Marcel Ventosa - CEO, Chenla Agathos Solutions

Notes on leadership, systems, and decision-making in practice.

More Work Than Life

June 11, 2026

A construction worker in Mexico once said hay más trabajo que vida. There is more work than life. A friend's medical crisis pulled me back to it this week.

A Record of Judgment

June 2, 2026

Ambition is useful. Impatience is the mistake. A career is not only a sequence of outputs. It is a record of judgment.

AI as Nervous System

May 27, 2026

I orchestrate Claude Code agents to run a Cambodia consultancy. When I look down I see the Lovable user. When I look up I see something I cannot quite resolve. A Flatland conceit, and an honest attempt to point at the next dimension.

What Clients Don't Pay For

May 19, 2026

Earlier this year we wrote an internal standards reset for our team. The single line that reorganised the firm was a short list of what clients don't pay for.

Tenders as Reconnaissance

May 11, 2026

A spa remodel was supposed to start in February. Three contractors had walked the same site for the same scope. The fourth one stopped in the first room and pointed at the wall.

You Cannot Manufacture Readiness

May 5, 2026

Fifteen years ago I ran a small factory in central Mexico. I saw potential in a young employee and decided to invest in him. On the morning I arrived with my offer, he was already gone.