🗣️ “I don't have time.” 🗣️ “If I had more hours in the day, I could do everything.” 🗣️ “I'd need a 48-hour day to be able to keep up with everything.” But are we sure that time is really the problem? ⏰…
Is true leadership about making connections?
For decades, leadership has been portrayed as an act of command: the leader leads the way, others follow. Period. A clear, direct, almost military vision. But… does it still work? Today, the world of work has changed. The best…
(Semi-serious-but-real) account of a tour of Italy among managers, algorithms and “lost humanity” In the last few months I have done what no artificial intelligence can do (yet): cross Italy from north to south, stop to drink (bad) coffee in the areas…
Purpose-driven leadership and value alignment
I've always believed that a company's success depends not just on numbers, but on something much deeper. Over the years, working closely with entrepreneurs, managers, and SME teams, I've seen this intuition confirmed: the…
The Multitasking Trap
If multitasking were truly a skill, today we would all be CEOs of multinationals and at the same time Olympic champions, starred chefs and influencers with 1 million followers. Spoiler: we are not. And no, it is not the economic crisis' fault...
Imagine you're the CEO of a company with hundreds of employees. You're asked to intervene in a branch where the new area manager has caused significant discontent among his employees (and the most dissatisfied are precisely the...
In my consulting and training work with OSM I often come across excellent companies, close-knit teams, ambitious projects. But if there is one thing that distinguishes the healthiest and best performing companies from all the others, it is not just the…
There are things we hear so many times that we stop listening to them. Like: “Time is money.” Too bad those who build value — with people, for people — know that time is much more….
A reflection born in the field, between silent offices, tired eyes and (almost) sparkling reports. There are moments, during my work in the company, in which everything — at least on paper — seems fine. The numbers are (all in all) good….
“And then there is what is simple, yet so rare” means that there are small, seemingly obvious things that never happen by chance and that, when they do happen, make a difference. In every company. You see it right away, when you enter…