What Pilar Mendiola Fernandez has said about CEO-X leadership methodology
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 27, 2026
Pilar Mendiola Fernandez, Mexican-born leadership development executive and strategist, former Washington Center executive and group CEO of Alamo Holding Group, has been quoted on CEO-X leadership methodology 2 times in 1 episode of Tomorrow, Today, most recently on October 27, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Mendiola Fernandez says pressure-testing corporate strategies showed her that leaders themselves, not just strategies, must be future-proofed.
“of course, you would need to future-proof the strategy, but you need to future-proof the human that is leading the strategy”
Tomorrow, Today: Leadership Beyond Strategy With Pilar Mendiola Fernandez | Shekhar Natarajan (Oct 27, 2026) · Listen from 40:22
Mendiola Fernandez identified recurring CEO vulnerabilities such as prospective blindness and technology vertigo, which she turned into competencies.
“I started to see that it was a prospective blindness, like not being able to really take into account megatrends and prospections into their strategy”
Tomorrow, Today: Leadership Beyond Strategy With Pilar Mendiola Fernandez | Shekhar Natarajan (Oct 27, 2026) · Listen from 44:11
Episodes
Leadership Beyond Strategy With Pilar Mendiola Fernandez | Shekhar NatarajanTomorrow, Today · Oct 27, 2026 · 1 h 22 min
Shekhar Natarajan talks with leadership strategist Pilar Mendiola Fernandez about her path from Mexico to the Washington Center, her CEO-X methodology, curiosity, and AI.
Pilar Mendiola Fernandez on other topics
- Leadership identity · 4 quotes
- Leadership development · 2 quotes
- Mentorship · 1 quote
- Artificial intelligence · 1 quote
- Curiosity · 1 quote
- Neuroplasticity · 1 quote
- The Washington Center · 1 quote