the first time I left Argentina it was to go and live in Vienna Austria
to go and live in Vienna Austria
to go and live in Vienna Austria well I remember calling my mother and
well I remember calling my mother and
well I remember calling my mother and telling her that the Austrians did not
telling her that the Austrians did not
telling her that the Austrians did not clean their casseroles and their pans
clean their casseroles and their pans
clean their casseroles and their pans properly because I had been looking
properly because I had been looking
properly because I had been looking desperately for a cleaning powder we
desperately for a cleaning powder we
desperately for a cleaning powder we used to call pool oil back in Buenos
used to call pool oil back in Buenos
used to call pool oil back in Buenos Aires I couldn’t find it anywhere
Aires I couldn’t find it anywhere
Aires I couldn’t find it anywhere there was no globalization and no
there was no globalization and no
there was no globalization and no digitalization back in the 80s so it
digitalization back in the 80s so it
digitalization back in the 80s so it took me about one year to learn a little
took me about one year to learn a little
took me about one year to learn a little bit of German in orders who understand
bit of German in orders who understand
bit of German in orders who understand the packaging and I have to confess that
the packaging and I have to confess that
the packaging and I have to confess that the Austrians did clean their classrooms
the Austrians did clean their classrooms
the Austrians did clean their classrooms and their pants with a cleaning powder
and their pants with a cleaning powder
and their pants with a cleaning powder but he was called Atta Ajax or iris
but he was called Atta Ajax or iris
but he was called Atta Ajax or iris nothing that I knew in Buenos Aires I
nothing that I knew in Buenos Aires I
nothing that I knew in Buenos Aires I could recognise in Vienna
could recognise in Vienna
could recognise in Vienna I missed my country so much I missed the
I missed my country so much I missed the
I missed my country so much I missed the Sun I miss the warmth
Sun I miss the warmth
Sun I miss the warmth I missed the Jacaranda trees in plaza
I missed the Jacaranda trees in plaza
I missed the Jacaranda trees in plaza san martín
san martín
san martín I miss my family my friends I miss my
I miss my family my friends I miss my
I miss my family my friends I miss my life I rejected everything that Vienna
life I rejected everything that Vienna
life I rejected everything that Vienna had to give I rejected the gray skies
had to give I rejected the gray skies
had to give I rejected the gray skies the cold the big long words in German
the cold the big long words in German
the cold the big long words in German the fact that silence could be a value
the fact that silence could be a value
the fact that silence could be a value or that I had to send an invitation 15
or that I had to send an invitation 15
or that I had to send an invitation 15 days in advance to invite people home
days in advance to invite people home
days in advance to invite people home for dinner so I kept going back to an
for dinner so I kept going back to an
for dinner so I kept going back to an Osiris and in the first 24 months I went
Osiris and in the first 24 months I went
Osiris and in the first 24 months I went about four times and one day I was
about four times and one day I was
about four times and one day I was trolling down the streets of Buenos
trolling down the streets of Buenos
trolling down the streets of Buenos Aires
Aires
Aires under the car got on that tree and
under the car got on that tree and
under the car got on that tree and suddenly I thought I want to go home my
suddenly I thought I want to go home my
suddenly I thought I want to go home my god what happened what had changed home
god what happened what had changed home
god what happened what had changed home was Vienna and I had changed I was a
was Vienna and I had changed I was a
was Vienna and I had changed I was a different Claudia I was a new Claudia
different Claudia I was a new Claudia
different Claudia I was a new Claudia with different interests with different
with different interests with different
with different interests with different lights with different aspirations and
lights with different aspirations and
lights with different aspirations and actually I liked this new Claudia I had
actually I liked this new Claudia I had
actually I liked this new Claudia I had gone from total rejection of Vienna to
gone from total rejection of Vienna to
gone from total rejection of Vienna to acceptance and love I had accepted the
acceptance and love I had accepted the
acceptance and love I had accepted the differences and more than that I had
differences and more than that I had
differences and more than that I had embraced them and I had become a more
embraced them and I had become a more
embraced them and I had become a more grounded and a more resourceful human
grounded and a more resourceful human
grounded and a more resourceful human being
being
being that was my first not the last biggest
that was my first not the last biggest
that was my first not the last biggest transformational process I had ever gone
transformational process I had ever gone
transformational process I had ever gone through and it was self transformational
through and it was self transformational
through and it was self transformational so this is what I want to share with you
so this is what I want to share with you
so this is what I want to share with you because as you heard I have like 37
because as you heard I have like 37
because as you heard I have like 37 years of experience and many such
years of experience and many such
years of experience and many such transformational processes so I want to
transformational processes so I want to
transformational processes so I want to give you some of my own secrets to go
