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While I’m not very active on social media, you’re welcome to connect with me on LinkedIn
I do maintain a blog with the intention to write about what it’s really like to work as a consultant across countries and cultures. The idea is to share lessons learned in the field, useful tools I’ve picked up along the way, and honest reflections on navigating complex systems with purpose and humility. If you care about doing good work in tough places, you’re in the right place.
Latest posts
- The LinkedIn Nudge
LinkedIn nudged me today: “Connect with an Executive Director.” What struck me was not the recommendation itself, but the confidence behind it. The platform assumed this is the direction I should be moving in. It felt familiar. I have heard this quiet push everywhere: the soft encouragement to climb rather than root, and to treat ambition as only the need to dominate. The old script suggests success is vertical, and competence equals prestige. But my life has taught me something else. The people who shaped me rarely had impressive job titles. The growth I value has less to do with climbing and more to do with caring. I ignored the suggestion. Not out of rebellion, but because my ambitions cannot belong to platforms or hierarchies. They come from the places I have lived and the people who keep me grounded. The algorithm’s definition of success simply does not fit my own. - The Nobel Peace Prize: Political, Not Peaceful
The Nobel Peace Prize should mean something. Especially now, when democratic norms are eroding and authoritarianism is gaining ground. It should stand as a clear and principled signal. This year, it didn’t. The Prize went to María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who was barred from running in the 2024 election and instead backed… Read more: The Nobel Peace Prize: Political, Not Peaceful - Craving Validation
What is up with this constant need for validation? When did it become the background noise of everything? Is it some narcissistic itch baked into the culture, or just my own wiring short-circuiting? As long as my crazy gets mirrored back to me, I’m fine. Apparently. It scares me a little that I’ve substituted therapy… Read more: Craving Validation - Shutdown and Sombreros
I’ve lived in Mexico for years and seen maybe three sombreros total. Meanwhile, I’ve watched 20+ American politicians get digitally crowned with sombreros this week alone. The U.S. produces more sombrero content than Mexico produces actual sombreros. While Washington stickers its democracy, Mexico exists as a cartoon in foreign imagination—and both profit from the fiction
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