Leo Trujillo

Leonardo Trujillo

El conocimiento es la clave para construir una narrativa significativa y potenciadora de nuestro desarrollo individual y social. La libertad empieza en la mente por lo que el conocimiento te hará libre. ¡Sígueme!

  1. Mind As Strategy: 28-Emotional Intelligence as a Strategic Tool

    7 FEB

    Mind As Strategy: 28-Emotional Intelligence as a Strategic Tool

    Power doesn’t fail because of bad logic. It fails because emotion goes unmanaged. In Phase Four, strategy moves beyond tactics and execution into architecture—designing environments where outcomes favor you by default. In this episode of Mind as Strategy, we activate one of the most underestimated forces in high-level leadership: Emotional intelligence as a strategic tool. Not empathy as softness. Not feelings as indulgence. But emotional intelligence as signal detection, energy regulation, and influence without force. This episode reframes emotion as data. Fear, anger, apathy, and excitement aren’t obstacles to strategy—they are telemetry. When read accurately and regulated deliberately, emotion becomes leverage. When ignored, it silently redirects behavior and stalls decisions. From stalled wartime negotiations to modern leadership under pressure, you’ll see why decisions are rarely blocked by facts—and why the leader who can stabilize emotion shapes outcomes without escalation. You’ll learn: 🧠 Why emotion drives behavior before reason justifies it 🎯 The Emotional Triad: Self-awareness, Other-awareness, Regulation 📡 How to read emotional signals as strategic data, not noise 🔥 Why pushing logic into fear creates resistance 🧩 How to lower heat without lowering standards 🗣️ Language shifts that reduce threat and restore agency 🧱 How emotional regulation stabilizes position, amplifies leverage, and protects systems This episode deepens Layered Strategy. Emotion stabilizes position. It multiplies leverage. It carries narrative. It keeps systems human—and resilient. Poor emotional regulation collapses stacks. Clean regulation reinforces them. Power isn’t just structural. It’s emotional steadiness under pressure. Read the room. Regulate yourself. Guide the energy. That’s emotional intelligence— as strategy. Next episode — Surround Strategy: Presenting Win-Guided Options. How to design choices so movement feels voluntary. How to reduce resistance without removing agency. How to structure the field so every path advances your objective. Not pressure. Not coercion. Architecture. Stay centered. Stay perceptive. Stay strategic.

    4 min
  2. Mind As Strategy: 27-Information Advantage: Timing, Insight & Disclosure

    30 ENE

    Mind As Strategy: 27-Information Advantage: Timing, Insight & Disclosure

    Power doesn’t come from knowing more. It comes from knowing earlier—and revealing selectively. In Phase Four, the game changes. This is no longer about reacting faster or executing better. It’s about designing environments where advantage compounds. And one force cuts across every layer of strategy more decisively than any other: Information advantage. In this episode of Mind as Strategy, we break down how information actually creates power—not through secrecy or oversharing, but through orchestration. Seeing patterns before others do. Timing disclosure so it shapes decisions. Revealing only what strengthens position, leverage, narrative, and systems. From World War II deception campaigns to modern leadership, negotiation, and organizational design, you’ll learn why raw data is useless without timing—and why perfect transparency often destroys leverage. You’ll learn: 🧠 Why information advantage is about when and how, not how much ⏱️ The Information Triad: Insight, Timing, Disclosure 📡 How early signals create leverage before problems become visible 🪜 The Disclosure Ladder: deciding what to share, delay, or never reveal ⚠️ Why oversharing, hoarding, and reactive updates all collapse advantage 🗣️ Language shifts that reduce noise and restore decision clarity 🧱 How information stabilizes position, multiplies leverage, and locks systems into place This episode deepens Layered Strategy. Information sharpens position. It multiplies leverage. It stabilizes narrative. It locks systems into motion. Poor disclosure collapses stacks. Clean timing reinforces them. Power isn’t secrecy. It’s restraint with intent. See earlier. Move sooner. Reveal only what strengthens the structure you built. Next episode: Authority Without Force — Commanding Respect at Scale. How influence becomes gravity. How systems obey without pressure. Stay observant. Stay disciplined. Stay strategic.

