Ariadna Manent González

Original article published in catalan on 02/11/2022   This is the speech I made last January 26, 2023, in the session of " Apunts 654C. Imperdibles de La Confederació ".  First, I want to contextualize from where I talk about the following ideas: I talk from the knowledge I have been acquiring in recent years, reading, studying, and writing. At this point I want to mention that a most part of the ideas that I explain here are reflections made and written jointly with Fernando Fantova and that we have been publishing in  Llei d’Engel     between 2020 and 2022.   Also, I talk from the experience I have been acquiring by having the opportunity to participate actively, together with other colleagues, in the process of organizational transformation that we are carrying out at Fundació el Maresme. At the same time, I contribute ideas from a critical perspective: asking myself what we can do differently to respond to the social complexity and challe...

  Original article published on 11/27/2022 Organizational models based on self-management, self-organization, shared power, which promote different types of leadership, must be built upon trust. These models can also serve as frameworks that facilitate the creation of trust in entire organization. I talk about trust in a personal and in a professional way. But how can we build and maintain trust in organizations? Although there is no "magic recipe" I will explain a couple of ideas that I hope they can help: Firstly, humility. As Manel Muntada wrote in his article The Logic of Humility in Leadership , "humility consists of being aware of one's own limits and acting accordingly." This should be a characteristic shared by individuals leading teams, organizations, and ecosystems. On the other hand, over the past few months, I have been working with a team, both as a group and individually. Through many hours of conversations, given the necessary and safety places t...

Original article published in catalan on 11/04/2022   Last weekend, I was reading an article written by Xavier Marcet titled "The Pride of Having Substitutes", which focuses on defining and promoting a certain style of leadership. Some of the reflections he shares include: "To lead is to serve and not to serve oneself," "If we play a leadership role, our responsibility is to create new leaders," and "What is not acceptable is people who climb up to gain power and then are unable to understand that people don't work for them, but rather, the higher you are, the more you work for others." "I also know proud entrepreneurs who misuse power for improper ambitions." This article, inspiring as always when you read an article by Xavier Marcet, coincided with the moment when I'm reading an interesting book by Julie Diamond called "Power. A User's Guide." I'm currently at a part where she explains that adopting a high ...

  Original article published in Catalan on 10/10/2022 This is the reflection I shared on October 3, 2022, during the inaugural presentation of the Week of Social and Solidarity Economy in Mataró. A reflection born from theoretical knowledge; from ideas, vision, and dreams; and from the experience of the organizational transformation process that we have been promoting and building at Fundació el Maresme for the past few years. Ideas, vision, and dreams about how Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) organizations can contribute to building a fairer, less unequal world where people and their well-being are at the center of the economic model. The main idea of this reflection is that the way companies, organizations, and entities are organized is not neutral, and if they truly want to be active in social transformation, it must begin within the organizations themselves. Organizations should be the mirror what they aim to generate around them. Social and Solidarity Economy emerges...