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 [...]
Tribu DDB‘s Chief Creative Officer, Javier Mora, has been confirmed as a jury member at the next Cannes Lions. He is the first Central American to be appointed, after Costa Rica received a special place for 2012. His selection was made directly [...]
With this image I woke up this morning, as I was getting ready for a quick trip to Guatemala. I couldn’t let the moment pass without a click and a few moments to feel the breeze, the sun at dawn and all [...]
Since we started the movement we had a model. Now, if for a moment we thought that it was our plan, today it is clear that it is not, because it is His plan. The Openhouse is an adoption, adaptation and creation [...]
Coca-Cola has a lot to say, and therefore, we should all listen. Say no more. It’s here for everyone.
David Droga will soon be in Costa Rica for FID, where we anticipate he will tell his story. One that has everything to do with Cannes. Here is a video in the direction of the most important creative festival in the world.
Last night an important group of the country’s businessmen arrived at Tribu for a meeting with José María Figueres, which resulted in a dynamic typical of what today has come to be called a ” conversatorio”. In this private, though not secret, [...]
