The Slow Burn

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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 [...]

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EXPLOSION AND IMPLOSION AT THE FESTIVAL

Today begins the third day of this festival of ideas, proposals, excitement, energy, competition. As I write these lines, a presentation of Manchester United begins, with the legendary Sir Bobby Charlton as the special guest. They share with us all that this [...]

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CANNES 2007 TOOK OFF

The Debussy is the main hall for the seminars, the workshops have other assigned places, the Grand Auditorium is for the most attended events, such as the awards and the New Directors Show of Saatchi Saatchi, the Palais des Festivals as a [...]

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The Slow Burn

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