    6 min
  3. Mind As Strategy: 26-Layered Strategy: Stacking Principles for Exponential Impact

    23 ENE

    Mind As Strategy: 26-Layered Strategy: Stacking Principles for Exponential Impact

    PHASE IV · Synthesis & High-Level Leadership Phase Four begins here. This episode introduces Layered Strategy — the ability to stack principles so a single move produces multiple effects across systems. Not reacting to events. Not winning moment to moment. But designing structures where advantage compounds by default. Most strategies fail because they operate on one layer at a time. Tactics without leverage. Leverage without narrative. Narrative without systems. When one piece breaks, everything collapses. Layered strategy is different. If one layer weakens, others still apply pressure. If one succeeds, the rest amplify it. From decisive historical turns to modern leadership architecture, this episode breaks down how strategists convert linear effort into exponential impact by designing across position, leverage, narrative, and systems—all at once. You’ll learn: 🧱 Why single-layer strategies are fragile—and multi-layer strategies are resilient 📐 The four strategic layers that compound power over time ⚙️ How to stack moves so one action creates many downstream effects 🧠 Why “buy-in” matters less than structure 🔁 How to design strategies that survive partial failure 🕶️ Why masters reveal tactics—but protect strategy 📍 How authority emerges from systems, not force This episode marks the transition from execution to architecture. Phase Three taught how to survive pressure. Phase Four teaches how to shape environments. Not tactics. Not maneuvers. Synthesis. Structure. Authority. When others move, they’ll be moving inside systems you designed. Stay deliberate. Stay integrated. Stay strategic.

    6 min
  4. Mind As Strategy: 25-Navigating Uncertainty: Leading Through Chaos

    16 ENE

    Mind As Strategy: 25-Navigating Uncertainty: Leading Through Chaos

    When clarity disappears, leadership is exposed. Signals conflict. Plans expire. Information arrives late—or not at all. This is where most leaders freeze. Or overreact. In this episode of Mind as Strategy, we go beneath tactics and tools to the discipline of leading when the map is wrong. Not waiting for certainty. Not projecting false confidence. But creating direction inside ambiguity—and stabilizing others while you are still orienting yourself. From the Battle of Midway to modern leadership under pressure, you’ll learn why great leaders don’t eliminate uncertainty. They move through it faster and cleaner than everyone else. You’ll learn: 🧭 Why clarity is not found in chaos—it’s created ⚡ The Uncertainty Triad: Orientation, Tempo, Containment 🔄 How the OODA loop compresses when time collapses 🛟 The three correct modes of action under uncertainty: Stabilize → Probe → Commit 🧠 Why hesitation, consensus-seeking, and over-planning fail when stakes are real 🗣️ Language shifts that calm teams and restore direction under stress 📍 How your composure becomes the compass for others. This episode also closes Phase Three. Phase Three was about operating when pressure is real. When facts are fixed. When power is uneven. When the environment refuses to cooperate. You’ve learned how to choose the arena, align tensions, win with constraint, press leverage, sustain momentum, apply sieges, flip asymmetry, retreat with discipline, reframe meaning—and now, navigate uncertainty without freezing. Phase Three was never about control. It was about stability under chaos. What comes next is Phase Four. Not reacting to the board—but designing it. Not maneuvers—but synthesis. Not tactics—but authority. When others move, they’ll be moving inside systems you shaped. Stay grounded. Stay adaptive. Stay strategic.

