Who I am
I am a perception engineer and strategic intelligence advisor specializing in structural blind spots of power.
Former human intelligence operative and war correspondent. Creator of The Grey Zone™, Quantum Framework™, and 4 Civilizational Archetypes - proprietary frameworks for understanding and navigating complexity.
I work with decision-makers operating in high-stakes, high-complexity environments where conventional frameworks fail.
Background
Sciences Po. The institution trains France's elite. I found it rigid, hypocritical - but it gave me the analytical tools to decode power structures and influence at scale.
Correspondent in Israel/West Bank. I reported from one of the world's most intense geopolitical hotspots. I learned how narratives shape reality, how information becomes a weapon, and how perception is power.
I built networks across politics, business, and technology. More importantly, I learned to read what's not being said.
Intelligence Operator, Human Intelligence (HUMINT). For five years, I operated in the world of private intelligence. Influence operations, sensitive negotiations, strategic advisory. I like to say that I was a "bastard spy". Bastard spy, because in waters of States plausible deniability, this work is kept in the dark.
I specialized in HUMINT: gathering intelligence through human sources. I mastered perception mechanics, cultural intelligence, and strategic influence in contested environments.
Eventually, I left. I couldn't operate within structures that compromised what I saw as necessary integrity. I had to build my own path.
Intellectual Contributions
I have developed three frameworks addressing critical gaps in international relations and strategic analysis:
The Grey Zone™
First rigorous conceptualization of "grey zone" in international relations. Establishes it not as geopolitical doctrine alone, but as fundamental architecture of contemporary power operating across all domains: geopolitical, organizational, interpersonal, psychological.
The Quantum Framework™
Multidimensional crisis assessment tool applying complexity and quantum principles to strategy. Reveals how events across seven dimensions affect each other instantaneously - invisible to conventional single-dimension analysis.
The 4 Civilizational Archetypes
Strategic mapping of emerging post-state meta-structures: technofortresses, econetworks, neotheocracies, and grey zones. Framework for understanding civilizational transitions beyond nation-state paradigms.
These frameworks are used by executives and decision-makers navigating contested international environments.
What I do today
Strategic Advisory (OC Strategic Advisory)
I work with 3-5 organizations per year on long-term mandates where complexity, perception, influence, and intelligence operations are critical.
Intellectual Work
I write strategic analysis examining geopolitical developments, power dynamics, and systemic transitions through non-conventional frameworks.
Newsletter subscriber base includes executives, strategists, and decision-makers globally.
International Engagement
Strategic briefings and counsel on geopolitical blind spots, perception engineering, grey zone operations, and civilizational transitions.
Recent: United States, Mexico, India, Switzerland.
On a more personal note...
I live in Portugal. I speak five languages. I have a dog. And I am a Scorpio.
I study obsessively. I write consistently since I'm something like 7 years old.
I crave deep, raw conversations about power, perception, and what's actually happening beneath surface events.
This space is for thinkers who sense more than most can process—and want to structure it into power.