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 [...]
Last night’s debates could only add to the confusion. I followed them in a state of deliberate impartiality. To the undecided for sure the debates generated a legitimate mental cliff, which only more indecision could bring as a result. Without exception, the [...]
In the month of September a record number of visits to the blog was reached, with 62% of them coming from Costa Rica. Everything heats up when the Volcano, a Referendum, an end of the year is approaching.
Here is the message from President Arias, whom I respect and admire. I have already decided: I am going to vote Yes. Insanity would be to expect different results, doing the same thing. The FTA is imperfect, but it is better than [...]
I am excited to share this news with you: ASCAP is, as of Wednesday, the representative of the CANNES INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL in Costa Rica. In the Board of Directors we reviewed this possibility a few weeks ago, we gave it course, we [...]
Some time ago, on the first Thursday of Clandestina’s Testimonial, after watching the Cannes Reel in the company of 5 luxury guests – all talents of the local advertising media – we opened the field to questions. Almost nobody dared. And I [...]
They say that good friends are those who accompany you in the bad times… and tolerate you in the good times! And for this reason, there is no doubt that today we are dealing with JWT, since it swept coveted national and [...]
