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Born in Barcelona, then adopted by New York. Pop Culture fiend, never foe. I manage technical programs and write a Pop Culture and Project Management newsletter. Check my experience on LinkedIn and subscribe to my newsletter through the paper plane icon below.

The project manager hit a log, and it pooped candy

The project manager hit a log, and it pooped candy

All right. You may be confused right now if you are not Catalan. Damn, you may be confused even if you are Catalan. Keep calm and poop on, I mean, carry on. ...

Journalists are awesome project managers, and I am going to tell you why

Journalists are awesome project managers, and I am going to tell you why

What if I told you that having a background in journalism may make you a better project manager? Keep reading for some basic journalism concepts that will tu...

The Sound of Project Management

The Sound of Project Management

What if I told you that Fraulein Maria is an amazing project manager, Mother Abbess is an outstanding leader, and the Baroness Schraeder is an exemplary huma...

The Scary Side of Project Management

The Scary Side of Project Management

In honor of Halloween week, I’ve been scaring the living daylights out of myself with a monstrous marathon of horror movies! 🎃👻🍿Well, no. I lied. Horror movi...

Nobody puts a project manager in the corner

Nobody puts a project manager in the corner

I am a GenX’er on the younger side. This means that when Dirty Dancing came out in 1987, I was a tad too young to be allowed to go to the movies with frien...

Songs for the intrepid Project Manager - I

Songs for the intrepid Project Manager - I

We can’t imagine a world without music, can we? Music is almost like therapy. If I need to focus, there’s a song to hide from distraction. If I am happy, t...

Life in New York is like Project Management

Life in New York is like Project Management

Life in New York is as stimulating and often intoxicating (in a good way) as it is frustrating and disappointing. And you know what? I feel the same about Pr...

Life lessons from The Devil Wears Prada

Life lessons from The Devil Wears Prada

There are three things I will say about The Devil Wears Prada: It is super fun to watch. Way better than the book. Like, WAY WAY better. Emily Blunt &a...

Arrival and the Power of Communication

Arrival and the Power of Communication

Every single guide, podcast, blog, or training about project management will highlight the importance of communication when performing this job of ours that ...