In May 2025, INCAE, a prominent Latin American business school, hosted the first Anticipatory Leadership Week of the Global Curriculum for Anticipatory Leadership (GCAL). Leaders gathered in Costa Rica to explore how anticipating future trends—from AI to sustainability—can shape decisions today.
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As I prepared my speech for the graduation ceremony —my first as President of INCAE, an institution that, from Latin America, has cultivated leadership with purpose in more than 20,000 graduates over six decades—I found myself reflecting in silence on a few uncomfortable questions: Do we truly lead for the longstanding future or merely for today— perhaps for tomorrow at best?
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For several years, seeking to renew the meaning of my new stage of life, to continue learning and living with enthusiasm, I recovered a hobby that I´ve been passionate about for a long time: watercolor. Since I rediscovered the magic of water and color, in every free moment, I try to learn a new technique, combine new colors, discover different papers or try a new brush.
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If you were a child in Costa Rica in the late 19th century, you would have been able to go to public school free of charge—a social privilege and means of inclusion virtually unknown in the developing world. This early investment in education has enabled Costa Rica to achieve one of the highest literacy rates in Latin America.
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I first arrived in Latin America in 1997, and since then, I’ve been involved in education and the development of leadership and governance issues in the region. During these 27 years—12 of them from Spain—I have had the opportunity to interact with leaders from the region, the private and public sectors, multinationals and small and medium-sized enterprises, and various industries.
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