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 […]
Last Friday Al Gore spoke to the world’s advertisers, creatives, clients and production companies at the Grand Audi of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes. The climate crisis is a huge, urgent, important issue, and we can all make a contribution. Al [...]
Leo Burnett Australia ignited everyone’s imagination with an idea that makes us smile, excites us and makes us contagious. The presentation of Leo and its Contagious division has just finished, an extraordinary seminar, superior to any other seen during the week. And [...]
In turn, Saatchi Saatchi’s global network managed to sneak in as the third most awarded network at Cannes 2007. Undoubtedly, another great year for the creative organization headed by Bob Isherwood, as well as for Tony Granger in New York, which in [...]
This is an award at Cannes that we all applaud, because it presents the false advertising evolution of feminine beauty and the reason why it is totally misrepresented. A thunderous applause for Dove and Ogilvy Canada. Standing ovation, with millions of hits [...]
In October 2019 I listened to a chat led by an influential professor at the IE Madrid Business School – Dr Teresa Martin Retortillo. Her talk posed a powerful idea: purposeful transformation. I was listening to it alongside members of the G50, [...]
I’m writing this as I listen to Don’t Call by Desire – it’s on a Spotify playlist made by my dear friend Charlie Ranalli called Retro 80s. There’s a bottle of Glenlivet and a Cuban cigar by my side, and I’m looking [...]
A short line in between words is known as a ‘hyphen’ in English, while in Spanish it’s referred to as a ‘guion’. It comes in varying lengths, including -, –, — and a few more, as I understand it. In the language [...]
Alejandro Egea, CEO on Demand, successful entrepreneur, great friend and energetic young man, invited me to a conversation at Halo Legacy. The talk takes more than an hour. For now I do not extend in presenting it, for longanimity, for creativity, for [...]
I’m 63 years old and alive and kicking. I’m in awe and thrilled to bits, currently trying to carry on with my life in the midst of the new normal. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, I’ve been staying at home most of [...]
At that time, San José was home to a living, breathing example of a dream come true. Two inspired youngsters, Jorge Jiménez and Giselle Zamora, ventured off to Italy 43 years ago where they blazed a trail, had a son named Esteban, [...]
