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 [...]
I am very happy to receive the news of silver medals for Garnier BBDO and JWT Costa Rica at the Fiap, which brings the total to three statuettes for Costa Rica, adding the Bronze confirmed yesterday for Tribu in radio. That said, [...]
Graphic designers, associate creative directors, account directors, account executives, we are looking for more people to join Tribu. Some of the new members of Tribu will be the 100th in this company that grows and advances hand in hand with trust in [...]
Today the first prizes at FIAP 2008 were announced, and we were delighted to receive a Bronze award for the Piolin version in Radio for Protecto, from our client Grupo Kativo. To all the team at Tribu, cheers! These are the credits [...]
The way some business people use their time has nothing to do with a watch. Maybe because “business as usual” isn’t what it used to be. And maybe because the best way to use that time is simply outside of business. And [...]
I identify with the idea proposed by Jim Eldredge in Wild at Heart, who argues that both God has a wild heart and we are created in his likeness. He bases his proposal on the spectacular reflection we can take of his [...]
