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Nuno Valério

Head of Innovation at Merck Healthcare R&D. Writing and speaking on leadership, technology and storytelling, and on what it takes for AI to earn trust where being wrong has consequences.

Latest · TA #30 The Reviewer Who Finds Nothing.
Nuno Valério, arms crossed, in front of a brick wall

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Trust Architecture editions since April 2026

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The Trust Architecture

How trust gets engineered into AI systems where being wrong has consequences.

One essay a week on AI governance in regulated pharma: validation, oversight, the regulators' questions and the people who have to answer them. Written from inside the industry, with the receipts.

  1. #30 The Reviewer Who Finds Nothing. 30 Oct 2026 · on LinkedIn
  2. #29 Sorry, but “Within Spec” Doesn’t Mean “Valid”. 23 Oct 2026 · on LinkedIn
  3. #28 EMA Asked Who Notices. Read the Questions, Not the Answers. 16 Oct 2026 · on LinkedIn
  4. #27 Who, Specifically, Stops AI at 3 a.m. of a Sunday? 9 Oct 2026 · on LinkedIn
Nuno Valério speaking on stage

On stage · next

Beyond classical validation: what it takes for an AI system to earn the right to decide in a GxP environment

When
9–10 March 2027
Where
Amsterdam · AI in GxP conference
Format
Fireside and panel

I speak about

  • AI governance and trust in regulated pharma
  • The Council of Selves: leading your inner multiplicity
  • Innovation portfolio management in regulated industries
  • Geek leadership: what fiction teaches us about the real world

The other half

Books and games live at Multiverse Forge, the imprint.

Stories you play. Games you live. The Council of Selves comes first.