I start typing with an overwhelming feeling of defeat. Not because the trip at the end of August to which I am going to refer went badly, but because I think it is almost impossible to translate into text what I experienced. No adjective is sufficient to describe what it really means to experience “Burning […]
Can you imagine if instead of“I have a dream“, Martin Luther King had said “I have an objective”? Can you imagine the impact if he had said “I have a proposal”, or “I have data that…”, or “I have a plan…”? You [...]
With one hand on the checkbook and the other hand on the heart, I believe that there are too serious and visible threats to our advertising activity to add depth to our own weaknesses. Yesterday I was in a meeting where my [...]
My dear Quincho, an emotion led you to a sad conclusion…WE ARE STALKED. And I dare to tell you with joy that you are wrong, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD and let me tell you why: WE MOVE FORWARD when you don’t wait [...]
In a month post-leones and with a deliberate pause in various topics, the blog reached almost 142,000 page views and a lot of tranquility in an experimental space that I continue to enjoy. I don’t know the levels of reach and frequency, [...]
The Times of India presented a spectacular case in Cannes, awarded and applauded with a standing ovation, because it represents not only a powerful idea, but also reflects the spirit that is to be recognized with Lions and other statuettes at festivals [...]
There is a lot of work to do and a lot to do, so let’s stop being so sweet, because any agency, any country, any peasant can take our breath away in an instant. To win you have to focus, and [...]
We often miss the short-lists or the bronzes of a category, because naturally the golds are the first to capture our attention. However, important lessons can be learned from them, as is the case in this note from Arteaga in Puerto Rico. [...]
With two bronzes and a silver at the last Cannes Lions, Shackleton shows with this idea how great a proposal can be and how unfair a jury can be, in my opinion. Is there anyone who doesn’t agree with me that this [...]
