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 […]
Pancho Terán, General Creative Director of TRIBU / Nazca Saatchi Saatchi, (very serious in this photo!) is a member of the jury for the New York Festival, and for this reason, we have seen him focused on his mission, which at the [...]
When Paula Guevara and Carlos Jiménez receive the brief for the Film competition in Cannes, next June 22 at 8 a.m., they will be competing against 19 pairs from around the world for a Golden Lion in the Young Creatives Film Competition. [...]
My heart is trusting because I know you and in the midst of the storm I am never alone and I can see your silhouette in the midst of the fog your grace is sufficient in me, if the world trembles every [...]
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 a part of your life. Fear is subjective, personal, it is in each person to [...]
I celebrate advertising that contributes, that says something meaningful, for ideas that inspire and ignite. Standing ovation for messages that make the world a better place. With an extraordinary sense of timing, Messi’s goal yesterday is already an impressive commercial for Adidas: [...]
“I don’t want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me”, is the phrase with which Jack Nicholson begins “The Departed”, Oscar for best film in 2006. What do you think? Here are [...]
Since last week we have migrated my blog to La Nación, the main media in Costa Rica. Check it out. Periodically we will be uploading the published entries, so that the archive, which to date has more than 1,500 entries, will continue [...]
Nike has done it again, now with a particularly powerful idea: find your greatness. Instead of just applauding sports idols, what if we decided to get moving and start our own? The winning case is on the Cannes Lions site just a [...]
Evian ignites our inner child: While Evian won a Golden Lion at the Cannes Lions last year, I connected a couple of dots and decided to write about the inner child in all of us. Check out the commercial that triggered this [...]
Life-saving creativity! Every year and from all over the world, creative ideas stand out for both their genius and their transformative capacity. Here between one opportunity and another, I want to briefly leave you with two life savers. The first comes from [...]
Values that promote prosperity: in a practical simplification, there are two types of countries: those that prosper and those that do not. Apply the concept also to companies, institutions, families and all types of human organizations. Some advance and others stagnate or [...]
A Fuego Lento: this is my 1,650th blog post, a life experience I have enjoyed since April 2005. In writing I have taken my mind to the gym, propelled by the energy of my fingertips on the keyboard, and with each exercise [...]