PREPARE
The future of UK-LatAm collaborations is found in the alignment of the people signing the contract.
Slots v. Loops™ is the system that builds that alignment: a precise map of how British and Latin American executives and diplomats think, communicate, and make decisions. The British-LatAm Field Kit™ turns that map into the tools you carry into the room. The Brief™ gives bespoke support before you cross the threshold.
Ebook & audiobook · Masterclass & downloadable guides · Bespoke support
Get the book + field kit
You already know something is being lost to friction
You've done the preparation. You know your brief. You've worked internationally before.
The meeting feels aligned. The follow-up goes quiet. The relationship that felt warm doesn't convert. The decision that seemed close keeps receding.
The gap is structural. Both sides are operating on different professional instincts around time, trust, conversation, and space. Neither can see the other's.
Most professionals adapt by instinct, accumulate scar tissue, and call it experience. Slots v. Loops™ is the map they never had.
Slots v. Loops™
£22
Go deep
Slots v. Loops™ is the system that builds that alignment: a precise map of how British and Latin American executives and diplomats think, communicate, and make decisions.
British-LatAm Field Kit™
£127
Go quick
The British-LatAm Field Kit™ turns that map into what you carry into the room. Get it before your next relationship starts, or after the one that just went sideways.
Masterclass + downloadable guides
The Brief™
£900+
Go bespoke
A focused built around your specific situation. You bring What's coming up. I apply the Slots v. Loops™ systems to it: where the friction is, and how to move through it without losing ground.
What each one gives you
Slots v. Loops™
*The Slot System™. How British business culture structures time, communication, and decision-making, decoded for executives and diplomats coming from the Loop side.
*The Loop System™. How Latin American business culture builds trust, signals agreement, and moves through a relationship, decoded for executives and diplomats coming from the Slot side.
*The 4 Dimensions. Where the friction lives: temporal, spatial, relational, conversational. Each chapter applies both systems to one dimension, with real situations, precise analysis, and tools you can use in your next meeting.
The British-LatAm Field Kit™
*The masterclass. 30 micro-lessons, under 90 minutes, covering how the Slot System™ and the Loop System™ show up across the four dimensions of British-LatAm friction.
*The four guides. Reference tools for the moments before, during, and after the room: getting around London, planning the meeting itself, presenting to a mixed audience, and the final check before you walk in.
*The result. You walk into the next meeting, negotiation, or event already knowing what the room needs from you. You can see the friction and navigate it effectively.
The Brief™
One person/group. One situation. One session.
*The scenario: A precise read of your specific interaction through the Slots v. Loops™ Systems.
*The signals: What your counterpart is likely expecting, how they're reading you, and where it's likely to go wrong.
*The moves: How to open, how to signal trust, and what to do when the room shifts.
*The follow-up: A short written summary of key points to take into the room with you.
For executives and senior professionals with a specific British-LatAm interaction coming up: a negotiation, a meeting, an event that can't go sideways.
ABOUT
10+ years. Over 1000 high-stakes rooms.
For over a decade, I interpreted for Latin American heads of state, ministers, and executive delegations visiting the UK, including a dozen Latin American heads of state, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and Lord David Cameron as Foreign Secretary. I was inside more than a hundred high-stakes British-LatAm meetings, word by word, in real time.
I watched deals stall without either side understanding why. I observed trust built in twenty minutes over a meal and lost in five over a misread silence.
The Slots v. Loops™ Systems came from that decade. This is the book I never found when I needed it.
The friction between what was said and what was understood is costing you. It is also, with the right systems, entirely fixable.
Get the system
Book, field kit, or brief.
Find your starting point
The friction that matches your situation, or the masterclass lesson for your next meeting.
Walk in ready
With a precise read of what's happening in the room, before you arrive.
Slots v. Loops™
£22
Go deep
Slots v. Loops™ is the system that builds that alignment: a precise map of how British and Latin American executives and diplomats think, communicate, and make decisions.
British-LatAm Field Kit™
£127
Go quick
The British-LatAm Field Kit™ turns that map into what you carry into the room. Get it before your next relationship starts, or after the one that just went sideways.
Masterclass + downloadable guides
The Brief™
£900+
Go bespoke
A focused built around your specific situation. You bring What's coming up. I apply the Slots v. Loops™ systems to it: where the friction is, and how to move through it without losing ground.
WHO IT'S FOR
This field kit is for anyone about to walk into a British-LatAm room
British executives, negotiators, and account managers working with Latin American partners, clients, or operations. Latin American professionals entering or scaling in the UK market. Diplomats, trade attachés, and government officials managing bilateral relationships. Legal and financial professionals with British-LatAm client books. HR and L&D leaders whose teams operate across both cultures. Anyone with a meeting, negotiation, or event on the calendar and no time to lose.
What changes...
You read the silence correctly
You know when 'we'll consider it' is a no
You know which guide to open before you sit down
You see the friction signals instead of guessing at them
You build trust in the currency each relationship actually runs on
You leave every meeting with shared meaning, not shared assumptions
Slots v. Loops™
£22
Go deep
Slots v. Loops™ is the system that builds that alignment: a precise map of how British and Latin American executives and diplomats think, communicate, and make decisions.
British-LatAm Field Kit™
£127
Go quick
The British-LatAm Field Kit™ turns that map into what you carry into the room. Get it before your next relationship starts, or after the one that just went sideways.
Masterclass + downloadable guides
The Brief™
£900+
Go bespoke
A focused built around your specific situation. You bring What's coming up. I apply the Slots v. Loops™ systems to it: where the friction is, and how to move through it without losing ground.
'Not only did Cecilia facilitate fluid conversations among everyone present, but she also provided us with historical and cultural contexts before and after each visit, showcasing great knowledge of British history and current affairs.'
Miguel Sierra Pereiro - President, INIA
ASSESS
Find out exactly where your friction is.
A personalised read of where your British-LatAm friction actually lives. The kind of specific information that changes how you walk into your next meeting. Used by British and LatAm professionals. Takes 4 minutes.
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