Juan Pablo Rodríguez

This website is a space for ideas that matter to me—ranging from business management and investing to the power of communication and the societal challenges we face.

“Are you celebrating heroes or engineers? Celebrate heroics, and you´ll keep finding your team fighting fires and drowning in work. Celebrate engineering, and your team will build systems that prevent fires and anticipate floods. Incentives create culture.” Dave Kline.

A good CEO is an organizational engineer.

“You cannot overtake 15 cars in sunny weather, but you can when it's raining.” Ayrton Senna.

Challenging times can create opportunities for extraordinary growth.

“Most of the big blowups in finance are a consequence of naively applying statistical methods to the world of black swans." Michael J. Mauboussin.

Do not see the world through the lens of normal distributions.

“Hope is not a strategy. Luck is not a factor. Fear is not an option.” James Cameron.

Have an actual strategy. More importantly, execute.

“Understand that ethical wealth creation is possible. If you secretly despise wealth it will elude you.” Naval Ravikant.

Leverage wealth to improve the world.

“I know you believe that I want what you think I said, but are you sure that what you heard is really what I meant?” Colin Chapman.

Most problems arise from poor communication.

“What questions have you got for my answers today?” Henry Kissinger.

Stick to the message you want to convey.

“It may well be that we will have to repent in this generation. Not merely for the vitriolic words and the violent actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence and indifference of the good people.” Martin Luther King Jr.

Indifference is perhaps our largest societal challenge.

“A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.” John le Carré.

You are not entitled.