give you some of my own secrets to go
give you some of my own secrets to go through these self transformations
through these self transformations
through these self transformations my first secret take risks I started
my first secret take risks I started
my first secret take risks I started about 37 years ago him when aside is
about 37 years ago him when aside is
about 37 years ago him when aside is thinking I wanted to be a criminal
thinking I wanted to be a criminal
thinking I wanted to be a criminal lawyer since then I lived in four
lawyer since then I lived in four
lawyer since then I lived in four different countries I studied another
different countries I studied another
different countries I studied another career
career
career I changed professions I worked all over
I changed professions I worked all over
I changed professions I worked all over Europe and the Americas I even changed
Europe and the Americas I even changed
Europe and the Americas I even changed husbands
husbands
husbands and I started back in Vienna and in
and I started back in Vienna and in
and I started back in Vienna and in development and then I moved to Germany
development and then I moved to Germany
development and then I moved to Germany I worked for an international consulting
I worked for an international consulting
I worked for an international consulting company and from there I traveled
company and from there I traveled
company and from there I traveled throughout Europe and the Americas I
throughout Europe and the Americas I
throughout Europe and the Americas I learned about automotive cement and
learned about automotive cement and
learned about automotive cement and chemical industries and all that stuff
chemical industries and all that stuff
chemical industries and all that stuff then living still in Frankfurt I had the
then living still in Frankfurt I had the
then living still in Frankfurt I had the honor the privilege to work for the
honor the privilege to work for the
honor the privilege to work for the European Central Bank and I was part of
European Central Bank and I was part of
European Central Bank and I was part of that team of thousand people who put the
that team of thousand people who put the
that team of thousand people who put the euro out in the streets I still remember
euro out in the streets I still remember
euro out in the streets I still remember the night in January when I went with a
the night in January when I went with a
the night in January when I went with a card in the ATM machine to see the euro
card in the ATM machine to see the euro
card in the ATM machine to see the euro was coming out I can still read it and
was coming out I can still read it and
was coming out I can still read it and then I went to my next love and my next
then I went to my next love and my next
then I went to my next love and my next life was in Washington DC and it was the
life was in Washington DC and it was the
life was in Washington DC and it was the inter-american Development Bank and
inter-american Development Bank and
inter-american Development Bank and there I did the transformation of my own
there I did the transformation of my own
there I did the transformation of my own Department and I also had the privilege
Department and I also had the privilege
Department and I also had the privilege to be in the small team that put
to be in the small team that put
to be in the small team that put together they merge out as we call it
together they merge out as we call it
together they merge out as we call it and created the private sector arm of
and created the private sector arm of
and created the private sector arm of the IDB that we call bid invest so what
the IDB that we call bid invest so what
the IDB that we call bid invest so what what can I tell you about this
what can I tell you about this
what can I tell you about this transformations what can I share with
transformations what can I share with
transformations what can I share with you about this the first thing is that
you about this the first thing is that
you about this the first thing is that moving homes countries continents
moving homes countries continents
moving homes countries continents professions careers industries husbands
professions careers industries husbands
professions careers industries husbands it’s never an easy decision
it’s never an easy decision
it’s never an easy decision I was never fearless about these things
I was never fearless about these things
I was never fearless about these things however I decided I wanted to live my
however I decided I wanted to live my
however I decided I wanted to live my life based on the opportunities that
life based on the opportunities that
life based on the opportunities that were provided to me and not on my fears
were provided to me and not on my fears
were provided to me and not on my fears and what is more important I gave myself
and what is more important I gave myself
and what is more important I gave myself permission to fail and never I asked
permission to fail and never I asked
permission to fail and never I asked myself what if you all live in a bubble
myself what if you all live in a bubble
myself what if you all live in a bubble we all love the bubble we are closing
we all love the bubble we are closing
we all love the bubble we are closing you heard a robot already from other
you heard a robot already from other
you heard a robot already from other speakers about our bubbles
speakers about our bubbles
speakers about our bubbles but when you take risks you stretch
but when you take risks you stretch
but when you take risks you stretch yourself you stretch your limits every
yourself you stretch your limits every
yourself you stretch your limits every one of us has visions about what we are
one of us has visions about what we are
one of us has visions about what we are good at what we are capable of those
good at what we are capable of those
