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 […]
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 [...]
I had the opportunity to be in the three matches that the Sele lost in the World Cup in Germany. When we were eliminated in the last game against Poland, it was embarrassing to listen with astonishment to the Tico fans chanting [...]
With excellent possibilities of Lions for Costa Rica, JWT and DDB managed to advance with their best work to the short list in their categories, so that two of the eight Costa Rican agencies participating continue with options to bring statuettes back [...]
I intend to share experiences with the sole purpose of connecting with the talent and passion that inspires deep down, of artists like Deredia on the world stage from Rome, as well as any moment, person or circumstance that reminds us how [...]
Today we barely arrived in Rome and in the cab to the hotel we passed in front of the Roman Colosseum, which was the backdrop for three monumental sculptures by our compatriot and friend, Jorge Jimenez Deredia. What a pride for Costa [...]
As I write these words, José María Figueres is in Madrid on a topic of interest to all of us, because there is no doubt that the network innovates every day and its course is close to that of our lives. I [...]
On some rare occasions I refer to the trips I make for business or personal reasons, however, as I take flight this Thursday I am ready to share the experiences of the next few days in the open sky, both here in [...]
Just a simple preview: in 2010 the first Effie will be held in the country, represented and organized by ASCAP. We do not have definite dates yet, but we anticipate that it will be in the third quarter of the year. So [...]