Jan 17Moving Beyond Basic Technology Use and Understanding the Importance of Digital LiteracyBeing digitally literate can mean different things. For a long time, being digitally literate meant knowing how to use technology, computers, and the internet to get, assess, save, create, show, and share information, as well as communicate and work with others online. Being digitally literate today means also understanding and…Digital Literacy3 min readDigital Literacy3 min read
Published in CoFuturos·Nov 15, 2021What is Futures Thinking?Futures thinking is a skill that will be increasingly important in the coming years. It’s one of those skills you’ll thank yourself for learning now, because it can help you prepare for and respond to challenges ahead. This blog post explores what futures thinking is, how it can be applied…Futures Thinking5 min readFutures Thinking5 min read
Published in CoFuturos·Oct 28, 2021No to “the future of work is”Something that really bugs me is this idea of saying that the future of work is remote, hybrid, or whatever. Firstly, the future doesn’t exist, because it hasn’t happened yet. It can’t be predicted. Even if you are a believer in the power of your crystal ball. Secondly, I think…Future3 min readFuture3 min read
Published in CoFuturos·Sep 10, 2021The future of the pharmaceutical and consumer health industriesThis article summarizes my first futures studies research. I did this project as part of the Aerolito certification. This article seeks to condense the most relevant reflections and questions the research provoked. Following Aerolito’s open-source stand, I’m sharing all my research here (omitting some details about the company used to…Future12 min readFuture12 min read
Sep 8, 2021I’m uselessAlmost every day I think that I’m not doing anything worthwhile. In today’s world, with everyone doing and showing so much, it’s easy to think that we’re useless and that our work and vision is irrelevant. My new goal is to make my useless useful. I’m starting to realize that…Ideas2 min readIdeas2 min read
Sep 6, 2021Writing to face fear (and learn in the process)I hated English when I was growing up. When all my closest friends were learning English, I was arrogantly thinking: “I already know another language, so why should I bother learning English?” I grew up in Portugal, but I was born in France and spoke French at home for most…Fear3 min readFear3 min read
Published in CoFuturos·Jun 30, 2021How I started to think about futuresOn the first day of February 2017, I moved to Palo Alto, California. I was so excited! I grew up in Portugal, moved to Paris at 19 years old, and lived in Germany for a year while traveling through Europe. It wasn’t the first time I visited the United States…Future3 min readFuture3 min read
Published in CoFuturos·Jun 29, 2020Clarity vs. Certainty: why as a person and entrepreneur I don’t want to be sure of anythingChanging your mind is one of the best things that can happen to people: we only change our minds when we get to know more and better, and knowing more is synonymous with knowledge. The book Full-Spectrum Thinking: How to Escape Boxes in a Post-Categorical Future by Bob Johansen, a…Future6 min readFuture6 min read
Published in The Startup·Mar 29, 2020What Is Digital Literacy and Why It Needs to Be Your Big ConcernToday, terms like remote work, videoconference, remote access, or tools like Zoom, Trello, or Slack are known by more people than ever. The current situation with the Covid-19 forced people to learn about many digital subjects. Recently, I did an exercise called Look Back to Look Forward. This technique was…Remote Working4 min readRemote Working4 min read
Published in The Startup·Mar 14, 2020The utopian vision of remote work with the CoronavirusI have been working remotely since 2015. At that time, when I decided I wanted to start working for myself, people looked at me as if I had gone crazy. Remote work? Are you crazy? In the last five years, I dealt with several negative comments regarding the way I…Remote8 min readRemote8 min read
