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 [...]
Attached is a document that I just received from Cannes, with valuable information for the Young Lions competing to represent Costa Rica next June. Click on the attachment and go straight to your computer.
There are irresistible experiences that not only make you want to repeat them, but also make thousands of people line up to experience them. From stores to restaurants, from churches to amusement parks. No matter the business, a well-designed experience becomes an [...]
The Break Up by geertdesager I would love to take this scene as a starting point for an opendiscussion withthe world’s customers. open discussion with the customers of the world. The consumer has changed and yet, possibly not the advertisers. At agencies [...]
At 220 volts and with great joy, creative and graphic directors from ASCAP’s partner agencies chose 17 pairs to participate in the Young Lions for two tickets to Cannes and the opportunity to compete there. They carried out the task of choosing [...]