My most recent experiences and insights

  • Competition is bad for innovation? Really?

    I just read an article saying that competition is bad for innovation. “The problem with innovation competitions” published in the Harvard Business Review, no less. Counter-intuitive. They themselves admit it. Because my first feeling is that having competition is supposed to make you faster, more original, to look for different solutions, to stand out. But… Read more

  • The worst title for your LinkedIn

    The job title you put on your LinkedIn profile says a lot about you. If the one that says: “General Manager at …” “CEO at …” “Application Developer at …” In my case a few years ago I put “Innovation strategy, IT and digital transformation. Entrepreneur. Speaker. Founder of Baleares Business Leadership”. At least it… Read more

  • Likes don’t pay the bills

    The second beer was very cold. We toasted after a looong time without being able to do it in person. The official excuse was to share what we are doing with our communities. The truth is that we really wanted to meet up with friends and enjoy a few beers now that the summer heat… Read more

  • How to be UN-STOP-PABLE

    I have known Sebastián Lora for just over 8 years. I have always been impressed by his ability as a communicator. I would say innate because I have always seen him that way, but when he tells his story it is clear that it is not innate at all. As he likes to say: “It… Read more

  • Altruistic but not unrewarding

    Saturday was a special day. A very special one. The culmination of almost two years of work. Normally it would have been a year, but Covid complicated things. Although the preparation work was largely done, the start-up had to be postponed. But there were no more excuses and in the end we made it. On… Read more

  • To graduation!

    This weekend we have varied our traditional family toast. We usually use “To the revolution!” followed by the traditional clinking of glasses. We are not very revolutionary either. We would like to change a lot of things, but without the need for violence. The “To the revolution!” was our toast inherited from the cronies that… Read more