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 […]
This is one of those ideas that managed to get on the air, boost the brand and achieve leadership in several markets in the region, thanks to the determination and guts of one person: Enrique Boccaletti, who as head of SmithKline Beecham [...]
DECLARATION AND MANIFESTO FOR A BLOG IN TUNE. In January, we received 11,815 hits. When my talented and dear friend, Massimo Martinotti of Mia Films, suggested me the idea of publishing a blog on the web, he convinced me in an instant [...]
With Gratitude.
proud, Alex, my wife, said to me… “Jorge… it’s not 19!”, and as usual, she was right. We did the math. Santiago is 19 today and when Consumer started, he was a little more than 1 year old, so without further ado, [...]
In these days in which we celebrate one more year of Tribu, we have decided to bring back “on the air” campaigns and ideas that were milestones in our race for life. To all those who have contributed with their work, devotion [...]
Painter of Eye-Mo, an idea of Tribu for Glaxo-SmithKline and its product Eye-MO. Creative: Mario Calvo, what a great memory, and to you, Marito, a hug and the honor you deserve for a first-world, innovative and daring idea. This is creativity in [...]
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 [...]
