Two men were arguing about a flag flapping in the wind. “It’s the wind that is really moving,” stated the first one. “No, it is the flag that is moving,” contended the second. A Zen master, who happened to be walking by, overheard the debate and interrupted them. “Neither the flag nor the wind is […]
Fei Fei Li | Everybody today should care about AI because it is going to impact your individual life, your community, society and future generations.
(Video in English, subtitles in Spanish and Portuguese) More videos in our YouTube Channel I think people should be responsible individuals, no matter what we do. This is what we teach our children, and this is what we need to do as grown-ups as well. No matter which part of AI development, AI deployment, or AI […]
What holidays teach us about the way we work
Holidays are usually an opportunity to recover energy. But perhaps they can be more than that: they are also a time to understand what our body and mind are telling us about the way we are working and what we want to do differently when we return. There is a phrase we often hear as […]
Three Times the Same Interview
There are interviews that are forgotten the next day. And there are interviews that, for some reason, stay with us. Not necessarily because they reveal something extraordinarily new, but because they refuse to be exhausted. We finish listening to them, keep thinking about them and, when we return a few days later, discover things we […]
Lidia Jorge | Each of us is a sum
(Video in Portuguese, subtitles in English and Spanish) More videos in our YouTube Channel (…) Which means that around here, no one has pure blood.The fallacy of a single ancestry bears no relation to reality.Each of us is a sum.We carry the blood of both the native and the migrant;of the European and the African, of […]
The Moon Cannot Be Stolen
Ryokan, a Zen master, lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening a thief visited the hut only to discover there was nothing in it to steal. Ryokan returned and caught him. “You may have come a long way to visit me,” he told the […]
Leadership starts within: Health, Self-Awareness and Wellbeing
If you had asked me a few years ago what health meant, I would probably have given a slightly different answer from the one I would give today. I am a pharmacist, and a large part of my professional journey has been linked to the pharmaceutical industry. For that reason, and despite the fact that […]
Elon Musk | A company that makes more use of AI creates a forcing function for the increase use of AI
(Video in English, subtitles in Spanish and Portuguese) More videos in our YouTube Channel There is a lot of inertiaand people keep doing the same things,the same stuff for a while;and there really has to be a company that,by making more use of AI andthat competes with a company that makes less use of AI,creates a […]
Regenerating Rather Than Scaling: The Future of Conscious Leadership
By Vanda de Sousa, April 30th, 2025 In my conversations with leaders, what I hear is no longer excitement about growth — it’s exhaustion disguised as efficiency. It’s the silence after a “I’m fine,” or the shrug that comes with “it’s just a phase.” And it makes me wonder, time and again, if the greatest […]
Corporate happiness: a possible path?
Happiness and employee well-being have become central themes in discussions about the future of work. Organizations have begun to realize that fostering a positive work environment is not just a moral obligation but also a smart business strategy. Companies across various sectors are increasingly embracing well-being initiatives, investing in activities, promoting mental health awareness, and […]