good at what we are capable of those images are limiting ourselves when you
images are limiting ourselves when you
images are limiting ourselves when you take risks you conquer new horizons you
take risks you conquer new horizons you
take risks you conquer new horizons you discover you have strengths competencies
discover you have strengths competencies
discover you have strengths competencies abilities that you never thought you
abilities that you never thought you
abilities that you never thought you would have you also think that perhaps
would have you also think that perhaps
would have you also think that perhaps after 50 or 55 you don’t take risks
after 50 or 55 you don’t take risks
after 50 or 55 you don’t take risks anymore you’re half dead no that’s not
anymore you’re half dead no that’s not
anymore you’re half dead no that’s not true I had at one of those moments aha
true I had at one of those moments aha
true I had at one of those moments aha moments when I was living in my bubble
moments when I was living in my bubble
moments when I was living in my bubble in Frankfurt happy with a with working
in Frankfurt happy with a with working
in Frankfurt happy with a with working at the ECB and then I got to different
at the ECB and then I got to different
at the ECB and then I got to different job offers at the same time excellent
job offers at the same time excellent
job offers at the same time excellent wonderful offers one in Rome one in
wonderful offers one in Rome one in
wonderful offers one in Rome one in Washington DC I remember writing pages
Washington DC I remember writing pages
Washington DC I remember writing pages and pages of objective criteria to try
and pages of objective criteria to try
and pages of objective criteria to try and see which one I would pick and we
and see which one I would pick and we
and see which one I would pick and we couldn’t decide so I decided to go with
couldn’t decide so I decided to go with
couldn’t decide so I decided to go with the flow
the flow
the flow I took the interviews and I was in DC
I took the interviews and I was in DC
I took the interviews and I was in DC after a long day of many interviews and
after a long day of many interviews and
after a long day of many interviews and I said okay I’m gonna visit my future
I said okay I’m gonna visit my future
I said okay I’m gonna visit my future boss perhaps who was the vice president
boss perhaps who was the vice president
boss perhaps who was the vice president and I think I was already sucking up and
and I think I was already sucking up and
and I think I was already sucking up and then I said hello I’m there I wanted to
then I said hello I’m there I wanted to
then I said hello I’m there I wanted to say goodbye I’m gonna fly back to
say goodbye I’m gonna fly back to
say goodbye I’m gonna fly back to Frankfurt and he said come in come in
Frankfurt and he said come in come in
Frankfurt and he said come in come in Claudia please take a sit would you like
Claudia please take a sit would you like
Claudia please take a sit would you like to have a Marty Marty oh my god 27 years
to have a Marty Marty oh my god 27 years
to have a Marty Marty oh my god 27 years living in Europe and I hadn’t had one
living in Europe and I hadn’t had one
living in Europe and I hadn’t had one Marty okay
Marty okay
Marty okay at that very moment I knew exactly what
at that very moment I knew exactly what
at that very moment I knew exactly what I wanted to work I knew where I belonged
I wanted to work I knew where I belonged
I wanted to work I knew where I belonged I wanted to work for my region I wanted
I wanted to work for my region I wanted
I wanted to work for my region I wanted to give back to Latin America
to give back to Latin America
to give back to Latin America I had an alignment with my sense of
I had an alignment with my sense of
I had an alignment with my sense of purpose with whom I was and this is my
purpose with whom I was and this is my
purpose with whom I was and this is my second secret find your purpose I always
second secret find your purpose I always
second secret find your purpose I always wanted to work for a place that would be
wanted to work for a place that would be
wanted to work for a place that would be greater than myself somewhere I could
greater than myself somewhere I could
greater than myself somewhere I could impact lives I never wanted to work for
impact lives I never wanted to work for
impact lives I never wanted to work for other people to make more money in order
other people to make more money in order
other people to make more money in order to buy bigger cars or bigger boats or
to buy bigger cars or bigger boats or
to buy bigger cars or bigger boats or put another product of mass production
put another product of mass production
put another product of mass production in the market not that that’s bad it’s
in the market not that that’s bad it’s
in the market not that that’s bad it’s neither good nor bad it’s just that that
neither good nor bad it’s just that that
neither good nor bad it’s just that that is not me and this is something that can
is not me and this is something that can
is not me and this is something that can happen to you at times where you are
happen to you at times where you are
happen to you at times where you are with a person or in a job or in an
with a person or in a job or in an
with a person or in a job or in an organization and you feel that something
organization and you feel that something
organization and you feel that something is not right that you don’t share the
is not right that you don’t share the
is not right that you don’t share the same values well unless you are in a
same values well unless you are in a
same values well unless you are in a perfect position to change that
perfect position to change that
perfect position to change that drop it that’s not for you you feel
drop it that’s not for you you feel
drop it that’s not for you you feel alive and in motion when you are in sync
