Inflation

One of the biggest challenges for the next few years lies in that my generation of managers has no experience leading with inflation. We only know it from books and memories from when we were children and didn't lead economic decisions. We will learn the hard way.

Crumbling

The Portuguese NHS falling apart. Lisbon's airport (key in an economy that relies heavily on tourism exports) collapsing. Civil servants (including the ones working for public companies and the ones on a non-permanent contract) weighting too much for the Portuguese economy (while not guaranteeing minimum quality of service standards). The Administrative System falling apart. 

Portugal clearly lacks decision making at Government level. And it also lacks an educated People that demands more. That needs to be more incisive at electoral times (and others).

Starting points

"For the others, we just create starting points". I am not sure if Simone de Beauvoir wrote this on a positive note. But for me, it is as such - every single person we meet is an opportunity. For cooperation, creation, learning, memories, relationships, conversations. Remember you can't make a first impression twice, and let it unroll from there.

War in Ukraine

It's the 10th of June, and Russia is still invading Ukraine. We should remember it everyday.

Decision making

Decision. Decision-making. Well, actually decision-making timing. There's an art! The art of judging between different kinds of information, the data that is important from the irrelevant one, the good and trusty info from the confusing or just wrong. But especially, the art of judging how much information one needs to make a decision and be comfortable with it, balancing time vs risk.

From my experience, the great leaders are not the ones who always make the right decisions. The great leaders are the ones that make decisions at the right moment, and that then make those decisions work as they planned.