Paolo Maria Pavan Slowness as Ecological Leadership When my grandfather ran his company, he was known for two things: never missing a handshake and never rushing a decision. He read contracts slowly, not because he doubted himself, but because he respe... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Aug 13, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan July’s Dutch Business Numbers: The Calm, the Churn, and the Illusion of Growth In July 2025, 299 companies were declared bankrupt in the Netherlands. That’s 109 fewer than the same month in 2024 , a 27% drop, and 4% fewer than in June. At first glance, this is the kind of number... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Aug 13, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan The Danger of Being Your Business’s Single Point of Failure The Parachute That Never Opens Years ago, I met a small business owner who proudly told me, “Nothing moves without me.” He meant it as proof of his dedication. Two months later, he was hospitalised af... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Aug 12, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Dutch Inflation Cools to 2.9% in July 2025 When I look at the July 2025 inflation figure, 2.9% year-on-year, down from 3.1% in June,I don’t just see a number. I see a pulse. A soft beat in the economic bloodstream telling us the patient,our ma... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Aug 12, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Inclusion Is More Than a Buzzword The Teacup in the Corner In the corner of my office sits a chipped porcelain teacup. It belonged to my mother. No one drinks from it. It’s just there, visible, silent, and part of the room. Years ago,... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Aug 11, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan The 0.7% That Speaks Volumes Numbers are often treated like weather forecasts,glanced at, maybe discussed, then forgotten. But behind each percentage point, there is a story about how we live, choose, adapt, and sometimes contrad... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Aug 11, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Lean Infrastructure as ESG Logic The Shelves in My Grandfather’s Workshop When I was a child, my grandfather’s workshop had only three shelves. Not four, not five. Three. One for tools, one for materials, one for the work in progress... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Aug 8, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Dutch Industry’s June Dip: A Story About Margins, Machines, and the Meaning Behind the Numbers We live in an age obsessed with percentages. The Dutch industry in June produced 0.2 percent less than the same month last year, says CBS. A fraction of a percentage,easy to ignore. But every fraction... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Aug 8, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Policies: Not Optional, Just Overdue One rainy Thursday in Amersfoort, I walked into a café run by a brilliant Ethiopian woman named Hana. Her espresso was perfect. Her books, chaotic. When I asked how she handled staff absences, she sai... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Aug 7, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan When the Barometer Rises, but the Compass Stays Uncertain There’s a peculiar kind of optimism in the Dutch business climate this quarter, one that doesn’t quite celebrate, but doesn’t retreat either. Like the moment a sailor notes the wind shifting after wee... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Aug 7, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Gossip, Loyalty & Micro-Company Decay A few years ago, I walked into a 12-person startup in Utrecht for what was supposed to be a financial audit. Instead, I found a funeral. Not a real one, something quieter, more insidious. There were n... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE Aug 6, 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan When a Whisper Becomes a Warning: What Dutch Industrial Prices Are Telling Us There’s a peculiar sound in the Dutch economy lately, not a crash, not a siren, but something softer: the rustle of industrial prices sliding just a little, again. In June 2025, industrial sales price... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Aug 6, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
