Ajustes menores

Hace un tiempo leí un artículo de Antonio Muñoz Molina en el que detallaba algunos cambios que hacía inevitablemente en su vida diaria cuando volvía de Nueva York a Madrid. El lo llamaba ajustes menores del regreso. En estos días en el que vuelvo a Sevilla después de un tiempo en Gijón, me acuerdo de … Read more

Negotiation variable: time

One of the most important variable in the negotiation is the time. You have to define a deadline for the deal, in other case you will never arrive to an agreement. The same happens with the opportunities; when there is a new opportunity that is being evaluated, there are a couple of questions that needs … Read more

The way back

It was a Saturday on the 27th January of 2007 when we arrived to Gijón. Today is Wednesday, 27th September of 2012, we are taking the way back to Seville. 2040 days in the middle where too many things has happened in our lives, but now it’s time to start again.

Funny e-mail wars

People behavior is something that is usually reflected on e-mails and if you know the people behind the e-mails you can know a lot of things between the lines. The funny situation is when someone is asking to other something without knowing him/her. And then the disconnection starts. This week I saw it and it … Read more

SAP technical upgrade go-live successful

Today is a date to remember. 3rd and 4th August 2012, the day we moved to production the ECC6 version of the HCM environment. Not the end of the project but a great milestone. After the go-live there are some activities for the closing the project, that are: Back-up of the new system, Fix some … Read more

Move to Seville

We have been looking for location alternatives for balancing professional and personal live. There were three options on the paper I did on March with a clear priority. Finally the third option is the only realistic option, and despite it was the third one on the list, I’m more happy to have this one than … Read more

Small town big hell

There is a Japanese proverb which says “small town big hell”. Comes to mean that in one environment everyone know each other; and therefore know who’s boss, who was afraid of him, whom he respected, who laugh, who say nothing. Big communities, big companies, big neighbourhoods are composed by small circles that are similar to … Read more

The art of waiting

You plan things, work hard during months and suddenly after a while an opportunity appears, a train you don’t want to lose. Reach this point you do your bet and then you have to wait, some days, some weeks, some months. During the decision making process for this deal, that affects personally to you, there … Read more