A sudden death can make us focus on the important stuff — A few years ago, I had just started a new job, and my boss told me my first task was to fire two people from my team. I was never confronted with a situation like this before, and I hated it. I refused (I had just started and didn’t know…

“A year from now, you’ll wish you had started today.” Karen Lamb — That change is the only constant in business (and in life) is something we all know. However, it’s also one of those things we don’t necessarily take into account when mapping out our business strategies. We are aware that the technology and business landscape is moving at great speed, but…

Want to move abroad? Avoid what I did. Do what I learned — Many people would like to live in another country but think it´s too risky and out of their comfort zone. Fortunately, today we have better ways to move abroad. …

But please, don´t pretend to be one — In the last years became fashionable to make pilgrimages to Silicon Valley. Something like the Camino de Santiago, but for aspiring entrepreneurs and traditional companies managers. The idea was to receive a high dose of “disruptive innovation” in dozens of startup presentations, guru conferences and, guided visits to iconic companies. …

Keys to becoming a successful intrapreneur — Many people and institutions fostering the creation of new companies see big corporations as monsters that suck your creativity and energy. However, my experience is that those who work in a large company often have the same interest in innovating and creating new projects and products as an entrepreneur. They…

It´s not only the drink… Until 1650 there were no coffee houses in Oxford or the rest of England. Nor were there so many ideas because people spent the day drinking something else: alcohol. And spending the day drunk was not a great stimulant to be more creative. Everything changed…

Your suggestions are a source of practical innovation for your company and a career booster for yourself — The ideas you bring to the company you work for are the ones that move you forward in your career. And from the company´s point of view, the primary source of innovation and productivity increases are employees´ suggestions and projects. After all, those folks deeply know the inner workings of…

The efforts of many countries to attract digital nomads is only a sign of much bigger changes that will empower individuals and transform the economy and political system — In the history of humanity, everything evolves, but some things seem to come back. The rise of small country jurisdictions such as Estonia or Andorra, competing with other European countries for taxpayers’ residence, is a sign of times to come.

The secret of performance and fulfillment for many artists, athletes, and business people. — For 24 seconds, everyone flies in a climb with jumps to one side and the other, left-right-left, while continuing to move forward blindly. “From the cockpit, you can’t see the exit, and while you’re going up, you don’t know where you’re going to land,” Spanish driver Fernando Alonso once said. …