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 […]
Today, the news of a new commercial by Tribu DDB for their client El Verdugo is published in La Nación. The fourth commercial in the story of the arm wrestlers and the Paganini family is a social phenomenon that we love to [...]
An influencer is a person, male or female, who has the ability to think differently and a new way of expression. It is someone who can take a brand, an idea or a concept and bring it to everyone’s attention. An influencer [...]
The screen shot presents an unexpected winner. In the past Volcano was the first surprise that many of us agreed to celebrate. The best work of the Festival went to House Rapp for his case for 3M with a surprise Volcano, as [...]
A couple of years ago we tried to make it to the shortlist in print with Aceite Salat, and failed. This year we are back with Protecto and Videocentro, even though we know it is very difficult to make it to the [...]
When it comes to competing, without fear of being wrong, Tribu is always in first place. Not necessarily to win, but to give it their all trying. Check out the pieces for Protecto competing in the upcoming Cannes Lions 2011 Festival, after [...]
In two categories in Public Relations and one in Media, the case “Johnny vs. Johnny” will debut at the Cannes Film Festival next June, trying to be among the finalists. With a special recognition and sincere appreciation for the Mayor of San [...]
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has opened an abbreviated festival-within-a-festival program. In a bold step forward, the organization has inserted a festival within the festival, a separate awards ceremony and a specific emphasis on innovation. Data, technology and ideas will [...]
Innovate or Die The conventional view of business holds an arguable principle: “grow or perish.” Due to the usual transactional, incremental, and certainly linear attention within companies, it would seem to be true and sufficient, because we assume things either go up [...]
We have received the welcome news that Ferrán Adrià will be in Costa Rica to detonate innovation and share his secrets in the kitchen. With 1,846 dishes invented during 25 years in the kitchen of elBulli, his legendary restaurant ranked as the [...]
I invite you to get to know Khan Academy. Its mission is to provide free, world-class education to anyone in every corner of the world. For students, teachers and parents alike, Khan has come to deliver an extraordinary solution. It allows you [...]
Perception is reality. Really? Neuroscience observes, measures and analyzes the way our brain works, to remind us that we are complex systems of reasons and emotions, in the simplest possible summary. So, perception is reality? The usual thing is to believe we [...]
Today the Costa Rican National Design Team, grouped together in a natural, informal and spontaneous way, with incalculable talent, heartfelt emotion, visible admiration and genuine spirit of celebration, has rendered a Graphic Tribute to the Sele. Its organizers Marianella Snowball and Noé [...]
