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 […]
From today in five weeks will be the Berlin Marathon. There will be Haile Gebreselassie in the lead, possibly the greatest marathon runner in history, world record with 2:04:26 in Berlin 2007. Also, about 30,000 runners behind, I hope to be [...]
And the clicks continue. Noah’s project is as creative as it is strange, as beautiful as it is weird, as artistic as it is self-centered, yet it is generous, meticulous and painstaking. Don’t miss his website with more than two thousand and [...]
In the voice of Bono and his U2, this is a song of deep meaning. There are those who start, those who return and those who keep searching. No matter where we are or what the starting point is today, perhaps the [...]
The volcanoes of Guatemala are imposing, spectacular and unmistakable, as has been BBDO in this country, led by Ernesto Villa and Victor Garcia. Their agency has been four years in a row the agency of the year in Antigüa, their creative product [...]
It’s the direction that determines the destination, and that’s why everything points to Lovemarks at Tribu and Saatchi Saatchi. Beyond the flavor of the month or just another fad, filling the world with Lovemarks is the focus of everything we do at [...]
The next Volcán will be open to the participation of all Central America and therefore, it becomes a new regional competitive scenario for advertising creativity from Guatemala to Panama. The vision of a Creative Central America, the strengthening of Fecap, the opportunities [...]
The country would be different if instead of a parliament we had an ombudsman(I heard this from Otto Peraza a few years ago). If we were given two ears that listen and a mouth that speaks, wouldn’t that be a clear and [...]
You will probably agree with me that we live between poles. Whether you like them or not, whether they shock you a little or too much, whether they attract you or bore you, life goes inexorably between one pole and the other. [...]
For years I thought I would die young. A few days ago I became aware of the fact that once again I have been wrong. However, as a Nike commercial from years ago says, I may have gray hair and wrinkles but [...]
Year after year and for many years, Del Campo Saatchi Saatchi has surprised us with their ideas, and when it seemed that they could not beat the last one, they come up with an even better one. With “Almost Identical” they already [...]
In a practical simplification, there are two types of countries: those that prosper and those that do not. Apply the concept also to companies, institutions, families and all types of human organizations. Some advance and others stagnate or regress. Encapsulated in this [...]
There is a lot of talk, conversation and advice on how to win a Lion at Cannes. No wonder, because there is more chance of being struck by lightning than winning a Grand Prix. It’s that difficult! From a company’s perspective, there [...]
