How is the mental health of entrepreneurs in Latin America?

Of the first study group, 64% presented symptoms of severe burnout (exhaustion) and 35% moderate. Photo: Getty Images/Science Photo… – ANDRZEJ WOJCICKI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Let’s build the following image together: an entrepreneur is seen, in a T-shirt, jeans and tennis shoes, moving on a stage with hundreds of young people applauding him. He’s kind of … Read more

IDB Lab analyzes the mental health of the Latin American startup ecosystem: severe burnout in 3 out of 10 entrepreneurs

The finding is part of his publication “The Invisible Factor”, an exploratory study based on interviews with a diverse group of founders, to understand and make visible the situation of well-being and mental health in the high-impact entrepreneurial ecosystem. Becoming a high-impact entrepreneur in Latin America demands great sacrifices. For the IDB Lab, being one … Read more

Leaders, managers, entrepreneurs: let’s dare spirituality at work!

The current crisis is not only economic or health; it is more profoundly existential. We, leaders, managers, like our employees, too often act according to performance conditioning and suffer more and more from being disconnected from reality, cut off from the essential. We see that materialism, consumerism, the financialization of the world are proving unfit … Read more