The unspeakable world of symbols, or the art of understanding hidden narratives
Most people don’t see the world... for what it is. They see what they’ve been taught to see. Symbols are everywhere, but unless you’ve been trained to
ex-journalist in Israel and the West Bank ex-intelligence operative (HUMINT) Reconverted: entrepreneur. FR/EN/HE/IT/PT Expert in Strategic Intelligence and communication, human behavior, the Grey Zone
Most people don’t see the world... for what it is. They see what they’ve been taught to see. Symbols are everywhere, but unless you’ve been trained to
The strategic art of choosing when nothing is fully clear.
This is the second article of a series of two. So please, read the first article if you did not. It's incredible that I have to say this
What is influence, really? Influence is not persuasion, it's not manipulation. It's not power. Influence is the silent reconfiguration of your perception. Before you even notice
Every now and then, I receive strange messages (Linkedin inbox). This ONE illustrates perfectly what happens when ideological overconfidence meets... a very poor rhetorical discipline! I received this message after
On June 6th, Polymarket (a decentralized prediction market) officially became the prediction partner of X. The announcement was brief... even casual. But for those of us who operate in the
On May 30, The New York Times published an article. Beneath its "factual" tone lies a narrative built on: selective emphasis, speculative framing, and emotional anchoring. This (long)
Months ago, I attended a high-profile event. Lots of important people, plenty of influence in the room. But one individual caught my eye: not because of their charisma, but
A client arrived with a fraud case stalled for six years — too complex for lawyers, regulators, or investigators to articulate. In three weeks, I rebuilt the entire architecture, extracted its pattern, reframed it for court, and gave his legal team the cognitive map they were missing.
You see too much and you know it. Perception is often misunderstood.
In a crisis, most people react. Few people decide. Almost none of them think. We were trained to lead in predictable systems. But those systems are collapsing. And with them,
A comparative dissection of power consciousness across civilizations. This is not about East vs. West. It’s about lucidity vs. denial. The word power makes people uncomfortable in the West.