WE ALL WANTED TO BE INNOVATIVE (SIX YEARS LATER…)

Six years after writing the article "We all wanted to be innovative" in July 2017, I revisit some ideas and revisit the topic, as it remains current in everyone's mind. In a globalized and constantly changing world, the idea that innovation has become a key element for business success is gaining ground. Companies that are...

Remote or face-to-face, that is the question (Finding the balance in the digital era).

In an increasingly digitized world, the way teams collaborate has undergone a radical transformation. Remote connections, driven by video conferencing and online collaboration tools, have become an integral part of modern work life. However, face-to-face still plays a crucial role in generating synergies and building strong teams. How do we reconcile these worlds that are...

Geniuses, desires, fears and more.

-I grant you three wishes," said the genie.-I don't have three, I only have one," said the person.What is it?-Find a system that will tell me how to do my job and do it for me.-Well, if it's going to do it for you, why do you want me to tell you how to do...

Innovation and Collaboration in Screen Age

Teams naturally foster innovation through interaction, communication, and collaboration. In a virtual setting, these characteristics can diminish, so it's essential to promote them intentionally. Strategies include deconstructing interaction patterns in virtual meetings, forming physical subgroups for idea generation, and minimizing the technological barrier to enhance verbal communication. Non-verbal communication is missed, highlighting the value of face-to-face meetings for idea generation and collaboration.

My data should be private!… but in public.

Alicia suddenly faints in the middle of a busy street in an overcrowded metropolis somewhere in the world, in the middle of a crowd. Her bracelet detects the sudden fall and sends a message to the nearest emergency unit along with her identification record. The emergency unit receives the notice, and sets out for the...

Omnilaborality

With the unexpected protagonism that technology has taken in the advent of a new work culture, in which the need for ubiquity and agility seems to take over the current ecosystem, the professionals who head the technology areas of companies have had to evolve towards a business conception that goes beyond, and have had to...

Lost in the Forest

Little by little, and almost without realizing it, we have been filling up with technological tools in order to protect our assets, also technological. And above all to keep our privacy and our sensitive data safe and away from cyber-criminals who might take advantage of them or misuse them. The issue goes even beyond the...

A sheep fable

A farmer had 30 sheep that he had to take out to pasture every day at the beginning of the day, to return them to his barn at night. Since it was just him, the storage mechanics were next: He would arrive with a sheep and throw it with a rope, tie it to the...

Decade change, paradigm change?

We are living in a time when danger has become a constant in our lives. At least as far as the cyber world is concerned. But we are still doing the same thing we did years ago to protect ourselves: buying and buying tools. So much so that we have become fanatics, and every time...

Could be Messi a top goalkeeper?

The Incident May 2017.Telefonica Spain, among other companies, suffers a massive ransomware attack. Those of us who follow this case, also remember the efforts made by Chema Alonso, (in charge of the company's cybersecurity) to lower its profile or to dissociate itself from the problem. El Mundo Daily, in its electronic version wrote: Many Twitter...