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 [...]
At the close of his presentation, Phil Thomas said that the world’s creative winners are coming from the south and east. He asked for mercy when we finish taking over the world! After extolling the participation of clients and media, especially digital, [...]
Kicking off the meeting of Cannes representatives from around the world, Phil Thomas gave the welcome and began by talking about Google. In fact, in the year Eric Schmidt was “Media Person of the Year”. At the same time, Google won [...]
I am a traveler. Not a tourist. That’s something else. I have been traveling for many years when at 14 or 15 I must have flown for the first time. I will never forget that first occasion when everything started to become [...]
A lot of money is always twice what you have. After one Lion we want two. A 4:19 marathon should be after 4:15. Agency of the Year twice asks for the third time after that. A good design demands a better one [...]
Last night at the Effie of Guatemala sounded a great winner“El Taier / Tribu DDB” with Golds and nothing less than the Grand Effie. This was communicated to us by Manuel Madrid, on behalf of the entire taier / Tribu DDB, Jorge [...]
After several months of waiting, the Lion won by Tribu DDB at the last Cannes Festival has arrived. It’s beautiful! It is elegant, fine and distinguished. The unpacking was emotional, happy and among friends. Here are some pictures.
