Paolo Maria Pavan Your “Good Intentions” Are Killing Your Business When I was 18, I watched a baker scream at a boy for stealing bread. The boy didn’t cry. He just looked at the man and said, “You have shelves. I have hunger.” The baker replied, “And I have rules.” I... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE 28 Jul 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Who Gets What? The Quiet Drift of Wealth in the Dutch Market Economy There are numbers you watch. Then there are numbers that watch you back. The Aiq , or Arbeidsinkomensquote , falls into the second category. This unassuming indicator tracks the share of income that f... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan 28 Jul 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Stop Babysitting Your Team The Coat That Was Never Returned When I was 24, I lent my best wool coat to a team member before his pitch. He forgot it on a train. He apologized, and I told him, “It’s not the coat. It’s what it mea... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE 25 Jul 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Why the Dutch Are the Happiest Burnouts in Europe There’s a silent ledger that no accountant keeps, yet it tallies our days with relentless accuracy. On one side: hours worked, invoices issued, deadlines met. On the other: dinners missed, books unope... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE 25 Jul 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Role Separation in Micro-Companies In 2010, I watched a bakery in Utrecht lose its soul. Not its recipe. Not its clients. Its soul. The founder, warm, tireless, beloved, was the baker, the bookkeeper, the HR manager, the delivery drive... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE 24 Jul 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Why Dutch Women Avoid Their Own Streets And CEOs Should Care Welcome to the Netherlands, land of gezelligheid, bikes, and... silent detours. You might think safety in your own neighborhood is a given, but for nearly half of the women aged 15 to 25 , that assump... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan 24 Jul 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Sustainable Starts with Restraint My grandfather never threw away string. Every time he opened a package, he’d untie the knots carefully, roll the twine around two fingers, and hang it on a nail in the shed. “Because one day,” he’d sa... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE 23 Jul 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Why Dutch Consumer Confidence Is Still in the Gutter, Even When the News Pretends It’s Not Every number is a confession. Especially when it pretends to be neutral. Take this one: -32 . That’s where Dutch consumer confidence landed in July. Better than June’s -36, but still buried deep benea... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan 23 Jul 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan Why “We’re a Family” Can Be a Red Flag Years ago, I visited a small printing business run by two brothers. At first glance, it felt warm, colleagues called each other “auntie” or “uncle,” birthday cakes were mandatory, and staff often stay... ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan WISE 22 Jul 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Why Dutch House Prices Are Skyrocketing Again (And You’re Probably Too Late) The Cold Number, the Warm Truth In June 2025, Dutch existing home prices rose by 9.3% compared to June 2024. That’s not subtle. Month-over-month (May to June), the increase was 0.9% . If you’re just t... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan REAL ESTATE 22 Jul 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN
Paolo Maria Pavan The Ethics of Outsourcing for Dutch SMEs The van arrived at 03:47 in the morning. No logo, no sound. A man in a blue hoodie dumped two black containers behind our office. By the time the sun came up, they were gone, along with three years of... ES ESG IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan 21 Jul 2025 WISE
Paolo Maria Pavan Why Smart Entrepreneurs Are Ditching Buildings and Betting on Machines in 2025 A dip in the numbers. But what story do they tell? May 2025: investment in tangible fixed assets in the Netherlands fell by 4.0% compared to the same month a year earlier. Headlines stop here. But num... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan 21 Jul 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN