# Books

Books by Federico Ramallo on leadership, creativity, and building across distance.

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    <p class="lede">Two books, three editions. One on the human architecture of distributed teams. The other, John Klymshyn's guide to creative play, which I adapted into Spanish for Latin American leaders.</p>
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          <div class="cat-kicker">Leadership <span class="dot">·</span> Forthcoming Q3 2026</div>
          <h2 class="cat-title">The Invisible <em>Distance</em></h2>
          <p class="cat-pitch">A field manual for engineering leaders running teams across borders. Why cross-border teams fail, and the system that makes them win. Not a remote-work book, not an outsourcing book: the system underneath both.</p>
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          <div class="cat-kicker">Creativity <span class="dot">·</span> Two editions, out now</div>
          <h2 class="cat-title">Open the <em>Valve</em></h2>
          <p class="cat-pitch">John Klymshyn's guide to creative play: creativity is not a gift, it is a force anyone can open. I adapted it into Spanish for Latin American leaders, so it reads native in both languages.</p>
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            <a class="cat-edition" href=""><span class="lang">EN</span> Open the Valve →</a>
            <a class="cat-edition" href=""><span class="lang">ES</span> Abre la Válvula →</a>
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