Library
Essays & Notes
Selected writing, briefings, and curated lists. Newest at the top.
Essays
The Executive Playbook for AI in HR under GDPR
Three zones — Now, Enterprise, Ideal. Twenty-plus use cases mapped. A 90-day plan that reclaims up to 73% of HR administrative time without crossing a legal line.
From Vision to Value — AI Inside a Global Travel Distributor
A 0.2-FTE team built a secure, scalable AI analytics platform in three months. 97% cost reduction vs commercial licences, every byte of data staying inside the perimeter.
State of AI 2025 — Executive Summary
My twelve-section reading of Nathan Benaich's State of AI Report 2025. Reasoning, open vs closed, geopolitics of compute, agentic AI and predictions to 12 months.
Estado de la IA 2025 — Resumen ejecutivo
Mi lectura en doce secciones del State of AI Report 2025. Razonamiento, abierto vs cerrado, geopolítica del cómputo, IA agéntica y predicciones a doce meses.
AI Tools for Strategy — An Executive Playbook
Copilot for PowerPoint, Claude Code, Claude Skills and the paradigm shift to living intelligence — plus twenty strategy frameworks worth combining with AI methods.
La tormenta perfecta en Recursos Humanos
Para 2030, el 40% de las competencias laborales clave habrán cambiado. Por qué los departamentos de RRHH no están preparados — y qué deben hacer ya.
Senior Advisor — El valor de la experiencia
Cómo aprovechar el talento ejecutivo de la generación baby-boom. Lecturas para consejos y CEOs a partir del estudio europeo de Exec Avenue.
Myths and Merits of LLMs
Fluency is not intelligence. The 70% calculator, broken RAG and the Thinking Slow imperative — a critical insight for leaders deploying AI.
The Counterintuitive Truth About AI and the Workforce
AI disrupts both ends of the cognitive pyramid. The middle — judgement — is the new human frontier. A CEO's guide.
The Pendulum — One Last Swing
Seventy-five years of acceleration in one frame. AI is the first super-exponential swing — and it rewrites what leadership is.
The AI Decision Matrix
From automation to augmentation: a five-point framework for boards to decide when to delegate to algorithms and when to retain human judgment.
Recipes for AI — From Pilots to Production
Hallucination control, use-case triage, the GDPR traffic light, and the Year-1 / Year-2 recipes that separate value at scale from the pilot graveyard.
Señales y Ruido — Marzo 2026
Cinco líneas maestras para los comités de dirección: gobernanza agentiva, ROI, regulación europea, automatización del conocimiento y la paradoja de la confianza.
Cloud ERP and AI-in-COTS: Where the Parallels Hold
Three structural parallels — and three places the analogy breaks down. A board-level guide to AI-embedded enterprise software.
API & Integration Architecture Learnings
Nine learnings on microservices, integration architecture and financial reporting impact. Prepared for Prof. Will Venters, LSE.
Anatomy of a Surge — October 2025
The confluence of factors behind the unanticipated 20%+ global hotel booking surge: market forces, commercial strategies, external events.
Four Generations of Integration Platforms
The four-tier evolution from no-code to agentic-ready — and the structural gap in inventory-wholesale travel.
Soberanía Cognitiva: ¿Quién posee la inteligencia?
Comentario invitado de Mónica González Paz aplicando el marco de la trampa cognitiva a pm-workspace y al comando /sovereignty-audit.
La tercera extracción: datos soberanos y energía
Comentario invitado de Joserra Concha sobre el paso del dato personal al conocimiento estratégico y la disputa por los recursos que alimentan la IA.
New Business Models new fraud vectors new thinking
AI and the cornucopia of abundance
Expansion Debates around IA in Europe
Interview at Ecosystems 2030 congress Future Banking for humans with AI
New banking models based on human life moments enhanced with AI…
Agreement between Zurich and IE School of Business
BT and Hotelbeds first in Hybrid Cloud
A well reasoned explanation of why the singularity is upon us
The recently departed from OpenAI, chief engineer and genius (he wrote…
I didnt mean to but I created a Market Category
Management Spanish-style
Is There a Distinct Hispanic Management Culture?…
The Symbiosis: AI and Remote Work. Redefining the Future of Work
by Alvaro de Nicolas…
Navigating the AI Revolution
Mastering Digital Transformation with AI
Digital transformation is no longer a luxury; it is now a necessity for businesses aiming to stay competitive in today’s fast-paced world. As technology continu…
Navigating Digital Transformation with AI
Staying ahead in today’s hyper-connected and fast-evolving digital world is a necessity for businesses aiming to thrive. One of the most critical enablers for t…