The Slow Burn

Blog since 2005

When Affection Takes Shape: The Art of Detachment in Costa Rica

. Some nights enter our lives quietly and then stay with us forever—unexpected, unforgettable, and impossible not to smile about when we remember them. In my previous post, I wrote about the launch of The Art of Detachment in Madrid a couple of weeks ago—a magical evening surrounded by extraordinary people, where I had the […]

Would You Like to Be a Whale Shark?

There is Always Competition “I would like to be a whale shark,” exclaimed that wonderful little boy when I asked him to tell me which animal he would have liked to be. Tenderly moved by such a singular response, it didn’t take [...]

Young Lions heading to Cannes Lions

Young creatives from all over the country will be competing for a place at the next Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Organized by Comunidad and sponsored by the agencies Publimark, jotabeqú, Garnier BBDO and Tribu DDB, FCB/Crea and Darwin, the national [...]

Cannes slides into innovation

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 [...]

We Are Not Exempt – It’s Innovation or Extinction

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 [...]

Ferrán Adrià will be in Costa Rica to detonate innovation

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 [...]

Free first level education for everyone.

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 [...]

THE DAY AFTER A MARATHON

I laughed my ass off at this London Marathon commercial, because they couldn’t have represented better the condition we non-athletes end up in after running the 42.2 kilometers of this competition. I still remember that next day after the first one I [...]

TRIBE AND THE COUNTRYSIDE

We love the idea of thinking of Tribu as an America’s Cup racing yacht, sailing on the edge of Niagara Falls. It’s an idea that forces us to think of effective and committed teams, risk as the key and adventure as the [...]

TRIBE IS THE SAILBOAT

We win more if we all win. Join Tribu. We are looking for talent to set sail in 2008: creatives, accountants, artfinalists/designers. Only passionate people in the crew, lots of experience a must. You must be fascinated by risk. Contact us.

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SETH GODIN AND SQUARE BREAD

When Godin speaks, you have to listen to him. His ideas and publications, among which Purple Cow stands out, always contribute and trigger others. It seems to me that investing 17 minutes in his presentation at Ted is a good idea. Go [...]

SEND YOUR SIGNATURE FOR LIFE

Download the doc included here, get many signatures and send it to the fax 213-3808 of Alejandro Trejos, father of one of the most recent victims of drunk driving in Costa Rica. This is what the text to sign says: We, the [...]

THE DEATH OF JORGE CENTENO

THE FOLLOWING IS THE MESSAGE WRITTEN BY JAIME QUINTANA, FROM DHL. Today Saturday morning, Rodrigo Quiros called me to tell me that our co-worker at DHL, Jorge Centeno, courier, and brother of Pate Centeno of Saprissa, died last night victim of a [...]

The Slow Burn

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