question “AI or no AI?” has already become obsolete.
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Culture Without a Manual: The Invisible Habits Companies Still Haven’t Learned to See
I’ve been traveling to Guatemala for several years now, and I’ve always been struck by how deeply culture is woven into the daily lives of people, companies, and places.
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Innovation Isn't a Creativity Problem. It's a Leadership Decision.
After years working with companies of different sizes, industries, and countries, one conclusion is hard to ignore: most organizations don't have a creativity problem. They have a decision problem.
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Adapt or Fall Behind: The Real Leadership Challenge in Turbulent Times
The war in the Middle East, commodity volatility, slowing growth in emerging markets, and unprecedented technological acceleration are shaping a landscape with no recent parallel.
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The Strategic Value of the Pause: Why Slowing Down Is How You Move Forward in Leadership
When executive teams talk about transformation, they tend to frame it in terms of speed: implement faster, decide faster, adapt faster.
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User Experience: When Operational Inconsistency Betrays the Brand Promise
Beyond culture, there's something revealing about comparing Orlando and Paris: the details that build lasting memories.
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The Adaptability Quotient: The Coefficient That's Making "Talent" Obsolete
A few days ago, I was invited to speak at an international pharmaceutical company about a topic that sounds anything but corporate, and quite uncomfortable: discomfort as a competitive advantage.
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Time That Multiplies on Its Own: Three Laws That Explain Why We Work More, Not Better
In 1955, Cyril Northcote Parkinson noticed something almost absurd: as the British Empire shrank, its bureaucracy grew.
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The Disney Paris Case: When Organizational Culture Impacts the Employee Experience
Just a few weeks ago, I wrote about how 2026 marks a turning point for organizations: the moment when decisions about employee experience stop being aspirational rhetoric and become a real competitive advantage.
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Corporate Transparency: When a Misunderstood Value Can Destroy Everything
Transparency is one of the most evocative principles in modern management: it sounds good, it's easy to proclaim, and practically impossible to question without appearing shady.
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The transformation consultancy Olivia names Mariana Socorrós as new Partner for Spain
Mariana brings extensive consulting experience and has spent the last 10 years of her career at Olivia, where she has taken part in strategic projects for clients across sectors such as banking, pharmaceuticals, energy, consumer goods, and retail.
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Fixed mindset, growth mindset, and key thinking in Change Management projects
In organizational Change Management projects—especially those involving complex technology implementations—the main challenge is not technological, but cognitive and cultural.
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What employee experience will look like in 2026: the agenda organizations can no longer postpone
January arrives with that blank-page feeling shared by both organizations and professionals.
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Leading in January: size doesn’t matter
January is the month when everyone talks about change. New strategies, new org charts, new narratives. But there is something that is rarely examined with honesty: the way we understand power.
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