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 [...]
Today we are in Antigua, Guatemala, one of the paradises of the world, a World Heritage Site and rightfully the pride of the people of Guatemala. There is no other place like Antigua in Central America, and it is the setting for [...]
After almost two years since its inception, we can celebrate the complete success of our adventure in digital production and that until today responds to the name of BOSZ, led by MBA José Coto as CEO and Partner of the firm. With [...]
Shortly after entering Methodist College in fifth grade, I don’t remember if it was that year or later, a high school student published his poems. I remember my surprise at his talent, and particularly his extraordinary wit with one in particular, which [...]
In a matter of a few days we will reach over 4,000 people who would have made a click on Facebook that is extremely meaningful to us at Tribu DDB. This is an important segment self-defined by a LIKE that represents a [...]
Tribu DDB is a competitive sailboat sailing the seas of life. It is driven and enjoyed by dozens of crew members who are passionate about their vision, as it is in the direction of our own personal dreams and aspirations. More than [...]
Saturday morning I hung up the lions and we went for a walk. Here are some pictures of the surroundings of Cannes and with them, several additional reasons to go to the Festival. The images speak for themselves of corners and places [...]
