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 […]
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 [...]
I took a vacation and came back last Saturday. I took a few days for the coupling and as promised, here I am back on the blog with a song: the most popular. I’m not going to add anything about this case [...]
Back to the keyboard on July 20, greetings!
Without a doubt, a creative world is better. Especially when it comes to stories, images, ideas that make all the difference, make their mark and transcend. So does Procter Gamble. So does Google. So does American Express. So does Coordown in Italy. [...]
When in December we talked about reaching 20,000 in a year, I never imagined it possible to pass 100,000 in October, obviously. This is very entertaining and different, both as a contact experience and as a personal exploration. From every point of [...]
Possibly nothing is more difficult than achieving a culture and protecting it over time. We are in continuous evolution and reinvention, however, there are values and conditions that we wish to turn into commitments, to renew, to strengthen, to retake. This video [...]
We are going back to Costa Rica with an invitation: Get on board, we have a lot to win and enjoy in this great creative game in Cannes. So get on board, get on board, get on board…! illustrated with a commercial [...]
A few hours ago we started the meeting of representatives, and since the first presentation we have begun to take note and learn from what is being done in the world to promote the festival, and as a consequence, advertising creativity. At [...]
Today we arrived in London for the first meeting of Cannes representatives attended by Costa Rica, and on its behalf, Manolo Gavilán from Ogilvy and myself. I guess because the festival’s headquarters are located in London, they prefer to convene their representatives [...]
