. Some nights enter our lives quietly and then stay with us forever—unexpected, unforgettable, and impossible not to smile about when we remember them. In my previous post, I wrote about the launch of The Art of Detachment in Madrid a couple of weeks ago—a magical evening surrounded by extraordinary people, where I had the […]
I agree with the person who said he preferred the future. After all, that’s where we’re going to spend the rest of our lives, right? Hmmm. Not so fast as the only instant we live in is the here and now. Definitely [...]
I have a signal from my body that you could help me interpret: it’s getting worse every year! That is, either the viruses are getting more and more powerful (like influenza), or I am not getting any younger. There could be a [...]
Steve Jobs defined design first in relation to operation and not appearance, so it is not difficult to understand his successes for so many years. Form and substance must tell their genesis from the very same creative moment. Einstein said it and [...]
From the book by Armando Vargas Araya, La Vía Costarricense, published by EUNED in 2005, this is a wonderfully inspiring text as it initiates a broad, open and participatory process. What is La Via Costarricense? It is a dynamic conceptual tool to [...]
Thinking about the Costa Rican Way, a few days ago I wrote a message to my great friend, Armando Vargas Araya, journalist, historian, politician and wonderful human being. In a few words, these were my two lines: Armando dear, whose idea was [...]
A few months ago I decided to accept the invitation to be part of the process of consultation, innovation and imagination ignited by the country project proposed by José María Figueres. It was on February 21, 2012 when I met again with [...]
The lenses we use in life are tinged with subjectivity and perceptions, so there is no quick fix or easy solution in the appreciation of any event, especially those that affect us emotionally. In the theory of knowledge, subjectivity is the property [...]
A Lovemark is irresistible and Apple knows how to do it like no one else. Nothing more to say. This is how Steve Jobs presented it in San Francisco. My first personal computer was an Apple IIc, and with it, my first [...]
I am not as stubborn as I appear to be. I am firm, because I have to be, but I constantly reflect on my actions, on the policies I am promoting and on the attitudes I am adopting. I have had the [...]
Procter Gamble is betting on advertising creativity as never before, and it is the same giant that used to accuseocus of squares, defenders of parity, masters of testimonials and demos. After Unilever, Procter sent more executives to Cannes than any other advertiser. [...]
When talking about emotional connections in the creation of Lovemarks with the support of advertising, commercials like the previous one of the Buenos Aires Zoo by Del Campo, are an example of how to do it masterfully. In a new experience for [...]
