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2016: time for making an impact

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  First of all, I would like to wish you all a Happy and healthy 2016! I am back in the Netherlands after 15 days with family back in Chiclayo, in addition to another couple of busy weeks at work, dealing with the usual rush around every year-end. That’s why I decided to take a break from posting and come back when I could give more…

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  Last week, worldwide-known author Moises Naim visited Peru to share his views on necessary institutional reforms to ensure more efficient public institutions, acting as sustainable enablers of countries’ growth (you can see more details in his book “Fad and Fashions of Economic Reforms”). It was good timing for his visit since he shared stage with Peru’s…

More equality, more growth, more development

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  As a latino living in Europe, I usually pay attention to what developed countries do different than their developing peers. One issue that stands out quite often is the number of possibilities they provide to women to succeed in any arena, including education and workplaces. I believe many of us can think and infer on certain benefits that could come as gen…

LA oportunidad (The opportunity)

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  No. It’s not a typo. I used capitals for both L and A in this post’s title to refer to Latin America region, especially its sub-zone, South America. During last few days, I read a couple of articles where Financial Analysts worldwide showed coincidences on their forecasts for 2016, including a positive outlook for Emerging Markets, of which Latin America

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  What else I could say that you haven’t read or heard during last 24 hours? Nothing at all. I can only think of Pope Francis warning on a piecemeal World War III and cannot agree more with him. After having seen French leaders reactions, now I only expect more attacks from both sides (Western countries versus ISIS); nevertheless, I wonder if authorities have fully understood…

Aiming for the greatest

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  One day I will leave the Netherlands and go back to continue my career either in Peru or in any other place across Atlantic Ocean, but when that times come and I have to summarize my experience and learnings acquired in the land of tulips, planning will be on top of my list. During last four years, I have witnessed how Dutch people value the results of planning

Women in (countries’) Management

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  One of my highlights of last week’s news was the election of Nepal’ first female President, and I say highlights because I have too little knowledge on Nepal itself besides the fact that it is one of India’s neighbor, home of Dalai Lama and Mount Everest, and its flag is the only flag in the world with a non-squared shape. Back to the news,…

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  Last night I had a call with a lady from University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, as part of a collaboration to her latest research on readers’ behaviors. She is trying to “decipher” how people choose fiction books and what they experience and feel during reading process, and most important, how a bookcan influence and lead to a change in people’s lives.…

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  In next November 2015 issue, Harvard Business Review (HBR) presents an article named “The Best-Performing CEOs in the World” (online version here), where it lists Top-100 Executives from different industries, ranking different features such as their education, background, career progression (insider or not), among others. Although its final score…

TPP – The Positive Partnership?

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  In Atlanta, last Monday October 5th, twelve countries sealed a deal on one of the most important trading pacts in last two decades: the TPP (which stands for Trans-Pacific Partnership). Though its negotiations rounds are over, the agreement still needs to be confirmed and signed-off by countries’ lawmakers and leaders. Due to its secrecy and…

Do you know what I mean?

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In a previous post I mentioned that I moved to the Netherlands in 2012. Among many useful lessons, this experience taught me certain differences between American and British English, for instance, the way my British colleagues and acquaintances reply when asking how they are doing. “Not too bad” is their usual answer, and I am not sure yet if I get what…

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  Lately last week I found myself in the middle of a discussion with some colleagues regarding market share and other relevant metrics for our long-term financial modelling at work. We came across some figures provided by Product Managers on sales progression for the next four years; nevertheless, no source was mentioned to support their input. Since data…

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In a term-of-the-day newsletters, I came across for the first time the definition of the so-called “Draghi Effect”, understood as “[t]he calming effect of European Central Bank President, Mario Draghi, on global financial markets.”[1] After I finished my reading, power was the first word I had on top of my head. Draghi, Yellen, the Pope, countries’ presidents, among others,…