. 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 […]
A few days ago I published a note that claims that creativity that wins at festivals is 7 times more effective, according to the Gunn Report. That is to say, advertising creative awards, such as Cannes, Ojo, Volcán or Pregonero, nowadays have [...]
First of all, I remind you of Zanders’ rule #6: don’t take yourself too seriously. Then, the question always jumps to a simple “and what are the first 5 rules?”. The answer then is to be expected: they don’t exist and it [...]
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 [...]
While in Costa Rica it is noon, over there it is eight o’clock at night and that is the only thing that differentiates us because with 3 examples you will see that Cannes is not far away and it is possible. The [...]
With the dramatic performance and urgency of a sports narrator, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses a new presentation tool, Gapminder, to dispel myths in the development of humanity. It is a sensational talk of scope and depth relevant to understanding the world [...]
Article published in Mercados Tendencias magazine. A Lovemark is a brand that has moved from a place in the market, to the heart of a culture. Good morning, iPod. It is a brand that has understood that the consumer not only wants [...]
His 1905 work, “Garcon a la pipe”, sold for $104.2 million, a record price to date for one of his works, a significant appreciation of the record price paid in 1987 for “Nu rose”, for $7.6 million. It is also the highest [...]