alive and in motion when you are in sync
alive and in motion when you are in sync when your job your life and yourself and
when your job your life and yourself and
when your job your life and yourself and your values are resonant the third
your values are resonant the third
your values are resonant the third secret
embrace change and ride the wave
embrace change and ride the wave you’re all very young starting your
you’re all very young starting your
you’re all very young starting your careers or with a very few years behind
careers or with a very few years behind
careers or with a very few years behind and you have heard about the future of
and you have heard about the future of
and you have heard about the future of jobs and how complicated it is and all
jobs and how complicated it is and all
jobs and how complicated it is and all this revolution that change brings upon
this revolution that change brings upon
this revolution that change brings upon us you might already know that whatever
us you might already know that whatever
us you might already know that whatever you have learned in five years time
you have learned in five years time
you have learned in five years time might be completely irrelevant as a tip
might be completely irrelevant as a tip
might be completely irrelevant as a tip in the prediction say that in the United
in the prediction say that in the United
in the prediction say that in the United States forty-seven percent of the jobs
States forty-seven percent of the jobs
States forty-seven percent of the jobs that exist today will disappear by 2030
that exist today will disappear by 2030
that exist today will disappear by 2030 and that sixty percent of the jobs that
and that sixty percent of the jobs that
and that sixty percent of the jobs that remain will be completely automated and
remain will be completely automated and
remain will be completely automated and we do not know what new jobs will appear
we do not know what new jobs will appear
we do not know what new jobs will appear so you might want to know what is it
so you might want to know what is it
so you might want to know what is it that I need to do to succeed or to
that I need to do to succeed or to
that I need to do to succeed or to survive well I can tell you what we look
survive well I can tell you what we look
survive well I can tell you what we look for and as head of the human resources
for and as head of the human resources
for and as head of the human resources function in the inter-american
function in the inter-american
function in the inter-american Development Bank we talk to a lot of
Development Bank we talk to a lot of
Development Bank we talk to a lot of organizations and we ourselves recruit
organizations and we ourselves recruit
organizations and we ourselves recruit hundreds of people every year what we
hundreds of people every year what we
hundreds of people every year what we are looking for is for flexible
are looking for is for flexible
are looking for is for flexible professionals we are looking for
professionals we are looking for
professionals we are looking for flexibility that is the ability to learn
flexibility that is the ability to learn
flexibility that is the ability to learn and adapt we are looking for people with
and adapt we are looking for people with
and adapt we are looking for people with very good analytics people who are
very good analytics people who are
very good analytics people who are humble enough to know what they do not
humble enough to know what they do not
humble enough to know what they do not know but also resourceful enough to know
know but also resourceful enough to know
know but also resourceful enough to know where to look for those solutions we are
where to look for those solutions we are
where to look for those solutions we are looking for people who work and thrive
looking for people who work and thrive
looking for people who work and thrive in teams people who can take decisions
in teams people who can take decisions
in teams people who can take decisions in situations of high volatility high
in situations of high volatility high
in situations of high volatility high complexity high ambiguity it is as
complexity high ambiguity it is as
complexity high ambiguity it is as important to have emotional intelligence
important to have emotional intelligence
important to have emotional intelligence as good an ally
as good an ally
as good an ally takes I do not have the six silver
takes I do not have the six silver
takes I do not have the six silver bullets that will tell you what you need
bullets that will tell you what you need
bullets that will tell you what you need to do in order to succeed in your
to do in order to succeed in your
to do in order to succeed in your profession or in managing change and
profession or in managing change and
profession or in managing change and that is total excuse my French
that is total excuse my French
that is total excuse my French because you might change as well that
because you might change as well that
because you might change as well that change is an event you might think that
change is an event you might think that
change is an event you might think that change is an event and because it’s an
change is an event and because it’s an
change is an event and because it’s an event you think it’s here it happened
event you think it’s here it happened
event you think it’s here it happened it’s a reality well reality might be
it’s a reality well reality might be
it’s a reality well reality might be like a set of pictures no it’s more like
like a set of pictures no it’s more like
like a set of pictures no it’s more like a video it’s emotion it’s there it rows
a video it’s emotion it’s there it rows
a video it’s emotion it’s there it rows it moves it’s more like a wave and if
it moves it’s more like a wave and if
it moves it’s more like a wave and if you see a wave and you imagine all these
