My Articles

I am a regular contributor to LatinoLeaders magazine and a LinkedIn Influencer. My latest articles from these sources are included here:

April 25, 2020

Dealing with the Unthinkable: the Leader’s Ultimate Challenge

I can’t think of a more difficult situation for a leader than having to deal with the unthinkable: A pandemic. A devastating hurricane. An unprecedented economic or political crisis. Over the…

March 27, 2020

LinkedIn Influencer

Uniting People During a Crisis

During my business career I have led through many crises and learned important lessons. From experiences I developed a framework for leaders encountering turbulent times. It involves assessing the situation and facing…

February 29, 2020

LinkedIn Influencer

How to Become a More Creative and Innovative Leader

There is a lot of talk about innovation in business these days; about creativity, not so much. And yet, the two go hand in hand. Creativity in a business environment stands…

January 22, 2020

LinkedIn Influencer

Culture or Structure: Which Matters Most in Innovation?

Which is most important for organizations trying to come up with the next breakthrough: having a culture of innovation or establishing a separate structure devoted to innovation? As with many…

December 27, 2019

LatinoLeaders

The Power of Agile Corporate Cultures

I can’t think of a more potentially disruptive innovation to today’s businesses than the introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI). It’s bound to be a textbook-case of the disrupt-or-be-disrupted scenario: Companies…

December 23, 2019

LinkedIn Influencer

Lessons from Disruption

When you have several forces of innovation pointing to the same area, there is a good likelihood that disruption will occur. I learned that lesson during the smartphone revolution when…

November 22, 2019

LinkedIn Influencer

Leading Change from Within

What if I said I could help you achieve audacious new goals with your organization without turning it upside down? That is, with the existing employees, structure, and assets? Would…

October 31, 2019

LinkedIn Influencer

Collaboration at the Speed of Innovation

We are a nation of innovators. Give us a challenge and we’ll send a man to the Moon. And, by the way, we’ll also bring him—or her—back safely. Which proves…

September 14, 2019

LinkedIn Influencer

Alert: Your Brain is Due for an Update

In an earlier post (“Winners do their Homework“), I talked about the importance of decision-making based on facts. I stand by what I said at the time, but I’d like to expand on…

August 30, 2019

LinkedIn Influencer

Collaborate to Innovate

I’ve always believed in collaboration, but a recent experience convinced me even more that great things happen when people and institutions work together to deliver something they could not do…