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One British-LatAm friction insight. Every Tuesday. From inside the room.
A weekly dispatch for executives and diplomats working across the British-LatAm corridor. Each issue takes one real situation (a meeting, a negotiation, a moment that didn't land) and runs it through the Slots v. Loops™ systems.
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Same structure every issue.
- A real British-LatAm situation: specific, professional, recognisable
- The friction named precisely: which dimension it lives in and why it happens
- The Slots v. Loops™ systems applied: the diagnosis and what to do with it
- One question for your own situation
Issues rotate across all four dimensions: temporal, spatial, relational, conversational. Every 4 weeks, you've covered the full map.
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Three selected issues below so you can read before you subscribe.
The follow-up that disappeared
You sent the follow-up. They went quiet. Here's what the silence actually means, and the one thing to say before you leave the room.
The conversation your counterpart is having in their head
A Latin American Secretary, a Scottish accent, and a thumbs up behind the back. What face-saving interpreting is — and why it changes everything in the room.
The sandwiches gave it away
A working lunch with sandwiches signals something to your Latin American guests before you've said a word. Here's why and what to do instead.
The Friction Dispatch™* is for you if...
You work with British or LatAm counterparts and can't always read what went wrong
You're entering a British or LatAm market and want the right instincts before you make expensive mistakes
You manage a cross-cultural team and want a shared system for what you're dealing with
You've read about cross-cultural communication before and found it too abstract to actually use
*Built for professionals with a live, specific British-LatAm working relationship. If that's not you, it probably won't be useful.
ABOUT CECILIA
10+ years. Over 1000 high-stakes rooms.
For over a decade, I interpreted for Latin American heads of state, ministers, and executive delegations in the UK. More than 100 high-stakes meetings, word by word, from inside the room.
What I observed became the Slots v. Loops™ frameworks. The Friction Dispatch™ is where those observations become weekly practice.
The full systems are published in full in Slots v. Loops™, available on 15 August 2026.
See the friction. Close the gap.
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