Conquering your agenda
At this point in the year, I can say that the most common and recurring problem I am finding in each and every organisation I interact with is one and only one: people have totally and utterly lost control of their own agendas. I remember 5 years ago, just when I was
La Cosa Nostra
Just when I thought I had seen it all in the world of organisations, a couple of weeks ago I was told about the grotesque case of a company that has forbidden people who are resigning to send a farewell email when they leave. What is so frightening about farewell emails
Starting the house from the roof
This summer I have been working on a fascinating organizational architecture case where a company, assessed by a group of “traditional” consultants, was trying to solve an operational problem by redesigning its organizational chart.
Create to thrive
It is incredible that at this point there are still profiles supposedly experts in creativity and innovation that insist on wrapping both concepts in an air of mysticism and mystery, as if they were unattainable skills or only suitable for a select few who master certain
7 minutes with Silvia Fradera
Silvia and I met about five years ago in the HR community led by Sylvia Taudien. At that time, we had just left our corporate positions behind and were just starting out in entrepreneurship. We are united not only by our work experience in corporate and our entrepreneurial life
Sexy boards vs Boring boards
This week I had a session with a board that made me reflect on the interactions I have been having with different boards of directors over these years as an entrepreneur. In a 100% empirical way, I have created my own non-academic nomenclature to classify
Passion vs Transaction
At home we are the proud owners of a 17 year old vehicle of which I will not say the brand. It is a fairly timeless model and even if no one throws its real age at it, it had to have a few aches and pains. This week it started to give some strange […]
7 minutes with José Antonio Pérez
Josiño (which is the “real” name of José Antonio Pérez Seoane) is the Head of Training & Development at Hijos de Rivera (also known as Estrella Galicia). We met many years ago, when we worked in the same company. Since that day, we have done many projects together
Escapologists
Once upon a time, there was a stuck department, and nobody knew how to solve it. The person in charge, someone who has been trusted for years, introduced their managers to different ideas to improve the situation, moaned about his/her struggles
Teams: Euroleague Basketball.
I must admit that before starting my collaboration with Euroleague Basketball, the only words I knew about this sport were “Final Four” and “MVP”. Now, I find it impossible to watch a game without thinking about all the hard work behind it.
