Father-of-three, friend, social scientist, poet, manager, DJ, long-distance runner. Deeply interested in exploring contemporary media, mediation, innovation and agency intersections, and discuss its social, organizational, philosophical and individual implications. Work and Organizational Psychology MSc (University of Coimbra, 2003), Work and Organizational Sociology MSc (ISCTE-IUL, 2007), Sociology Phd (ISCTE-IUL, 2018). Participation in multiple research projects, covering topics such as employee engagement and organizational development, global work and firm internationalization, change and social identities, media and agency, and the phenomenology of time, change and cultural practices. +15 years of work experience partnering in a variety of organizations, really caring about happiness at work and qualified employment creation. Experience as researcher, consultant and practitioner in diverse industries, private and public, small, local, nascent, to large, global, multicultural, fast-scaled, mature businesses (e.g., Deloitte, GMS Consulting, VP Consulting, MyChange, Critical Software, IT Grow, Uniplaces, Brighten Consulting, Talkdesk, Exclaimer). Direct contribution for the creation of +1500 qualified new jobs and academy-industry knowledge transfer structures (e.g., IT Grow, Acertar o Rumo, Uniplaces, Talkdesk - TDX Innovation Labs). ESA (European Sociology Association) member since 2021. Founding member of the EcoPol - Portuguese Association of Political Economy (2017). Former DJ (https://www.discogs.com/user/Starjammers), blogging since 2006 (http://starjamming.blogspot.com/), poems and micro-narratives published in different formats. As practitioner, often told as being and acting differently from other "managers" or “HR persons”, more like “a poet that does management”. As researcher, still trying to handle and contain a reputation for verbosity.