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The New Italian Digital Inquisition

On July 4, 2011 By pepi

Some time ago I told you about the New Spanish Digital Inquisition, the so-called Sinde Law. By that time it seemed that the Spanish Sinde Law was creating a mercifulness law for “controlling” the Internet. However, it seems that, from July 6 2011, Italy is going to become the [...]

Quo Vadis Spain??

On May 27, 2011 By pepi

We want a new society. This, does not work anymore.

Today, May 27th 2011 the Spanish & Catalan police, under the orders of the Catalan Government, tried to evict the demonstrators of Catalonia Square in Barcelona. But… why??

Last May 15th, Spanish youth, using Social Media, decided to demonstrate around more [...]

Smile, you’ve been fired!

On March 8, 2011 By pepi

One of the first causes of stress in the work place is insecurity. Our economies are crumbling, thus, the insecurity at work is making our workers crumble. But how? Making them feel inside of tiny little coffins.

Is your boss demanding from you more and more each time, making you overload? We are so [...]

Burn out at work

On March 6, 2011 By pepi

What happens when you feel stressed out and really burn out at work? Simply, that you stop being productive. Recent tendencies have been proved as harmful for the mental and physical health of workers. In other words, work, like is commonly thought nowadays, is terribly harmful for our health. Let’s think about the workaholic who [...]

The current economic system is a Frankenstein

On February 25, 2011 By pepi

The current finance markets are nothing more than small Frankensteins. This is what the french journalist Jean-Claude Guillebaud argues. We are living in a time where countries around the world are crying out for freedom… However, the receipt for liberty or freedom is not what markets want because “it’s not profitable”.

Freedom [...]

The New Spanish Digital Inquisition: “la ley Sinde”

On January 26, 2011 By pepi

Imagine the following scenario. One day, the SGAE (Spain’s royalty-collection agency, similar to the RIAA) decides to “launch” a Manifesto demanding, among many other things, the end to free music downloads in Internet. After a while, the Spanish Government, doing an act of assistance, is trying to enact a new and disturbing law [...]

Some burned Rome, others destroy even further its ruins

On January 10, 2011 By pepi

Last week I bought “le nouvel Observateur” (du 23 décembre au 5 janvier 2010). Inside its pages you can find the second death of Pompei (la seconde Mort de Pompéi), a very shocking and unbelievable article by Marcelle Padovani. In it you can find the its ins and outs of the crime against culture [...]

Doing Business with Japanese #1- Americans

On November 7, 2010 By pepi

Every culture has its own cultural hidden and unhidden codes. These codes color all aspects of everyday life, including business. Culture, we like it or not, is communication. Every cultural world works with its own internal dynamics, its own principles and laws. Failing to grasp, understand or deal with them could be disastrous if we [...]

How not to make your business fail in Japan

On April 8, 2010 By pepi

Long time ago I worked for a Spanish client with whom I could learn a lot about the mistakes you should avoid when trying to entering the Japanese market. Though the Japanese market might seem “el Dorado” for foreign companies, it can turn to be frustrating for those which cannot understand its uniqueness. Failing to [...]