About

Hi! I’m Matteo Cervelli

I’m the CEO of a $20M B2B manufacturing company, Serrall, and Hoshin Kanri leader of the parent company, $60M, Urania

I am the father of two toddlers and a dog.

I am the People Gardener. I create scaling companies driven by a purpose with autonomous people in my garden.

I live in Tuscany, Italy. My town is in the Chianti Area. Visit us. Let’s drink a bottle of wine together.

What I like to do in my Garden

The People Garden is a place to create excellent organizations. It grows self-realized people involved through a purpose.

I see a fil rouge between parenthood, education, and entrepreneurship as the leading role to trigger talent.

I believe that everyone creates in every relationship. The best value comes from people being emotionally safe. I dream of a world where people break the barrier to recognition and let their true selves shine to generate beautiful humanity.

The 3 techniques I use the most to change the companies are Hoshin Kanri, Toyota Kata, and Lean System.

I love to receive feedback.

I write about:

I love to read and learn to gain different perspectives every day.

I love to run, walk and do calisthenics.

I love serendipitous networking.

Bio as a Creator

I graduated in Industrial engineering in 2015 from the University of Pisa.

I am the CEO of a B2B manufacturing company. We are an Italian family group called Urania with a $60M turnover, and I am the “third-generation”. My grandfather started the company in 1979, producing sandwich panels for modular buildings.

In 2015 we bought a company called Serrall, where I became the CEO in 2018, guiding it through a Complete Lean Transformation that transformed us into a principle-first learning organization.

In 2019 I learned that my Why is activating talent to create a better world. I started to change the organizations creating a vision and shared values.

In 2020 I started a project with other friends to create a better world through better organizations. The project is top secret, but something interesting is coming. Stay tuned!

In 2021 I came back to the mother company Panurania and started to craft the concept of a unique Strategy to continue the scaling up of the company. I take care of Strategy, Finance, People, Technology, and Innovation.

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Name pronunciation

Matteo is pronounced with the emphasis on “ti” like “taw”, and the “e” is pronounced like the “a” in “apple”. It’s mat-t-a-o

Cervelli is pronounced like cha-r-valle but with a loud, funny “r”.

Here’s an audio clip!

Pronunciation of my name

Stay in touch

The best place to find me is Twitter. My DMs are open. Now and then, I also show up on LinkedIn, where my entrepreneur friends live.

And if you want to email me, contact me here.

Take care,

Matteo