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 […]
This week Comunidad elected its new board of directors for the next two years. I wish them much success and the best results in these times that demand so much from us. For this reason, I celebrate the integration of talents that [...]
Advertising Age named him the most influential publicist of the twentieth century. Apple included him among the world personalities who inspired its “Think Different” campaign. The B in DDB stands for his last name. I write a few paragraphs about Bill Bernbach, [...]
Technology is the most powerful accelerator in advertising creativity. Brands around the world are proliferating and next June Cannes will have more cases that prove this to be true. The speed of change is only increasing and today it is reckless. Let’s [...]
The future begins today, as a phrase could rightly be described as trite. However, it reflects a powerful truth that I do not recommend ignoring (it can be very expensive!). That’s right, the future will be nothing more or less than the [...]
In the year in which Apple celebrates 30 years of having launched Macintosh to the world, a new Apple commercial has come to fill our spirits with poetry. This time it is with the text of an excerpt from the movie Dead [...]
My maternal grandfather’s name was Clemente Alpírez Garay. I never knew him because he died in 48 when he was the victim of an ambush. He was shot while shouting “viva viva” to Don Pepe on his way back to the house [...]
When in December we talked about reaching 20,000 in a year, I never imagined it possible to pass 100,000 in October, obviously. This is very entertaining and different, both as a contact experience and as a personal exploration. From every point of [...]
Possibly nothing is more difficult than achieving a culture and protecting it over time. We are in continuous evolution and reinvention, however, there are values and conditions that we wish to turn into commitments, to renew, to strengthen, to retake. This video [...]
We are going back to Costa Rica with an invitation: Get on board, we have a lot to win and enjoy in this great creative game in Cannes. So get on board, get on board, get on board…! illustrated with a commercial [...]
A few hours ago we started the meeting of representatives, and since the first presentation we have begun to take note and learn from what is being done in the world to promote the festival, and as a consequence, advertising creativity. At [...]
Today we arrived in London for the first meeting of Cannes representatives attended by Costa Rica, and on its behalf, Manolo Gavilán from Ogilvy and myself. I guess because the festival’s headquarters are located in London, they prefer to convene their representatives [...]
