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I have set-up this is as a one-stop, pay-as-you-go consulting service. If you are here it is because you have questions you think I may be able to help you with. That is, beyond reading my publications, listening to my podcasts or watching my…

Alfredo Behrens Have a question? Ask me! I am reinventing my consulting work with a pay as you go consulting service. It helps people and helps me to fill the gaps between long and predictable tasks. I should be able to help you, besides myself :)

La pandemia ha impuesto la necesidad imperiosa de producir reflexión y cambio. Pensadores han escrito ensayos a la velocidad de la emergencia. Pero hay que entender quiénes tienen el privilegio de ser escuchados. Basta pasearse por la…

Alfredo Behrens ¿Es posible crear otro tipo de sociedad con la misma estructura de pensamiento y de lenguaje que nos ha llevado al abismo?...

When the swine flu pandemic struck in 2009, some of the world's richest countries scrambled to get their hands on vaccines however they could. Poorer countries — among the worst affected — were pushed to the back of the queue, as…

Alfredo Behrens For many global health experts, swine flu acts as a warning for the far more serious coronavirus crisis.... They fear that the current pandemic could lead to a geopolitical fight over vaccines that would exceed the failings over swine flu.

The internal memo was circulated among staff at a California hospital on April 8. “All...clinicians and staff shall be issued one surgical mask to wear at all times while at work,” it read. “It is important that every clinician…

Alfredo Behrens 'Its hands are tied—the doctor told me that the hospital has an exclusive contract with Medline (who is) running short on PPE, the hospital isn’t turning elsewhere for necessary equipment. “We sat like fucking sitting ducks,” the doctor said. '

SudAméricaHoy – May 18, 2:11 AM

Por Alfredo BEHRENS, para SudAméricaHoy En América Latina casi no confiamos en quien no conocemos. Los brasileños y los colombianos andan entre los más desconfiados. Solo 5% de ellos dice que confía en quien no…

Alfredo Behrens Ahora resulta que también puedo mostrar que, entre jóvenes ejecutivos, quien prefiere que el Correcaminos escape del Coyote también prefiere que se vayan de los gobiernos los populistas de cualquier pelaje!

As world leaders grapple with when and how to safely reopen their countries, many are also facing a political problem: how to maintain support as they oversee tanking economies, stifling restrictions and staggering death tolls. Unable to promise…

Alfredo Behrens 'Human beings evolved in a hostile natural world where survival required high levels of cooperation. In large groups, coordination on complex tasks is easier with a leader.' But not with any leader, populists were rejected: https://youtu.be/pWJsC7Dg4ro

Entrants in this year's contest were invited to submit images showcasing the Earth's biodiversity and showing some of the mounting threats to the natural world. These images originally appeared on bioGraphic, an online magazine about science and…

Alfredo Behrens Covid-19 has heightened our awareness of how we related to the environment and to the risk of overextending ourselves.

Today is the feast of St. Catherine of Siena, doctor of the Church, patron of Europe. Let us pray for Europe, for the unity of Europe, for the unity of the European Union, so that all together we can go forward as brothers. This was Pope Francis'…

Alfredo Behrens ... children “who say what they feel, and what they think: They still haven’t learned the art of saying things with a bit of spin so that it’s understood, but not stated. This is an art that adults have, which oftentimes doesn’t bring anything good.”

ScienceDaily – Mar 11

The study -- based on responses from more than 46,000 participants around the world -- is the first published research to come from the BBC Loneliness Experiment. The ages of participants ranged from 16-99, and the results show a steady decrease in…

Alfredo Behrens 'that people living in more individualistic societies report more loneliness than people living in more collectivist societies.' However, I recall a friend complaining that too many friendly people just dropped by, preventing him to read a book in Brazil.

ScienceDaily – Jun 13, 2019

Group work and cooperation are crucial in everyday life. As such, it is important to explore the avenues by which synchrony within a group may enhance cohesion and influence performance. What role can music play in this effort? In an…

Alfredo Behrens Cooperation is increasingly important in everyday work. Synchrony within a group may enhance cohesion and performance. I believe it comes more naturally within a tribe: https://journalsojs3.fe.up.pt/index.php/jim/article/view/2183-0606_008.001_0002