Xtroverso Knowledge: Dutch Tax & Compliance Insights

Decision Fatigue Is a Governance Problem

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 4, 2025 WISE

The Day My Coffee Machine Became My Boss It was 06:43. The coffee machine blinked at me with its smug little light: descale now . I hesitated. Not because I didn’t know how, three buttons, ten minutes...

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by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 4, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

The Illusion of Movement: A Story of 1.1 Percent Imagine standing at a railway station, watching a train that seems to move, only to realize it's your own platform slowly sliding forward, powered not ...

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by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 3, 2025 WISE

Why I Wrote This (and Why You Might Want to Read It). A few years ago, I found myself preaching responsibility, ethics, and sustainability to CEOs, boards, and startup founders, while missing birthday...

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by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 3, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

Why I Care About Retail Turnover (And You Should Too) Let’s be clear: I’m not in love with numbers. I’m in love with what they betray. Retail turnover in May 2025 grew by 2.2% compared to May 2024. If...

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by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 2, 2025 WISE

Why I Let Go of the "Ownership Dream" There was a time I believed that to own meant to win. My first car, my first office, even my first espresso machine, it all felt like validation. Proof of growth....

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by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 2, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

June 2025. Inflation: 3.1%. Sounds harmless, doesn’t it? A small dip from May’s 3.3%. According to the rapid estimate from CBS, consumer prices stayed flat compared to the previous month. The kind of ...

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Why Your First Hire Defines Culture

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 1, 2025 WISE

Let’s cut the poetry: your first hire isn’t just a person, it’s a precedent. And if you get it wrong, you’ve already set your company’s immune system to tolerate dysfunction. Culture Is Not a Mood. It...

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by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 1, 2025 WISE

Let me say it plainly: the idea that you, or your company, are too small to matter is not just wrong. It is a lie. A dangerous, comfortable, culturally sanctioned lie. And like all lies that survive t...

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by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jul 1, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

The Clock Shows Red, Yet We Whisper in Beige Let’s not sugarcoat it: 12 of 13 indicators in the CBS Business Cycle Clock fell below their long-term trend in June 2025. That's not a “slight cooling” or...

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by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 26, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

Amsterdam’s AEX Index closed today with a clear dip, 910.69 , down 7.17 points or -0.78% . The mood was not dramatic, but distinctly alert, like a room where the air changes just enough to notice. Tod...

Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 26, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

The Illusion of Progress: Why “Waves” Matter More Than Numbers Let’s begin where most articles end: the business cycle is not a spreadsheet artifact or a journalist’s cliché. It is the heartbeat of ou...

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by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 25, 2025 PAOLO MARIA PAVAN

On June 25, 2025, the AEX Index closed at 917.86, marking a 0.73% decline from the previous day's close of 924.62. The index opened at 926.89, reached a high of 929.91, but gradually declined througho...

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