Author Archives for Mario Zottola

Female leadership: the most efficient tool against COVID-19

May 28, 2020 12:00 am Published by Mario Zottola Leave your thoughts Only 10 among the 193 countries in the world are led by women. Seven of those women, however, belong to the group of Heads of State who have managed better the COVID-19 pandemic that we’re currently facing worldwide.  Throughout history, men have been in charge of trying to fix the world while women devoted to... View Article

The lockdown portrayed in thousands of images

May 21, 2020 12:00 am Published by Mario Zottola Leave your thoughts It’s Tuesday (or Wednesday, perhaps?) and in just a couple of minutes the clock will strike 8pm. The sun still shines in the sky of this city which, at this time of the evening, waits for the people to gather in their balconies and salute health professionals and the rest of essential workers for their... View Article

Telecommuting in times of COVID-19

May 19, 2020 12:00 am Published by Mario Zottola Leave your thoughts The history of teleworking has taken a turn for good. Since Jack Niles, an engineer of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), coined the term telecommuting[1]much has been discussed about this new way of managing work duties. Niles’ notion, brought to light during the oil crisis in 1973, was simple: if employees will not come to the workplace, then the... View Article

Innovative organizations: when technology has an influence

May 14, 2020 12:00 am Published by Mario Zottola Leave your thoughts Breakthroughs succeed each other rapidly. Large innovative companies have technological conveniences at the disposal of both customers and employees. Current jobs are increasingly dependent on model and process digitalization, and professionals are increasingly better trained on it. How can corporate philosophy utilize technology to promote a global sense of well-being? What Marty McFly got right... View Article

Women in construction: roadmap to put an end to gender gap

May 11, 2020 12:00 am Published by Mario Zottola Leave your thoughts A consideration about the present and, mainly, the future of women in the construction sector, where parity remains still an unresolved matter.  “Young ladies, I’ll be frank: the majority of our men have died on the front and only one out of ten among you will end up married. The rest will have to learn... View Article

There’s no professional development without personal development

May 6, 2020 12:00 am Published by Mario Zottola Leave your thoughts Professional development and personal life seem to have always been destined to collide, especially if we insist on separating both worlds with a wall, which is something destined to failure.  Let’s reflect upon the concept of Work-Life Balance. Professional development and personal life seem to have always been destined to collide. Achieving the necessary balance... View Article

Diversity and inclusive culture in global corporations

May 4, 2020 12:00 am Published by Mario Zottola Leave your thoughts Large companies begin to realize the importance of inclusion policies at all levels within their organization. Implementing them entails a challenge: overcoming biases.   Eva, vocational psychologist and professional HR expert, had to face job searching at 42. “I don’t know how to deal with it anymore; I‘ve been working in the same job position... View Article

Digital transformation? Sure, but with collaborative tools

April 24, 2020 12:00 am Published by Mario Zottola Leave your thoughts Scientists agree that, 13 700 million years ago, the universe was created after the Big Bang.  Long after that, another big explosion based on a 0 and 1 sequence happened in our world: the Internet. The network of networks derives from project ARPA, a secure communication system that was devised at the request of the... View Article

Work Life Balance Z, the force of a younger generation

April 22, 2020 12:00 am Published by Mario Zottola Leave your thoughts Centennials have entered the professional field game. A force like digital natives demands a concept review. Back in 1859, Charles Darwin proposed a theory which explained the origin of species. A century later, we see his work as a point of reference that anticipated the notion of business innovation and the emergence of new agents... View Article