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 [...]
No account payable. No account receivable. For a moment I feel like that. And I ask myself: Is it possible to live without a bill to pay? With everything and the credit cards loaded with debts? With forgiveness to ask for and [...]
Imagine in Spanish is a crucial recommendation. Imagine in English, too. The same word and the same meaning, exalted in an unforgettable way by John Lenon and by Yoko as well. “You may say I’m a dreamer. But I’m not the only [...]
While in Costa Rica it is noon, over there it is eight o’clock at night and that is the only thing that differentiates us because with 3 examples you will see that Cannes is not far away and it is possible. The [...]
Article published in Mercados Tendencias magazine. A Lovemark is a brand that has moved from a place in the market, to the heart of a culture. Good morning, iPod. It is a brand that has understood that the consumer not only wants [...]
With the dramatic performance and urgency of a sports narrator, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses a new presentation tool, Gapminder, to dispel myths in the development of humanity. It is a sensational talk of scope and depth relevant to understanding the world [...]
