Science
Plant biotechnology and gene expression research at Universiteit Leiden.
Science taught me to look for the cause, not settle for the symptom, and question explanations that seem too obvious.
If more analysis were the answer, you'd have it by now.
In those moments, it's rarely a lack of information or capability.
It's a blind spot.
That's where I come in.
An outside view to unblock what's stuck
I work with founders, CEOs, and senior leaders who need to quickly understand what's slowing a project or decision.
I observe the situation, connect elements that are usually analyzed separately, and make visible the pattern that's operating.
The goal is that you leave with:
- a clearer read of the situation
- the main blocker identified
- a concrete next move
The pattern you've missed for months, in one conversation. Not in thirty meetings.
I can help when…
- You need to make a decision that affects people, power, money, or reputation.
- There are decisions you can't discuss with your team, board, or at home, and you need to think them through with someone outside.
- You need an external, senior, direct view, not another hundred-slide presentation.
- An important project is wearing down and the cost of waiting already weighs.
- You sense something doesn't fit, but you can't name it yet.
Confidential by default. What you can't say in the boardroom, you can think through here.
How it works
From confusion to a next move
- Initial conversation For 20 minutes you explain what's happening and what you've tried so far. We assess whether my way of working fits the situation.
- Focused intervention We go into the problem with intensity. We examine decisions, relationships, contradictions, and what may not be getting considered.
- Clarity to act We name the main blocker and define the decision, conversation, or move that unblocks the situation.
Book a 20-minute conversation →
Every initial conversation is confidential. No commitment. Reply within 48 hours.
One capability developed across four worlds
I've worked in very different contexts: scientific research, entrepreneurship, institutions, and corporate transformation. Each one taught me to observe complex systems from a different angle.
Entrepreneurship
Bootstrapped SITmobile across seven countries and three continents, through to acquisition by a global company.
Building a company taught me to decide with limited resources, manage uncertainty, and distinguish what matters from what's merely urgent.
Institutions
U.S. investment attraction for Catalonia from Silicon Valley.
The institutional world taught me to read interests, power dynamics, and multi-stakeholder decision processes.
Corporate transformation
Strategic consulting for organizations and leaders in change and transformation processes in Silicon Valley.
Corporate work taught me that strategic blockers rarely sit in the P&L. They're usually in structure, hidden incentives, or the conversations no one is having.
The method, forthcoming in a book
I'm turning this way of observing people, decisions, and organizations into a book.
For years I've asked scientists, academics, founders, and leaders:
“What's your superpower?”
Often, the answer is silence.
We struggle to recognize what we do naturally because we confuse effort with value. Yet what seems obvious to one person can be exactly what makes them extraordinary.
The book explores how to identify that capability, stop hiding it, and put it in service of more strategic decisions.
Complex problems don't always need more time. Sometimes they need a different view.