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 […]
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is as important today for clients as it is for creative, media, PR, digital agencies and more. Whoever has a brand, whoever invests in its image, the perceived value of its product or service, whoever [...]
A Festival of Creativity The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity today is as important for clients as it is for their creative agencies. This is also true for companies in media, public relations, digital and more. It is ideal for those [...]
The Importance of Creativity Have you ever asked yourself this question? In my case, I must confess that I have not, despite decades of living an activity that is, at its very essence, creative -business, brands, and advertising. Maybe it’s because a [...]
The Ombudsman’s Office and the Propaganda Control Office forget that the rights of the citizens are not above the rights of the property. Today, Banco de Costa Rica announced the withdrawal of its Toucan campaign due to a “prevention order” by the [...]
Why Is It Good to Learn a New Language? I’ve been away from my keyboard and blog for a while. I’ve been distracted by a thousand other things, yet somehow, every day, I increasingly recognize and appreciate the moment in fifth grade [...]
Success is not a gold medal, nor is it a Lion at Cannes, a million Euros or a marathon in a personal best time. Success has become distorted and although it can be achieved on a daily basis, it can generate the [...]
“Optimizing, the art of finding the best choice among all the options, is a luxury we often can’t afford. Instead, we take the first appropriate solution we find, even if it means deciding where to eat lunch, who to hire or what [...]
Artículo publicado en BusinessWeek: Saatchi Saatchi CEO Kevin Roberts toiled to make his firm a force among creative agencies. Now–in today’s splintered advertising universe–he’s scrambling to keep it relevant Kevin Roberts may well be the most successful adman of his generation. Over [...]
On April 5, 2005 I published the first article on this blog. Today, almost 700 articles later, I ask myself: what should I do with the blog? And for this, I would love to have your opinion. Let’s see the options I [...]
A week ago a DDB TV commercial for Automercados won the Grand Volcano, the country’s dean advertising agency won Agency of the Year, a supermarket chain, precisely Automercados, won the Volcano for Advertiser of the Year and the surprise of the night [...]
First I admired and bought his design, and then I discovered the character behind it: Philippe Starck, the most prolific and world famous designer alive today. Then I learned about the hotels he has designed, bought his books and read his ideas. [...]
