. Some nights enter our lives quietly and then stay with us forever—unexpected, unforgettable, and impossible not to smile about when we remember them. In my previous post, I wrote about the launch of The Art of Detachment in Madrid a couple of weeks ago—a magical evening surrounded by extraordinary people, where I had the […]
With the best Tribe in its almost 20 years of existence, last night the Volcán lent us its stage to receive 14 Volcanes, including the Golden Volcán for Graphics, the Volcán for Best Film and Television Commercial, the Golden Volcán for Best [...]
With great expectation and excitement, as well as admiration and respect for the work of the entire ASCAP team, today is the night of Volcán in Costa Rica, the most anticipated creative advertising contest of the year. Without further ado, before knowing [...]
Although Garnier BBDO wants to repeat agency of the year and jotabeqú wants to regain that status, the truth is that next Thursday’s Volcano has no favorites, or as they say, it could be a surprise. Personally, I think it will be [...]
I fully identify with all those who complain about the enormous distance between day-to-day life and what goes to a festival, when it comes to advertising creativity and commercial messages. It would be great if consumer activists united to demand that advertisers [...]
We are still living on the prayers of our grandparents, enjoying the blessings that come to us because of the hymns they sang and the petitions they made, says Jon Goode. Like him, we have a little more than others and [...]
From Competitors to Great Friends Competition is a temptation I can’t resist. I’m driven by an overwhelming desire to win. That’s why I choose my battles carefully, only entering those where I sense a chance of victory. I have to admit, I’m [...]
I blinked. Usually, it takes barely a tenth of a second to blink; at most, five milliseconds more. And that’s how it goes: in the fraction of a second it takes to blink, more than 650 days have passed since the last [...]
Hello, everyone! It’s been ages since we’ve connected here on the blog. I can barely remember where the tilde or the em dash is on the keyboard. It’s so easy to let good habits, healthy eating, or work-life balance slip away. In [...]
In October 2019 I listened to a chat led by an influential professor at the IE Madrid Business School – Dr Teresa Martin Retortillo. Her talk posed a powerful idea: purposeful transformation. I was listening to it alongside members of the G50, [...]
I’m writing this as I listen to Don’t Call by Desire – it’s on a Spotify playlist made by my dear friend Charlie Ranalli called Retro 80s. There’s a bottle of Glenlivet and a Cuban cigar by my side, and I’m looking [...]
A short line in between words is known as a ‘hyphen’ in English, while in Spanish it’s referred to as a ‘guion’. It comes in varying lengths, including -, –, — and a few more, as I understand it. In the language [...]
