# vasilev.blue - The blue point of view

> Professional, technology and management insights by Nikola Vasilev

Author: Nikola Vasilev, MEng, BEcon, MBA
Profile: C-level manager with engineering and financial background, experienced across renewable energy, railways, technology, and complex project environments. Focused on business architecture, resource optimization, and execution
Content: Management, technology and professional insights
Approach: Practical, experience-based perspective combining engineering, business, and human systems

Languages: bg, en

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My work often begins with small conversations, real problems, or questions that have no simple answers. I try to speak about complex things in a way that feels clear, open, and meaningful. I believe that words can hold deep ideas, and the communication between people, cross linked through different fields of knowledge, is still the best way forward.

Behind everything I write are quiet observations about how people learn, how systems work, and how meaning takes form - in technology and engineering, in economics, management or in human relations. Working across different fields and joining technical skill with ideas and clear thinking, I try to keep a balance between order and openness in everything I do.

English index of the articles, grouped by topic for easier navigation.

## Management and Organization

- [The Ferryman](https://vasilev.blue/?articleid=14&lang=en): Sometimes an old fairy tale explains surprisingly modern situations. If you feel like the Ferryman too, maybe we think alike.
- [Looking for Engineers](https://vasilev.blue/?articleid=13&lang=en): Shared reflections on recent gained impressions of the recruitment process and the difficulties of finding the right people.
- [The Managers Paradox](https://vasilev.blue/?articleid=6&lang=en): An honest look at why managers often keep underperforming employees - and how it could impacts the whole team, if no one care about.
- [Managers in the Menagerie](https://vasilev.blue/?articleid=4&lang=en): A humorous typology of employees seen as some animal archetypes - from elephants and donkeys, to cuckoos and chameleons.
- [How to Fail a Company](https://vasilev.blue/?articleid=2&lang=en): An ironic and satirical take on general management mistakes - a tongue-in-cheek guide to the successful ways of slowly bringing a company to failure.

## Technology and Engineering

- [AI or Not AI](https://vasilev.blue/?articleid=15&lang=en): How artificial intelligence is changing work, but cannot replace human creativity, thinking, and the ability to make real decisions.
- [The Future of AI in Solar Systems](https://vasilev.blue/?articleid=10&lang=en): From monitoring to understanding what really happens. Where and how AI can bring real value to the solar energy industry.
- [Ground PV Efficiency](https://vasilev.blue/?articleid=8&lang=en): Applied study on the energy and financial performance of multiple photovoltaic systems, with variations depending on the slope.
- [Five Common Solar Myths](https://vasilev.blue/?articleid=7&lang=en): A professional and realistic look at what truly defines a successful photovoltaic project - planning, quality, and long-term thinking.

## Leadership and Ethics

- [How to Write Emails](https://vasilev.blue/?articleid=9&lang=en): Some best practices for professional email writing - rules, structure, tone, attachments, and formats for clear and effective communication.
- [Ten Leadership Lessons](https://vasilev.blue/?articleid=5&lang=en): Ten outcome-based lessons - practical and personal look at leadership - about people, teams, motivation, change, and the art of leading a company.
- [Leader and Leadership](https://vasilev.blue/?articleid=3&lang=en): Exploring the nature of leadership - how people, teams, goals, and environments shape the true leader and the art of guiding others.
- [Governance and Business Ethics](https://vasilev.blue/?articleid=1&lang=en): Governance as a main system of responsibility, morality, and ethics - how rules, people, and leadership shape a sustainable organization.

## Reflections and Thoughts

- [Where the World is Going](https://vasilev.blue/?articleid=12&lang=en): An overview and commentary on the basic skills and competencies needed by year 2030, according to the World Economic Forum analysis.
- [Expect the Unexpected in 20(26)](https://vasilev.blue/?articleid=11&lang=en): A playful sci-fi look at the importance of the number 26, with a gentle wink to everyone who takes numerology as a guide for actions and life.