That phone call uh really changed not only the way I see the world but also my place in it. On the other end, I was introduced to a project that was described to me as a place to give young people, teenagers in Lisbon who are often born into difficult, neglected, and invisible backgrounds the chance to dream. It sounded poetic and that's perhaps it touched me why it touched me so much right from the start because at that time the world and the world of business in particular seem to have already lost that d ...

Let me take you back to Musmbi in the 1960s amidst the turmoil of the colonial war. A three-year-old kid um alone and injured stands in the aftermath of an ambush that claimed his mother's life. In that moment of despair, a Portuguese commandos from the ninth company trained for battle.They made a choice that changes everything. They rescued the boy, brought him to their um quarters and embrace him as one of their own. That boy was my father, Antonio Jose, soon to be Antonio Jose commando.My father lived wi ...

Around 10% of the global population lives with dyslexia—over 2.3 million people in Taiwan alone. It is not a disease, but a natural variation in brain development. At the age of 48, the speaker discovered that both she and her 7-year-old daughter are part of this group—what she calls “future stars.” For decades, dyslexia has been framed as a learning difficulty. But today, organizations like LinkedIn recognize it as a rare and valuable way of thinking—one that includes exceptional imagination, communication ...