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 […]
Kicking off the meeting of Cannes representatives from around the world, Phil Thomas gave the welcome and began by talking about Google. In fact, in the year Eric Schmidt was “Media Person of the Year”. At the same time, Google won [...]
I am a traveler. Not a tourist. That’s something else. I have been traveling for many years when at 14 or 15 I must have flown for the first time. I will never forget that first occasion when everything started to become [...]
A lot of money is always twice what you have. After one Lion we want two. A 4:19 marathon should be after 4:15. Agency of the Year twice asks for the third time after that. A good design demands a better one [...]
Last night at the Effie of Guatemala sounded a great winner“El Taier / Tribu DDB” with Golds and nothing less than the Grand Effie. This was communicated to us by Manuel Madrid, on behalf of the entire taier / Tribu DDB, Jorge [...]
After several months of waiting, the Lion won by Tribu DDB at the last Cannes Festival has arrived. It’s beautiful! It is elegant, fine and distinguished. The unpacking was emotional, happy and among friends. Here are some pictures.
Hoy colocamos unas cuantas Macs viejas a la entrada de nuestro edificio, como bien lo redactaron Liz San Elías y Carlos Soto, en un Tribu to Jobs. Las reacciones no nos las imaginamos, y nos han venido a recordar todo lo que [...]
Since last week we have migrated my blog to La Nación, the main media in Costa Rica. Check it out. Periodically we will be uploading the published entries, so that the archive, which to date has more than 1,500 entries, will continue [...]
Nike has done it again, now with a particularly powerful idea: find your greatness. Instead of just applauding sports idols, what if we decided to get moving and start our own? The winning case is on the Cannes Lions site just a [...]
Evian ignites our inner child: While Evian won a Golden Lion at the Cannes Lions last year, I connected a couple of dots and decided to write about the inner child in all of us. Check out the commercial that triggered this [...]
Life-saving creativity! Every year and from all over the world, creative ideas stand out for both their genius and their transformative capacity. Here between one opportunity and another, I want to briefly leave you with two life savers. The first comes from [...]
Values that promote prosperity: in a practical simplification, there are two types of countries: those that prosper and those that do not. Apply the concept also to companies, institutions, families and all types of human organizations. Some advance and others stagnate or [...]
A Fuego Lento: this is my 1,650th blog post, a life experience I have enjoyed since April 2005. In writing I have taken my mind to the gym, propelled by the energy of my fingertips on the keyboard, and with each exercise [...]
