Strategy & Action for the Human-AI Convergence.

We guide teams through high-fidelity, human-centered tangible processes to build collective strategy and visualize their organizational future in the human-machine ecosystem.

Explore Our Approach.

The Machinista I/O Approach

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Our approach is grounded in decades of experience in high-stakes environments, validated by training from MIT and Wharton,
and utilized by global leaders.

The Problem Isn't Technology It's Misalignment

VPs and executive teams launch promising AI initiatives every day, only to watch them fail due to internal friction in thinking, collaboration, and decision-making. Technology doesn’t break teams—misalignment does. This is the core problem Machinista I/O is built to solve.

Strategic Alignment through Coherence

We offer a unique convergence of human-centered facilitation and AI foresight (MIT certified) to help teams move from confusion and fear to clarity, alignment, and measurable business results. Our methodology is grounded in over 20 years of guiding high-stakes decisions for global leaders like Netflix and HBO.

3D Strategic Modeling

We replace abstract debate with tangible strategy simulation. This high-fidelity, hands-on process forces collective understanding and delivers coherent working agreements, clear roadmaps, and timely, owner-driven decision-making.

Guided Transformation

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We design intentional, hands-on workshops that move teams from complexity and friction to decisive strategic flow.

The only methodology engineered to externalize strategic complexity for rapid decision-making.

Machinista.Lab utilizes high-fidelity, tangible strategy simulation—powered by the internationally certified LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methodology (trained by INTHRFACE) to force collective clarity under pressure. Going beyond abstract debate, we use physical modeling to stress-test strategy, visualize systemic tensions (AI, team, cultural), and rapidly achieve systemic alignment.

This methodology serves as strategic engineering—a rigorous, high-stakes process trusted by defense agencies and leading technology firms globally. Perfect for real-time change implementation, systemic decision-making, and delivering the ultimate strategic clarity that your entire team owns immediately.

1:1 Strategy for Decisive Solopreneurs and Executive Leaders.

Mind.Lab is a highly leveraged, personalized workshop space designed for solo founders and decision-makers navigating systemic complexity. Using 3D Strategic Modeling and visual strategy tools, we achieve immediate clarity on core challenges and define the path forward.

For Solopreneurs: Gain strategic alignment between your values and your market offering to achieve traction and clean direction.

For Executive Teams: Use this powerful session to isolate the core organizational friction points that block AI adoption or strategic goals. The session delivers the leverage point needed to unlock a wider team transformation.

This session delivers strategic clarity and an aligned path to action, free from distraction.

For teams navigating growth, complexity, or system misalignment.

Co.Labs are structured, yet adaptive, strategic sessions tailored to your team’s needs—whether you lead a startup, a cross-functional unit, or an NGO. We guide your team to map real friction, surface useful tension, and co-create pathways forward that everyone understands. Crucially, each session ends with shared commitments, not just ideas. You leave with the clarity, cohesion, and tools needed to keep momentum alive.

Your Strategic Engineer

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The human element is the ultimate accelerator in the age of AI.
Meet the expert architect of your organization's strategic clarity.

The Core Belief

Technology doesn't break teams. Misalignment does.

For over two decades, Adriana Lodolo has been in high-pressure rooms at Netflix, Univision, Fox, and HBO, guiding teams through high-stakes decisions. This work forged a singular lesson: the core challenge for leaders isn't adopting AI; it's building the internal alignment and trust needed to act decisively when hesitation isn't an option.

The Perspective

Rooted in People. Designed for Systems.

Adriana is an AI + Change Strategist whose work combines analytical clarity, creative leadership, and systems thinking. Her process is based on systemic rigor and advanced 3D simulation, going beyond generic design sprint methodology or surface-level sticky-note exercises. She designs immersive, high-impact strategies that move executives past ambiguity and inaction, delivering coherent working agreements, clear roadmaps, and measurable business results. Machinista I/O is the final synthesis of this experience.

Facilitation Mastery & Communications

LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Complete Certification:
Real Time Change® / Real Time Purpose® / Real Time Reframing®
Inthrface

Facilitator Masterclass
Facilitator School

Workshopper Master
AJ&Smart

Storytelling for Influence
IDEO U

MFA, Documentary Film
Universidad de Chile

BA, Mass Communication
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello

Strategic Rigor & Design

Product Management and Strategy
The Wharton School

Mastering Design Thinking
MIT Sloan School of Management

Business Innovation
Designing Strategy
Designing a Business
Human-Centered Service Design
Leading Complex Projects
IDEO U

Creating Innovation
Creative Thinking
Master Class Digital Acceleration
Hyper Island

Product Knowledge Professional
The Product Compass

AI & Future Systems

No Code AI and Machine Learning, Building Data Science Solutions
MIT Professional Education

AI for Product Managers
Stanford Continuing Studies

CX Design
Future Leadership
Hyper Island

Next Steps

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Bring clarity to complexity. Build what matters.

Ready for Decisive Action?

Whether you’re exploring a new direction or facing systemic friction, you’re welcome here. You don’t need the perfect brief—share where you're stuck or what you're sensing. We’ll guide the rest.