you see a wave and you imagine all these
you see a wave and you imagine all these thing that rolls it’s full with fears
thing that rolls it’s full with fears
thing that rolls it’s full with fears with insecurities with discomfort and
with insecurities with discomfort and
with insecurities with discomfort and it’s always disruptive but it’s as well
it’s always disruptive but it’s as well
it’s always disruptive but it’s as well transformational so if it is a wave why
transformational so if it is a wave why
transformational so if it is a wave why don’t we write it as a wave and do you
don’t we write it as a wave and do you
don’t we write it as a wave and do you know what the surfers tell each other as
know what the surfers tell each other as
know what the surfers tell each other as the biggest and best piece of advice it
the biggest and best piece of advice it
the biggest and best piece of advice it is feel the fear and do it anyway and
is feel the fear and do it anyway and
is feel the fear and do it anyway and that is exactly it you do it and
that is exactly it you do it and
that is exactly it you do it and practice and do it and do it and do it
practice and do it and do it and do it
practice and do it and do it and do it until you stand up and once you’re
until you stand up and once you’re
until you stand up and once you’re riding the wave
riding the wave
riding the wave it is transformational you see the world
it is transformational you see the world
it is transformational you see the world from another perspective people know
from another perspective people know
from another perspective people know that I’m Argentinean by now and I’m
that I’m Argentinean by now and I’m
that I’m Argentinean by now and I’m pertain iam I’m born in Buenos Aires and
pertain iam I’m born in Buenos Aires and
pertain iam I’m born in Buenos Aires and the patinas are very neurotic people
the patinas are very neurotic people
the patinas are very neurotic people like the New Yorkers so we go to
like the New Yorkers so we go to
like the New Yorkers so we go to therapists and the therapists are so
therapists and the therapists are so
therapists and the therapists are so many in Buenos Aires that we even have a
many in Buenos Aires that we even have a
many in Buenos Aires that we even have a neighborhood that we call bija Freud so
neighborhood that we call bija Freud so
neighborhood that we call bija Freud so I had my therapist I confess and
I had my therapist I confess and
I had my therapist I confess and Philippe’s told me when I was about 25
Philippe’s told me when I was about 25
Philippe’s told me when I was about 25 years old cloudy I you see it hurts to
years old cloudy I you see it hurts to
years old cloudy I you see it hurts to grow up oh yes it does but it is so
grow up oh yes it does but it is so
grow up oh yes it does but it is so wonderful to become an adult and to
wonderful to become an adult and to
wonderful to become an adult and to continue learning I would not like to be
continue learning I would not like to be
continue learning I would not like to be 25 years anymore I don’t use Botox I was
25 years anymore I don’t use Botox I was
25 years anymore I don’t use Botox I was when I was 25 I was extremely insecure I
when I was 25 I was extremely insecure I
when I was 25 I was extremely insecure I would keep looking at myself all the
would keep looking at myself all the
would keep looking at myself all the time in the mirror and think am i okay
time in the mirror and think am i okay
time in the mirror and think am i okay am I pretty
am I pretty
am I pretty is he going to invite me to dance am i
is he going to invite me to dance am i
is he going to invite me to dance am i okay am i enough today I don’t care
okay am i enough today I don’t care
okay am i enough today I don’t care anymore that’s why I don’t use Botox I
anymore that’s why I don’t use Botox I
anymore that’s why I don’t use Botox I love every wrinkle I have because I know
love every wrinkle I have because I know
love every wrinkle I have because I know where it comes from
where it comes from
where it comes from I know the story that it tells and it is
I know the story that it tells and it is
I know the story that it tells and it is Who I am there is an excellent coach
Who I am there is an excellent coach
Who I am there is an excellent coach called kimsey-house who said people are
called kimsey-house who said people are
called kimsey-house who said people are naturally creative resourceful and whole
naturally creative resourceful and whole
naturally creative resourceful and whole I’m a deep believer in this everybody is
I’m a deep believer in this everybody is
I’m a deep believer in this everybody is full of illusions strengths passions
full of illusions strengths passions
full of illusions strengths passions pains people are not made of one single
pains people are not made of one single
pains people are not made of one single piece everybody is a complex puzzle and
piece everybody is a complex puzzle and
piece everybody is a complex puzzle and the only one who can put this puzzle
the only one who can put this puzzle
the only one who can put this puzzle together is ourselves I know for a fact
together is ourselves I know for a fact
together is ourselves I know for a fact that each one of you of us can ignite
that each one of you of us can ignite
that each one of you of us can ignite change and transformation and that is
change and transformation and that is
change and transformation and that is only if you take risks you find your
only if you take risks you find your
only if you take risks you find your purpose and you embrace change you will
purpose and you embrace change you will
purpose and you embrace change you will successfully ride the wave but the wave
successfully ride the wave but the wave
successfully ride the wave but the wave of life
of life
of life thank you
thank you
thank you [Applause]
[Music]
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