    5 min
  5. Mind As Strategy: 24. Reframing & Redirection: Turning the Tables

    9 ENE

    Mind As Strategy: 24. Reframing & Redirection: Turning the Tables

    When facts won’t move, pressure rises—and power feels uneven. This is where most people lose. In this episode of Mind as Strategy, we explore the move that follows a strategic retreat: reframing and redirection. Not arguing. Not defending. Not escalating. But changing meaning without changing facts—and turning pressure back to its source. Drawing from Sun Tzu’s principle of water, you’ll learn why force-on-force breaks systems, while redirection reshapes them. Frames decide what matters before facts are judged. Whoever controls the frame controls relevance, emotion, and the next decision. You’ll learn: 🧠 Why frames—not facts—decide outcomes under pressure 🔁 How to redirect blame, emotion, and opinion into process, evidence, and action 🪜 The three levels of framing: problem, value, decision 🎯 The Reframe Triad: Acknowledge → Shift → Anchor ⏱️ How to change urgency with the Clock Shift—slowing panic or accelerating drift 🛠️ Practical tools to win the narrative ethically, without lying or posturing This episode gives you language and structure to stay calm when challenged, precise when cornered, and strategic when the room is tilted against you. You don’t need better arguments. You need better frames. Acknowledge without conceding. Shift without attacking. Anchor to purpose and proof. That’s how you turn the tables. Next episode: Navigating Uncertainty — Leading Through Chaos How to decide when information is incomplete and lead when the map is wrong. Stay calm. Stay precise. Stay strategic.

    6 min
  6. Mind As Strategy: 23. Strategic Retreats: Resetting for Advantage

    2 ENE

    Mind As Strategy: 23. Strategic Retreats: Resetting for Advantage

    Not every step back is a loss. Sometimes, it’s the most powerful move you can make. In this episode of Mind as Strategy, we dismantle one of the most misunderstood moves in leadership and strategy: the strategic retreat. This is not quitting. It’s not weakness. It’s the disciplined act of preserving force, resetting leverage, and choosing the next ground with intent. Building on Episode 22’s counter-play, we explore when staying in the fight quietly funds your opponent’s advantage—and when stepping back reshapes the entire board. From Napoleon’s collapse in Russia to modern organizational warfare, you’ll see how space, time, and restraint can defeat brute persistence. You’ll learn: ⚖️ How to recognize when leverage is decaying—even if effort is rising 🧭 The Retreat Triad: Preserve, Reframe, Reposition 🚪 Five types of strategic retreats (scope, arena, tempo, visibility, ownership) 🧠 Why ego, sunk costs, and optics keep leaders stuck in losing positions 🛠️ A clean retreat frame that protects trust, morale, and optionality 📍 How to design a pause with a clear re-entry signal—so retreat becomes advantage This episode gives you language, structure, and timing for stepping back without losing legitimacy—and for returning stronger, on your terms. Some wins are not taken. They are waited for. Preserve force. Reset leverage. Choose the next ground. Next episode: Reframing & Redirection — Turning the Tables How to change meaning without changing facts, and redirect pressure back to its source. Stay composed. Stay patient. Stay strategic.

    6 min
  7. Mind As Strategy: 22- The Counter-Play: Thriving as the Underdog

    26/12/2025

    Mind As Strategy: 22- The Counter-Play: Thriving as the Underdog

    When the game isn’t fair, don’t fight harder—fight smarter. In this episode of Mind as Strategy, we close Phase III by mastering the counter-play: how underdogs win without permission by changing the game itself. This is strategy for moments when you have less authority, fewer resources, and tighter constraints—and still need to win. Underdogs don’t match force. They create asymmetry. You’ll learn how to stop pushing uphill and start winning sideways—using speed, timing, and proof to flip power dynamics in your favor. In this episode, you’ll learn how to: ♟️ Shift the arena so dominant players can’t use their strength ⚡ Use speed and short cycles as a weapon 🎯 Attack assumptions instead of assets 🌊 Build sideways momentum before power notices 📊 Win with proof before politics 🚪 Create value through side doors—adoption, pilots, prototypes 🛡️ Protect your base with clean exits and reversible moves ⏱️ Design fast counter-plays that ship in days, not quarters This episode ties together everything from Phase III—arena choice, leverage points, momentum, and the modern siege—into a playbook for winning from disadvantage. Underdogs don’t beg. They move quietly, prove value, and force the game to change. Next episode: Strategic Retreats — Resetting for Advantage. When stepping back creates forward leverage, and how to disengage without losing position. Stay sharp. Stay adaptive. Stay strategic.

    5 min

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