Category Archives: Sharing my thoughts
Mi mission es su mission: on Community Building to drive change
Siloed accountability for organization-wide imperatives I’ve been carrying the word ‘digital’ in my job title for many years already — what a sadistic little b*tch for a word! I can recall countless moments when all heads and torsos turned to me the moment this word popped up in a meeting. If your job title carries a word…
Active listening to data: Disrupting the way we look at disruption
Some time ago I attended a business conference where the company brought together their top leadership team, their best-in-class middle-management, a panel of external experts and some guest customers. What a wonderful couple of days those were! After the event, I felt empowered by the words of the leaders, I felt inspired by the best-practices…
This is the story of a wealthy prince and a homeless woman who taught me a math lesson
I was 17 years old when I came out as a gay man to my family. I was still grieving my first heartbreak when I was struck with my first real loss – my grandma died. Shortly after, the deteriorating relationship between a gay single child and an orphan single mother, both trying to live…
[Warning] This article is about warnings… and insecurities.
Part 1 “Ladies and gentlemen, we would like the next few minutes of your attention as we will be showing our safety demonstration and emergency instructions.”– said one of the cabin crew members shortly before flight OS356 took off. As the announcement started, I adjusted my noise-cancelling headphones and concentrated on the chosen take-off song…
Did I Ever Fall Out of Love? Thoughts on loving, heartbreaks and what comes after.
“We broke up. I was single again. But I still loved him.” This is how the story ended. Not an extraordinary finale. In fact, cliché – I know! However, this statement is WRONG! And this is why. Two months passed by. It was a Saturday afternoon and I was paying visit to a married friend…
The Story Told vs. The Storyteller: Thoughts on Detachment
Half-my-life ago, teenager me used to ask himself how the adult life surrounding him had come to be. He was quite certain that he would never grow old – that things would always remain the same. He was sure that time would pass and years later, he would still be fighting the daily “Mother vs….
I’m addicted! – Confessions of a Travel Addict
I was twelve years old when I first boarded a plane to travel. The excitement I felt when flying for the first time – “Oh wow!”. This is one of those things from my childhood I remember very clearly – as if it happened yesterday. It was 1997 and I was not on my way…
Politically Incorrect Me: What I learned from being disliked in Social Media – and I’m thankful, not sorry.
PART 1 – From Facebook to the Police Station Some weeks ago I was doing my usual Facebook feeds reading as I made my way home from work. ‘Terrorism’ was the common denominator in a series of posts, which triggered an unpleasant emotional response in me. That’s when I decided to impulsively react to Facebook’s ‘What’s…