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 […]
Mobile adoption is happening in a thousand ways, but there doesn’t seem to be a clear path, so there is a global obsession to take advantage of it. The context and location of mobile makes people use it more than a computer. [...]
Live from Day Two at Cannes Lions 2010 Read this email online <https://list.canneslions.com/t/293993/15521106/3208/0/> Six shortlist exhibitions opened at Cannes Lions this morning and tension is already mounting ahead of the first awards ceremony tonight. BEFORE THAT, BE IN THE PALAIS TODAY TO [...]
Today we have celebrated in Cannes a new Lion for Costa Rica for jotabeqú and its extraordinary case “Virtual Pilgrimage” for the Catholic Church, although I am still dying to see which was the case that could have taken away the gold [...]
Where does Inspiration come from? By David Harris After decades of searching for sources of inspiration, David looked to history to find his sources. Inspiration actually comes from inner breathing. He mentioned Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung with their contributions of inspiration, [...]
And it happened! At Tribu, we had not known for weeks how many fingers to cross for our only bet in Cannes: Six Thousand Colors by Protecto. When I arrived at my room a few minutes ago, after a scenic 12 and [...]
Direct from the Cannes Lions Festival, we include the complete lists of the entries that have entered the short-list, where JWT stands out with 3 “The soundtrack of a movie you will never see” and jotabeqú with 1 shortlist precisely for its [...]
In October 2019 I listened to a chat led by an influential professor at the IE Madrid Business School – Dr Teresa Martin Retortillo. Her talk posed a powerful idea: purposeful transformation. I was listening to it alongside members of the G50, [...]
I’m writing this as I listen to Don’t Call by Desire – it’s on a Spotify playlist made by my dear friend Charlie Ranalli called Retro 80s. There’s a bottle of Glenlivet and a Cuban cigar by my side, and I’m looking [...]
A short line in between words is known as a ‘hyphen’ in English, while in Spanish it’s referred to as a ‘guion’. It comes in varying lengths, including -, –, — and a few more, as I understand it. In the language [...]
Alejandro Egea, CEO on Demand, successful entrepreneur, great friend and energetic young man, invited me to a conversation at Halo Legacy. The talk takes more than an hour. For now I do not extend in presenting it, for longanimity, for creativity, for [...]
I’m 63 years old and alive and kicking. I’m in awe and thrilled to bits, currently trying to carry on with my life in the midst of the new normal. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, I’ve been staying at home most of [...]
At that time, San José was home to a living, breathing example of a dream come true. Two inspired youngsters, Jorge Jiménez and Giselle Zamora, ventured off to Italy 43 years ago where they blazed a trail, had a son named Esteban, [...]
