All the texts I’ve recently published in The Slow Burn have been born from a desire to share and inspire. I emphasize this because I recognize that it wasn’t always like this. In the past, when I called myself a publicist and entrepreneur, my writing was often driven by a need to build my personal […]
The Openhouse Project presents in Artecine Lindora: LOSING YOUR RELIGION, by Andy Stanley. Mondays, Feb. 15, 22, March 1, 8. 7:15 PM. Lindora, Costa Rica. And yes. Face it. Religion can get pretty strange pretty quickly. Mystical. Superstitious. Legalistic. Judgmental. Hypocritical. But [...]
All advertising agencies compete in the market, although only a few compete in local, regional or global creative festivals. And although it is not a rule, those that are confirmed as winners through creative competitions are generally more successful. Just as no [...]
Sometime in late 2008, Diego Garcia and I joked at Tribu thinking about the spectacular combination that would be achieved if it were possible to add Tribu to DDB. We entertained the idea for a moment and put it in the basket [...]
We started talking since April and finally today we are officially DDB. As a Christmas present and precisely on vacations, now DDB in Costa Rica will have five letters in front of us: Tribu. Encouraged by this new stage in our lives, [...]
“We’re about celebrating the good, not about denigrating the bad,” said Terry Savage at the last meeting of Cannes representatives in London. At the same time, he returned to the subject of scams to review Cannes’ new policy on this much-debated issue. [...]
Among all the possible explanations that connect color to our lives, however, experts seem to agree that at an early age the variety of preferences is greater. In a class of 5-year-olds, when asked what their favorite color is, the answers will [...]
We will move from words to deeds. Life commitment. A few days ago I was in the Central American city with the questionable distinction of being the most dangerous city in the world: San Pedro Sula. I understand that in this category [...]
Tribu in Honduras and El Salvador. Last week I was for the first time at Tribu DDB San Pedro Sula, where we made a high voltage personal connection, got stuck on several ideas and managed to initiate a close relationship. I loved [...]
More candidates than ideas. Today Costa Rica is the scene of a spectacular 3D caricature drawn by the politicians of the moment. Between handshakes and hugs, they join in alliances of all kinds and colors to achieve power, without prioritizing proposals or [...]
Cannes Chimera is possibly one of the most unknown great ideas of the moment. It has just been re-presented at the annual Cannes Representatives meeting in London, so I can’t help but share it with you right away. Here is a video [...]
Jesse Dee has once again produced his classic collection of the best slides from the last Cannes International Film Festival 2102. Here they are: 100+ Beautiful Slides From Cannes Lions 2012 from Jesse Desjardins – @jessedee
Referendum for governance. In a letter by José María Figueres to the country, sent first to President Laura Chinchilla, the most influential figure of the Costa Rican Way proposes a referendum for reforms that would initiate the recovery of a good dose [...]