Question, connect, build. A space to explore what people, knowledge and technology can make possible when they come together.
Explore the open questions ↗So much is being redefined. What should we question, and what could we build? This work moves across entrepreneurship, technology, learning and social impact—following questions that grow richer when different experiences meet.
Work in practice, emerging inquiries and lessons worth carrying forward. Each is a piece of a larger picture.
How can people contribute through clear, manageable tasks—and coordinate those contributions to build something together?
Inside the exploration ↗An interview project taking shape around employees' experience, generational transition and the knowledge companies depend on.
Inside the exploration ↗Helping students develop their own understanding of their entrepreneurial skills—and what they could do with them.
Inside the exploration ↗Moving from for-profit entrepreneurship into nonprofit leadership—and examining what each sector can learn from the other.
Inside the exploration ↗What can translators' experience teach us about independent professionals' agency and livelihoods as AI changes their work?
Inside the exploration ↗Exploration doesn’t need a project brief or a finished idea. Perhaps we share a question, you’d like to try an experiment, or you bring a perspective we haven’t yet considered.
We can test something, exchange experiences or explore a question together. A small first step could help us discover what we might build.
Find something to explore together ↗Selected writing and open questions. The notebook continues on its own page.
Originally published · 15 August 2024 · Lourdes Rivas
Translator, entrepreneur, product builder, learning companion and social-impact explorer.
My practice has taken different forms: starting a translation business, shaping the architecture of a translation platform, building with data and machine learning, and exploring how the pieces fit in nonprofit work.
I’ve learned through experimentation and the friction of working with others: sometimes pushing, sometimes being pushed, and sometimes finding a way to move forward at a shared pace and learn from one another. Finding that rhythm hasn’t always been easy for me, but it’s the way of working I now find most rewarding and meaningful—especially when purpose can feel hard to find. Today, I bring those experiences into practical projects, open inquiry, and exchanging knowledge in classrooms and curious circles.
Originally from Argentina, now based in Spain. Curious about what becomes possible when different mindsets, cultures, languages and experiences meet.
Let's talk about a project, a question, or something we could explore together.
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