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Roberto Funari

Former CEO of Alpargatas S.A.

Sep 18, 2026

13:23
Yeah.
13:23
This interim period between when you left what you had been, but you have a good understanding of this, in my case, the executive life, and you have not become nothing yet.
13:34
That liminal zone is the hardest part.
13:37
I was not scared about the future, what is next, but being in that position is the hardest part.
13:44
And the book was very important in that sense.
13:48
It was helping me to organize myself.
13:51
And my biggest thinking at that time is I need to make this practical.

5 MINS LATER

18:55
You mentioned earlier about control, but also the risk taking element of that, because that involves relinquishing control, doesn't it?

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