Category: My Evolution

  • Peculiar terms of use

    Peculiar terms of use

    I have to admit it. I don’t normally read terms and conditions. Usually meaning practically never. Maybe I’m a weirdo. I doubt it. Maybe the only ones I’ve read are those of my own websites or those of some of my clients. And I guess I’m the only one who has read them. But they…

  • The intermittent idea

    The intermittent idea

    She loves me, she doesn’t love me, she loves me, she loves me, she doesn’t love me, … Have you ever found yourself with that idea that is in people’s minds and, no matter how much you explain that it’s not the moment, it appears and appears and appears and appears continuously? It’s not the…

  • It’s great to work with professionals

    It’s great to work with professionals

    One of the things I miss most about working in a corporate environment is being accompanied by a team of professional experts in their respective areas. Working as a freelance consultant you often collaborate with managers of small companies or entrepreneurs, experts in their area of business, but who need help, in my case, in…

  • Are you showing or hiding it?

    Are you showing or hiding it?

    A few days ago, my wife, who is a teacher, was telling me about a situation that had caught her attention. She was explaining to vocational training students an internship in which they must prepare their professional project. What they see themselves working on in a few years’ time. In order to motivate them, he…

  • About giants and stubborns

    About giants and stubborns

    It is one of the most typical reasons why a venture fails: disagreements between partners. I’ve seen it soooo many times. At the beginning everyone is perfectly aligned.Excitement comes first.But with time, working side by side, accumulated successes and failures, disagreements arise.One partner has one vision for the project while the other has another.One believes…

  • Voodoo management in projects

    Voodoo management in projects

    A few passes of the hands over the box, a few dances around the table accompanied by the sound of bells to ward off evil spirits and the box is ready to go on a journey with our best wishes.We won’t go so far as to perform rituals involving human sacrifice.For the moment.But if we…

  • Taking a step back

    Taking a step back

    Anywhere is a good place to take a step back. As long as it is metaphorical.For example, the terrace in front of the sea where I meet Miguel.A few cool beers between us. And some much, much needed shade, even if it’s only the early hours of this September morning. We hadn’t met before so we started with introductions.Well, actually, he had read something about me (otherwise he wouldn’t have contacted me).And I had done some research.I like to go prepared to meetings. When he starts to talk about his project I have to interrupt him to clarify two things: First. That everything we…

  • We need to talk

    We need to talk

    Yes, those are the most dreaded words in any relationship: “Honey, we need to talk”.You sense trouble.And they are not limited to romantic relationships. They also seem to apply to business.At least that’s how Michael, a business partner of mine, let me know a few days ago.Apparently I had conveyed that feeling to him in…

  • Envious of the corporate world?

    Envious of the corporate world?

    Yesterday I had lunch with my friend and former colleague Miquel.We worked together in the same company for more than twenty years.That’s a very looong time.We’ve involuted from a good head of hair to a lot of grey hair.(There are those who are worse as far as hair is concerned). In any case it was…

  • Evangelisation or the challenge of the pioneers

    Evangelisation or the challenge of the pioneers

    Evangelisation.This word has always amused me.It has a basically religious meaning.I say it comes from the Gospel.That is to say, they are those who bring the good news. But, recently, it’s been used especially in the technology world when it comes to making people aware of things they’re not interested in at the moment. So…