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 […]
| View | Upload your own A few weeks ago I came across Rogelio Umaña’s blog with this rich, interesting and valuable Powerpoint document, with ideas and contributions to add to the arsenal of arguments and considerations when working with brands. So [...]
I’ve mentioned it before, and today I can’t stress it enough. Buckingham’s proposal makes sense, is simple and adds up in one direction: put your strengths to work to bring you to your full potential. His series of short films called Trombone [...]
After 97,009 page views on the blog in the month of January, and yesterday with 7,559, we are going to rest but not before leaving you with a commercial for F/Nazca Saatchi, Shake your body, to wish you a happy weekend.
When it comes to a store, a showroom or a supermarket, a branch or a showroom, the projected personality counts as much as the experience itself on its own floor. Sodimac, Ikea or Easy, to cite some recent examples of retail advertising, [...]
I am thrilled to share with you this video of Sirena Huang, the violin child prodigy who at the age of 11 fascinates the whole world with her talent and virtuosity. She began her violin lessons at the age of 4, and [...]
BE, because we all have the opportunity to design and Simplify, Eliminate and Reduce. No matter where simplify overlaps with eliminate or reduce, and thus, it is irrelevant semantics as long as we focus on Simplify, Eliminate and Reduce. BE, it’s just [...]
Every day, advertising influences the world intensely, profusely and repeatedly with creative ideas to change the world. The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation know this, and have teamed up to promote the use of creativity [...]
If you are not, let’s assume that you are among the general public, and not a puclicist, advertiser or any media or digital media. So, with everyone leveled up as busy people going about their happy lives, is there anyone out there [...]
Exactly 25 years ago today, Alexandra Franco opened the doors of the Casa de los Niños Montessori in Escazú, the kindergarten that today is called Hometwo. This long journey triggered the modern Montessori movement spread throughout the country in early childhood education. [...]
As customers, we do not have a monopoly on the truth, although we always have the power to decide, to choose whether to approve or reject, to return or leave, to recommend or not, to repeat or discard. I believe that the [...]
Fear paralyzes, curtails, delays, annuls, petrifies, disables. Fear subjugates, subordinates, crushes, stuns and degrades. Fear humiliates, lulls and disarms, fear is a scourge and should not be part of your life. Overcome your fears! Fear is subjective, personal, it is up to [...]
“Disorganized media and advertising clients” This post may sound relevant to media, brands and agencies only. However, for those who are not in these sectors, isn’t it true that we want better advertising, better brands, more value for our money? Who wants [...]
