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 […]
“In Costa Rica, advertising agencies have no spelling and have not been buying dictionaries for years”, said Mr. Alberto Cañas in the article published a few days ago, which I am including in PDF format. Given the case cited, I am afraid [...]
Everything remains the same in advertising in our country, or am I wrong? (I want to be wrong!). However, I think we are on our way to a new edition of Volcanoes with a little more than three months to go, the [...]
Yesterday we met Patrick Henry Hughes and his dad. When you meet limitations like that live and in full color, a little me jumps on your shoulder and yells at me: Do you realize? Do you see all you’ve got? Stop whining, [...]
In the Willow Creek auditorium, minutes away from listening to Michael Porter, strategy guru and Harvard professor, we were treated to innovation and talent on several strings and a sensational guy.
Today we are in the outskirts of Chicago, with thousands of people in an extraordinary experience that began only about 3 hours ago. I invite you to follow this experience at this wonderful Willow Creek Christian Church, through an online experience at [...]
Today we finally received the signal we were waiting for: it’s official. Movistar, our new big client has chosen us to be their creative partner in Costa Rica for an unprecedented launch in the country. Although until just a few weeks ago… [...]
Last night the results of Young Lions were announced, the creative duos that will represent our country in Cannes in the categories of Cyber, Print and Film. They were chosen by a jury made up of 19 renowned colleagues and friends of [...]
It is with great joy that I share with you some happy news: Costa Rica’s participation in Cannes is the largest in our short and successful history at Cannes Lions. With 58 entries for the country, the participating agencies will try to [...]
In this third entry regarding our advertising industry in Costa Rica, I bring to your screen a first and very simple proposal: let’s celebrate all the differences and since it is better to do it in a single forum, let’s coincide in [...]
At Incae I was taught a definition of strategy that I love. Strategy is about choices, about sacrificial decisions and about deliberately choosing to be different, as proposed by Michael Porter. Strategy is also about knowing clearly when to say no. Success [...]
In the twenty-something years of Tribu (formerly Consumer Publicidad), we didn’t always celebrate like we do now. We all know it and yet, we easily forget it. When we lost in a Pregonero or a Volcán, when we thought we were going [...]
