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 […]
A few months ago I listened to Marcus Buckingham for an hour and a half, with a powerful message: focus on your strengths (or as some call it, the strengths revolution). In this direction, ask yourself a simple question: Are you going [...]
“I’m addicted to collecting steps before dawn. To seeing places I never knew existed. Running to the moon and back. Being a rabbit to the neighborhood dogs. Obey the voice in my head. To let the music take me when I can’t [...]
Me too. We all want to be recognized. I am no exception. Neither are you. And for this reason, perhaps, I’m already thinking of turning up the volume on everything in me. Today, because it’s a Wednesday like any other, instead of [...]
To Fabio Fernandes and all his team at f Nazca Saatchi Saatchi, congratulations for this magnificent idea, surprising production that “seems low cost”, daring musicalization and confidence in a powerful proposal. Undoubtedly, this TV Grand Prix at the Wave Festival in Rio [...]
“Cannes is a quest for the world’s best creativity”. Craig Davis, Chief Creative Officer, Worldwide, JWT” The industry’s leading figures will gather in Cannes this June to discuss the hottest topics occupying the minds of creative professionals around the globe.
To open your eyes and see is a miracle. Getting up in the morning and walking, too. We can take nothing for granted. So much to be thankful for.
Three words were repeated most frequently at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity: storytelling, purpose and big-data. In his opening remarks at the Cannes representatives meeting in London this morning, Phil Thomas, CEO of Lion Festivals, provided concepts that clearly set [...]
This is a blog post that is likely to be relevant only to advertisers, as it has happened before and will surely happen again. However, since what wins is usually only known to advertisers, it is not out of place to invite [...]
About three decades ago I passed a sign outside the Baby’O nightclub in Acapulco that read: “This place sucks. Go next door”. In other words and in our language: “This place sucks. Go next door. Today I say the same to you [...]
On June 25, 2012 Oreo posted this message on her Twitter feed: Celebrate your pride for loving who you love! and added her incredibly popular hashtag #dailytwist, as well as the image that immediately went viral around the world. The twist of [...]
The next International Festival of Creativity Cannes Lions 2014 has marked the next year and has summoned us for June 15. In our country some will accept the invitation and others will choose to ignore it. Which group will you be part [...]
Running a marathon is an unforgettable experience, it is an integral challenge, it is an exciting achievement and it is a personal best. The marathon is a distance of 42.2 kilometers and tests discipline, perseverance, the product of gradualness, will and constancy. [...]