I write about systems: who designs them, who collects on them, and what happens when nobody owns them. Two books about Mexico and the value that escapes it, one about the trade I practice, and one about the infrastructure I use to hold it all together. All four are written in Spanish.
Mexico generates biological, technical, and cultural wealth at enormous scale, and almost never captures its economic value. This book explains the mechanism — and treats it as a problem of institutional design rather than bad luck.
In Nombre de Dios, Durango, there is an intersection where both streets are officially named “Sin Nombre” — No Name. It isn't irony. It is the record an ambulance uses to find you.
Twenty days, from zero to a production-ready junior BIM technician. Written because that training was not packaged anywhere — and because I hire the people who need it.
What does a professional do when the ability to generate ideas far outruns the ability to execute them? Not work longer hours. Build the right infrastructure.
Diego Rodríguez Renovales is an architect and systems architect. Founder of BIM XL, former Office Managing Director at Gensler Monterrey and former National Manager of Architecture at Tecnológico de Monterrey. He writes from Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico.