Luca Dellanna
@luca-dellanna.com
10y+ experience helping organizations increase their revenue and profitability through better people management • Fluent EN, IT, FR, ES • Luca-Dellanna.com • (@DellAnnaLuca on Twitter)
I'm running a workshop to celebrate the fifth anniversary of ERGODICITY
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November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I'm running a workshop to celebrate the fifth anniversary of ERGODICITY
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Often overlooked is how much modernity has removed barriers to high-agency people.
Finance lowered the barriers of not being born with capital.
The Internet lowered the barriers from being born in the wrong place.
AI has lowered the barriers from not having access to know-how.
Finance lowered the barriers of not being born with capital.
The Internet lowered the barriers from being born in the wrong place.
AI has lowered the barriers from not having access to know-how.
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Often overlooked is how much modernity has removed barriers to high-agency people.
Finance lowered the barriers of not being born with capital.
The Internet lowered the barriers from being born in the wrong place.
AI has lowered the barriers from not having access to know-how.
Finance lowered the barriers of not being born with capital.
The Internet lowered the barriers from being born in the wrong place.
AI has lowered the barriers from not having access to know-how.
The beginning of the first chapter of my latest book
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The beginning of the first chapter of my latest book
The first page of Part I of "Poverty and Prosperity"
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The first page of Part I of "Poverty and Prosperity"
The prologue of my latest book, released today
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November 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The prologue of my latest book, released today
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The introduction of my latest book, released today
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November 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The introduction of my latest book, released today
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My latest book is finally available!
You can find the links to the hardcover, paperback, and ebook versions here: Luca-dellanna.com/books/pover...
(The book should arrive secondary stores, such as Google Play Books, etc, in a few days.)
You can find the links to the hardcover, paperback, and ebook versions here: Luca-dellanna.com/books/pover...
(The book should arrive secondary stores, such as Google Play Books, etc, in a few days.)
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
My latest book is finally available!
You can find the links to the hardcover, paperback, and ebook versions here: Luca-dellanna.com/books/pover...
(The book should arrive secondary stores, such as Google Play Books, etc, in a few days.)
You can find the links to the hardcover, paperback, and ebook versions here: Luca-dellanna.com/books/pover...
(The book should arrive secondary stores, such as Google Play Books, etc, in a few days.)
On scientific rigor
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
On scientific rigor
In a managerial context,
– bad feedback: just points out what's wrong
– good feedback: focuses on solving a shared problem
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– bad feedback: just points out what's wrong
– good feedback: focuses on solving a shared problem
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Adversarial vs Collaborative Feedback
How to give feedback and suggestions that are well-received
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November 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In a managerial context,
– bad feedback: just points out what's wrong
– good feedback: focuses on solving a shared problem
Luca-dellanna.com/posts/adver...
– bad feedback: just points out what's wrong
– good feedback: focuses on solving a shared problem
Luca-dellanna.com/posts/adver...
Today marks the fifth anniversary of my book "Ergodicity!"
November 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Today marks the fifth anniversary of my book "Ergodicity!"
Often, what holds us back is the hope for an unrealistic alternative, such as “I can get away with not doing the work” or “the problem will resolve itself.”
In politics, it's: “We don't need the collaboration of the other half.”
In politics, it's: “We don't need the collaboration of the other half.”
November 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Often, what holds us back is the hope for an unrealistic alternative, such as “I can get away with not doing the work” or “the problem will resolve itself.”
In politics, it's: “We don't need the collaboration of the other half.”
In politics, it's: “We don't need the collaboration of the other half.”
an excerpt from something I recently started writing
October 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
an excerpt from something I recently started writing
Whether I’m looking at ongoing conflicts, high prices, or incompetent institutions, the role of journalists abdicating their duty is massive.
The quality of the public discourse is probably the top under-discussed leading indicator of a country’s trajectory.
The quality of the public discourse is probably the top under-discussed leading indicator of a country’s trajectory.
October 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Whether I’m looking at ongoing conflicts, high prices, or incompetent institutions, the role of journalists abdicating their duty is massive.
The quality of the public discourse is probably the top under-discussed leading indicator of a country’s trajectory.
The quality of the public discourse is probably the top under-discussed leading indicator of a country’s trajectory.
A good litmus test for fake or partially-fake news: whether the headline or first paragraph contains unnecessary words whose job is to tell you how to feel.
October 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A good litmus test for fake or partially-fake news: whether the headline or first paragraph contains unnecessary words whose job is to tell you how to feel.
When managers do not explain their decisions, people make up their own explanations.
And their explanations are usually worse than reality.
And their explanations are usually worse than reality.
October 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
When managers do not explain their decisions, people make up their own explanations.
And their explanations are usually worse than reality.
And their explanations are usually worse than reality.
Want fewer mistakes? Don’t delegate by email.
Calls let people ask and show if they’re lost.
Puzzled faces tell you when to explain.
With emails, you get none.
Calls let people ask and show if they’re lost.
Puzzled faces tell you when to explain.
With emails, you get none.
October 29, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Want fewer mistakes? Don’t delegate by email.
Calls let people ask and show if they’re lost.
Puzzled faces tell you when to explain.
With emails, you get none.
Calls let people ask and show if they’re lost.
Puzzled faces tell you when to explain.
With emails, you get none.
And the key to winning long-term conflicts is to stop seeing them as a succession of separate wars.
October 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
And the key to winning long-term conflicts is to stop seeing them as a succession of separate wars.
“We lowered our standards because they lowered theirs.”
“Who said that?”
“Both sides”
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“Who said that?”
“Both sides”
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The Depolarization Manifesto
You don’t win at politics when your party gets elected; you win when your party loses, and the government is still good.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“We lowered our standards because they lowered theirs.”
“Who said that?”
“Both sides”
luca-dellanna.com/posts/depol...
“Who said that?”
“Both sides”
luca-dellanna.com/posts/depol...
That bridge whose maintenance we skipped, that diagnostic missed at understaffed hospitals, that criminal released from full prisons, that pension contribution that taxpayers won't get back:
None shows in debt-to-GDP ratios, though it should.
None shows in debt-to-GDP ratios, though it should.
October 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
That bridge whose maintenance we skipped, that diagnostic missed at understaffed hospitals, that criminal released from full prisons, that pension contribution that taxpayers won't get back:
None shows in debt-to-GDP ratios, though it should.
None shows in debt-to-GDP ratios, though it should.
A core function of the education system and journalism should be to reduce the share of political disagreement driven by inaccurate factual beliefs about the state of the world.
It's a major drag on prosperity.
It's a major drag on prosperity.
October 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A core function of the education system and journalism should be to reduce the share of political disagreement driven by inaccurate factual beliefs about the state of the world.
It's a major drag on prosperity.
It's a major drag on prosperity.
A great question to ask regularly:
What behaviors of mine make sense as a one-off tactic to get through a rough moment but not as a long term-strategy, yet I’m using them as the latter?
What behaviors of mine make sense as a one-off tactic to get through a rough moment but not as a long term-strategy, yet I’m using them as the latter?
October 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A great question to ask regularly:
What behaviors of mine make sense as a one-off tactic to get through a rough moment but not as a long term-strategy, yet I’m using them as the latter?
What behaviors of mine make sense as a one-off tactic to get through a rough moment but not as a long term-strategy, yet I’m using them as the latter?
Double standards are the root of evil
October 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Double standards are the root of evil
In a way, humility is the ability to differentiate between feelings and thoughts
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October 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
In a way, humility is the ability to differentiate between feelings and thoughts
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From tomorrow's edition of my newsletter
September 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
From tomorrow's edition of my newsletter