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 […]
It was March 2008 when I programmed the rental car’s GPS to find the closest gas station. I was in Paris and had to fill the tank in order to avoid the steep cost of gas at the rental agency. Since I [...]
When I typed this question into Google, a whopping 241 million results came up. “Holy shit!” I thought to myself. Then, I tweaked my query slightly, swapping the word “world” for “life” and two million more search results were generated. Safe to [...]
My blogging debut was back in 2005 when I first wrote a few lines here, on the Slow Burn blog, named A Fuego Lento in Spanish. Since then, it has certainly lived up to its name; I’ve gone through periods of writing [...]
The Value in Respecting Differences The month of February that is ending has been a personally inspiring experience. On the first of the month, my wife and I took flights from Juan Santamaría airport to Delhi, India. From there, we went on [...]
He began the day’s Keynote by reiterating that we can all transform the world, recalling that a child in Africa with a smartphone today has more information in his hands than the President of the United States 15 years ago. Moore’s Law [...]
Celebrate respect,Celebrating great achievements In your home, your organization, within your company or your team, in your tribe or your club, celebrate everything you want to have repeat itself! With 95 minutes on the clock, Bryan Ruiz made a masterful assist. The [...]
Meet Diego Garcia, new General Manager at Tribu, who has arrived making his mark from day one, thinking with his heart and acting focused on establishing a long-term relationship with everyone in the company, with our customers, media, suppliers and friends. Let [...]
This is how Bill Clinton describes the world we live in, in his acceptance speech for the 2007 TED Prize, and adds that it is up to us civilians to propose and actually change the conditions we live in today in order [...]
One of the most important authors of recent times is undoubtedly Malcolm Gladwell. I recommend and celebrate him, as he brings powerful ideas to a world in permanent change at speeds never seen before. His ideas have strongly influenced the theory proposed [...]
Paula Guevara and Carlos Jimenez will be in Cannes for the next Festival, which starts on June 17, and will participate in the Young Creatives Film Competition, which awards the winning duo from 20 of the same number of countries. This competition, [...]
The Lovemarks Effect is the second book to be launched by Saatchi Saatchi and its Global CEO, Kevin Roberts, confirming that we are not talking about a fad or a passing idea. Lovemarks is here to stay and to grow, for a [...]
Don’t miss this 17-minute presentation by Al Gore at TED. The truth is inconvenient, heavy and uncomfortable. It is imperative that every human being take concrete action: balance their emissions and become “carbon neutral”.
