Steven Braekeveldt served until November 2024 as CEO of Continental Europe Ageas (a multinational insurance group) and CEO of Ageas Portugal. He has a quite impressive career: with degrees in Law and Economics, a teaching background, and decades of leadership roles across continents—from Hong Kong to Mexico, Singapore, Belgium, and Portugal.
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Index:
(0:00) Introduction
(2:37) Coming to Portugal | Why is working in Insurance more interesting than we think?
(9:28) Why do many companies in PT still don’t treat sustainability seriously?
(14:20) Portuguese culture | Long-term planning | Hierarchy | Hegel’s dialectics | delegating
(24:41) Finding one’s purpose | challenges of retirement | teambuildings
(34:18) The art of changing perspective; finding the good in setbacks
(36:31) With a demanding job, how to find headspace to read | finding creativity | Multidisciplinarity and finding intersections
(46:38) Why you should reply to all emails every day | Again headspace
(53:34) Telluric radiation
Recommended book: For Those I Loved Capa, Martin Gray
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Esta conversa foi editada por: Hugo Oliveira
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