On institutions, money, power, and the occasional idea that refuses to fit anywhere else

Writing from inside the room where decisions are made

I am a Honduran attorney, or more accurately, a legal architect and institutional designer. For two decades I have worked on reforming the governance and architecture of both public and private institutions, from special economic zones to e-government platforms and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. This included serving as one of three architects of Honduras's ZEDE framework amongst many other reforms inside and out of my own country. I have written a book about this experience that is in the process of getting published.

This is not that work. This is where I think out loud — about money, institutions, history, and the recurring human tendency to repeat the same mistakes inside new containers.

I am also planning a second book about all of this. Some of what appears here may find its way into it. In the meantime, my consulting practice — Developing Concept Consulting — continues to work on the institutional design problems that inform much of this writing.