We often hear and talk about cooperation: in organizational, political, and social contexts in general. It is a widely shared opinion that the solution to many complex situations requires a higher extent of cooperation. However, explaining its authentic meaning is not simple at all. Listen to how the poet Maya Angelou has admirably done it. […]

The interest in the falsity of the people we come across is triggered by the danger they may represent. This morning I read this Nathaniel Hawthorne quote, which may be further and useful food for thought. No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally […]

We live in a time when vanity is a major driver of human actions. How can we define it? Several sources converge in defining vanity as self-complacency, overconfidence in one’s abilities, and in attracting others. With a close connection to narcissism. The term vanity comes from the Latin vanus, which stands for vain, empty, useless, […]

There are people who, to avoid taking risks, give up their careers. I just wanted to ask you this: do you think this behaviour makes sense? Does giving up a career actually lead to greater job security? Or, on the contrary, is it possible to fall even staying “on the floor”?

I took this picture in Kronplatz (Plan de Corones), Puster Valley, in December last year, during a short vacation. That morning I left the hotel for the usual walk in the snow: the weather was not the most inviting. Low clouds, particularly harsh temperature, freezing wind. In short, a wolf’s weather! I walked up a […]

I read this morning a thought by Afro-American writer Zora Neale Hurston. There is something about poverty that smells of death. You dream about dead people who fall from your heart like leaves in the dry season and rot around your feet; impulses smothered too long in the fetid air of underground caves. Although the […]

Here we are finally in the New Year, and we are leaving behind an undeniably difficult one. How is the coming year looking? To say that the worst is over is excessive, just as it is inappropriate to think that everything depends on external factors, independent of our control. What can we do, individually, to […]

After careful reflection, I have concluded that repeated use of complaining can only be convenient for most people working in organizations. Let’s look at the reasons together: complaining keeps people out of your way who, when they meet you, sooner or later say “Blessed are you”, inferring that you don’t deserve what you have; your […]

In the cartoon strip, I have reported a conversation that everyone has experienced at least once: which I hope has provoked in you at least a motion of rebellion. Where do expressions such as “You don’t have to think, you just have to obey” come from? What is its purpose? Can one learn pessimism? And […]

Many people ask me how to react to a failure, that is when the slap they received was loud and left them there in confusion. Well, it is difficult to answer, because the situations can be quite different. I find it more convenient, and useful, to suggest some behaviours to avoid, those that might prevent […]