MY REFLECTIONS AND ARTICLES IN ENGLISH
WHAT ARE YOU WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING AT YOUR JOB?
Career cushioning and the identity we build in the shadows. Career cushioning is not about having a plan B. It’s about the question no one asks: do you know who you are when the job disappears? This…
CAREER CUSHIONING ISN’T ABOUT CAREER.
Career cushioning isn’t a career strategy. It’s the symptom of an era when institutions stopped manufacturing identity — and humans had to learn to build themselves alone. The phenomenon the market named, domesticated — and still doesn’t…
YOU ARE NOT AFRAID OF THE NEW. YOU ARE AFRAID OF WHAT YOU CANNOT YET SEE.
What paralyzes leaders isn’t change—it’s the opacity of the new. Discover why adaptability begins where clarity does not yet exist. – By Marcello de Souza Think for a moment. When was the last time you hesitated before…
WHEN DID WE DECIDE THAT UNDERSTANDING HUMANS WAS OPTIONAL?
When simplifying the human becomes a trend on social media, the entire organization loses. Why demanding results without understanding people is just managerial laziness disguised as pragmatism. By Marcello de Souza You’ve read that type of post…
YOU DO THE TASK, BUT THE DAMAGE GOES FAR BEYOND
When the manager does the team’s work, the damage goes far beyond the task. Understand the real impact — on the person, the company, and the career of those who haven’t yet become true leaders. By Marcello…
YOU TRAINED THE LEADER. WHY DO THEY KEEP BREAKING?
Discover why leaders with all the competencies still fail — and what no training program wants to admit about the true development of leadership. – By Marcello de Souza Think about the last leader you saw fail.…
YOU WIN THE DEAL AND LOSE THE NEGOTIATION: WHAT NO ONE CALCULATES BEFORE SITTING AT THE TABLE
Winning a deal and losing the negotiation is more common than it seems. Discover the hidden subjective value that determines what happens after the ink dries. – Marcello de Souza You closed. The contract is signed. The…
WHAT WE BECOME WHEN WE STOP THINKING
What happens when an entire civilization outsources thinking? Discover how technology reveals—and accelerates—the greatest cognitive crisis in human history. – Marcello de Souza ________________________________________ In the early hours of an ordinary Tuesday in February 2026, an artificial…
THE COURT THAT DOESN’T EXIST
On the freedom to stop judging yourself through the gaze you invented By Marcello de Souza It’s 3:14 in the morning and Ariele — not her real name, but true enough — is staring at a spreadsheet.…
WHEN THE GAZE OF OTHERS BECOMES THE ONLY MEASURE OF WHO YOU ARE
When the belief of being judged by everyone meets an environment that confirms that judgment, the perfect bomb is born. And the only real failure is not allowing oneself to fail. – Marcello de Souza She carries…
