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 […]
Anybody can make an ad. A brand doesn’t. In Costa Rica, as in the world, there are many people making ads. And of course, people hiring them. Many are those who assume that their brands or products need to advertise to sell, [...]
It’s been a few weeks since Rafael Abreu sent me the link to TED. Today, I am hooked to his TedTalks through iTunes, since all the presentations are available for free on his Podcasts. You can download them to your iPod or [...]
Sir Ken Robinson speaks, from his presentation at TedTalks in Monterey, California, about creativity and the challenge of changing education to value creativity as much as literacy. He identifies the importance of preparing ourselves to be wrong, if we want to be [...]
Photographer Phil Borges estimates that of the 6,000 languages spoken on the planet today, 3,000 are not known by children. In other words, as those who know them die, humanity will lose all the wealth that comes from the legacy of that [...]
USE THE POWER OF TRUST. Forget completely the idea that it is your turn to approve or reject, that this position is a big mistake. If you are going to value ideas, you have to be clear that all have potential, all [...]
There are people who complicate and entangle everything, go back and forth, change their minds constantly, forget what they say, do not allow things to flow, make processes slow and difficult, lower morale and team performance, and use sarcasm to defend their [...]
The Young Lions shot up blog visits to a record high for any month in the past. Today, May 1st, Happy Labor Day to all.
Below you will find the winning pieces of the 8 finalists in the Young Lions sponsored by La Nación and organized by ASCAP, official representative of the Cannes Lions International Festival. Daniel Arroyo Guevara / Jorge Delgado Jiménez Humberto Ling Romaguera / [...]
In Costa Rica there are only 8 couples left competing to be the representatives of Costa Rica in the Young Lions sponsored by La Nación, Print category, in the next Festival. Their names are, in no particular order: Daniel Arroyo Guevara and [...]
From Knowledge @ Wharton. Kevin Roberts has been CEO Worldwide of Saatchi Saatchi since 1997, and in the space of 11 years has cemented the ad agency’s reputation as one of the most successful and creative companies in the industry. Among Saatchi [...]
