Author: Arnaldo Pellini

Tripoli e Manila non sono cosi’ lontane

27 March 2011
by Arnaldo Pellini
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  Fa uno strano effetto leggere delle vicende in Libia e di quanto queste tocchino le Filippine, nonostante i 10.754 Km che separano Manila da Tripoli. Il Dipartimento per gli Affari esteri ha diramato un comunicato nel quale dichiara di avere evacuato fino ad ora 1.327 lavoratori filippini. Il numero dei filippini residenti in Libia pare sia di 30.000. A Tripoli la comunita’ filippina e’ numerosa ed esiste persino un scuola privata Filippina. Il Segretario […]

Who is this? Me?

15 February 2010
by Arnaldo Pellini
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Advanced Global Personality Test Results Extraversion |||||| 23% Stability |||||||||||||| 56% Orderliness |||||||||||||||| 70% Accommodation |||||||||||||||| 63% Intellectual |||||||||||||||| 70% Interdependence |||||||||||||||||| 80% Mystical || 10% Materialism |||| 20% Narcissism |||||| 30% Adventurousness |||||||||||| 50% Work ethic |||||||||||| 50% Conflictseeking || 10% Need to dominate |||||| 30% Romantic |||||||||||||||| 70% Avoidant |||||||||||||||| 70% Anti-authority |||||||||||||||||||| 90% Wealth |||| 20% Dependency |||||||||||| 50% Change averse |||||| 30% Cautiousness |||||||||||| 50% Individuality |||||| 30% Sexuality |||||||||||| 50% […]

Arrival in Tortola, Caribdean sea

7 January 2010
by Arnaldo Pellini
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‘I want my arrival to be a celebration of the past 25 years not, as someone asked recently, “will it give you closure”? What? Closure? That infers I somehow regret or lament the past 25 years. Absolutely not. Were it not for the accident, I would not have met Elaine, had Timothy  or had such a wonderful life so, closure? No. Celebration? Yes. And any tears will be tears of joy not tears of regret or sadness. Life […]

Just published – Transition management

6 August 2009
by Arnaldo Pellini
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Here is the introduction and link to an article Arnaldo just wrote with Eddie Borup on management and change in Vietnam. Available at Projects and Profits Transition Management: The Key towards Achieving Results Nothing in this world is as certain as change. At the same time, the search for a definition of `change’ has been taking place for a long time and is still unresolved. The Greek philosopher Aristotle, has said, “change is the actuality […]

Plinius and (half-read) books

14 July 2009
by Arnaldo Pellini
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I remember collecting sign books for some years.  One day I got hold of one of the Italian publishing house Adelphi. Pink color, with just one sentence on it by, Gayus Plinius Secundus also known as Plinius the “Old”, born in 24 B.C. in Como. The rough English translation of Plinius sentence could be: ‘there is not such thing as a bad book where you cannot learn at least one thing’.  After that i bought […]