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César Couto Ferreira

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Chief Change Officer
#210 César Couto Ferreira’s Next Act: From Madonna to Meaning

And so basically for us, migration, it's natural. We have the biggest, the biggest community of Brazilians is obviously Portugal, due to the language. The second biggest one, it's Ukraine. Ukrainian people. And it's not because of the war. It's because they've already been here. And they helped the country to develop. The same way what happened with migration in the U.S.

Chief Change Officer
#210 César Couto Ferreira’s Next Act: From Madonna to Meaning

And so basically for us, migration, it's natural. We have the biggest, the biggest community of Brazilians is obviously Portugal, due to the language. The second biggest one, it's Ukraine. Ukrainian people. And it's not because of the war. It's because they've already been here. And they helped the country to develop. The same way what happened with migration in the U.S.

Chief Change Officer
#210 César Couto Ferreira’s Next Act: From Madonna to Meaning

in the past, with all the brains from Germany to Jewish going to the U.S. and bringing knowledge, bringing so much knowledge.

Chief Change Officer
#210 César Couto Ferreira’s Next Act: From Madonna to Meaning

in the past, with all the brains from Germany to Jewish going to the U.S. and bringing knowledge, bringing so much knowledge.

Chief Change Officer
#210 César Couto Ferreira’s Next Act: From Madonna to Meaning

Exactly.

Chief Change Officer
#210 César Couto Ferreira’s Next Act: From Madonna to Meaning

Exactly.

Chief Change Officer
#210 César Couto Ferreira’s Next Act: From Madonna to Meaning

And there's no fast solutions. We know that in every kind of business, there's no fast solutions. I would love for us to be Sweden. I was in the ecosystem in Stockholm, and they are unbelievable what they do. There are 4.5 million people, if I'm not wrong, in Sweden. And their GDP is crazy. Their level of literacy on every level, it's unbelievable.

Chief Change Officer
#210 César Couto Ferreira’s Next Act: From Madonna to Meaning

And there's no fast solutions. We know that in every kind of business, there's no fast solutions. I would love for us to be Sweden. I was in the ecosystem in Stockholm, and they are unbelievable what they do. There are 4.5 million people, if I'm not wrong, in Sweden. And their GDP is crazy. Their level of literacy on every level, it's unbelievable.

Chief Change Officer
#210 César Couto Ferreira’s Next Act: From Madonna to Meaning

So for me, we're not still in that process at all. It's a long way to go. But when I do mentorship and when I see people and I see the talent that we're developing and learning from others, because so much good people from other countries, from other continents are coming to Portugal and bringing so much experience, so much talent, so much knowledge that we're evolving.

Chief Change Officer
#210 César Couto Ferreira’s Next Act: From Madonna to Meaning

So for me, we're not still in that process at all. It's a long way to go. But when I do mentorship and when I see people and I see the talent that we're developing and learning from others, because so much good people from other countries, from other continents are coming to Portugal and bringing so much experience, so much talent, so much knowledge that we're evolving.

Chief Change Officer
#210 César Couto Ferreira’s Next Act: From Madonna to Meaning

Yesterday, I saw a young CEO. She was 27 years old. She started her startup when she was 24. I was amazed by her knowledge. I was amazed by her focus. She was laser focus, major laser focus. And she was not born in Lisbon. She was not born in Oporto. I think it was in Aveiro or something like that. But the level of knowledge that she owns, it's crazy. And she was 27 years old.

Chief Change Officer
#210 César Couto Ferreira’s Next Act: From Madonna to Meaning

Yesterday, I saw a young CEO. She was 27 years old. She started her startup when she was 24. I was amazed by her knowledge. I was amazed by her focus. She was laser focus, major laser focus. And she was not born in Lisbon. She was not born in Oporto. I think it was in Aveiro or something like that. But the level of knowledge that she owns, it's crazy. And she was 27 years old.

Chief Change Officer
#210 César Couto Ferreira’s Next Act: From Madonna to Meaning

I wanted to be her, honestly. I was listening to her and I was seeing what she was saying. And I was like, damn, you're really good. And I'm really happy for that. That's when you ask me, what is my driven? It's all about legacy. I gave an interview once and in the middle, because I don't prepare myself for anything of this. I just go with flow.

Chief Change Officer
#210 César Couto Ferreira’s Next Act: From Madonna to Meaning

I wanted to be her, honestly. I was listening to her and I was seeing what she was saying. And I was like, damn, you're really good. And I'm really happy for that. That's when you ask me, what is my driven? It's all about legacy. I gave an interview once and in the middle, because I don't prepare myself for anything of this. I just go with flow.

Chief Change Officer
#210 César Couto Ferreira’s Next Act: From Madonna to Meaning

It's my way of working because I like to be like this.

Chief Change Officer
#210 César Couto Ferreira’s Next Act: From Madonna to Meaning

It's my way of working because I like to be like this.

Chief Change Officer
#210 César Couto Ferreira’s Next Act: From Madonna to Meaning

People need to read books. People need to work. People need to... And right now, everything's quite fast. The fear of missing out. And there's a lot of hype. I always say to people, don't believe the hype. Don't be blinded by the likes. This is all media and creative cliches, but it's true. Go with the curiosity mind. Just go with this mindset.

Chief Change Officer
#210 César Couto Ferreira’s Next Act: From Madonna to Meaning

People need to read books. People need to work. People need to... And right now, everything's quite fast. The fear of missing out. And there's a lot of hype. I always say to people, don't believe the hype. Don't be blinded by the likes. This is all media and creative cliches, but it's true. Go with the curiosity mind. Just go with this mindset.

Chief Change Officer
#210 César Couto Ferreira’s Next Act: From Madonna to Meaning

If you're doing that, it's already amazing because you learned so much. You're going to learn so much. If anything like a hot topic is going to tell you, okay, let's try to understand crispy additions or let's go to understand a little bit about.

Chief Change Officer
#210 César Couto Ferreira’s Next Act: From Madonna to Meaning

If you're doing that, it's already amazing because you learned so much. You're going to learn so much. If anything like a hot topic is going to tell you, okay, let's try to understand crispy additions or let's go to understand a little bit about.