2025 has been a year of contrasts—intense, emotional, transformative. It began with a heartfelt farewell and ends with my soul wide open after the magical, peaceful family moments we usually share in Escondida. In between, there was laughter under a sky full of fireflies outside Kuala Lumpur with my grandson Mauricio; a spiritual retreat in […]
With only three weeks to go before the last date for publications or guidelines for the Pregonero and the Volcán, the season of truchos in our country begins, so it is convenient to read La Teja among other chosen media. These days, [...]
The next Volcán could be one of surprises, as we do not know if its opening to Central America will in fact imply registrations from agencies in the region or if, despite this fundamental change, it will continue to be a predominantly [...]
No matter how much time you have or don’t have, what you do or don’t do, where you are or with whom, you have to know this story. Don’t miss it, it will surely move you to tears as it did me. [...]
I deliberately abandoned many topics of interest in the advertising community, as the JWT Costa Rica Lions, as well as the Young Lions winners, provoked excessively heated tempers and my blog clogged with visits that I stopped enjoying. And because of this, [...]
I am convinced that each one of us can contribute to making the world a better place, even at the risk of sounding cliché. We can do it in our homes, in the community we live in, in the country we live [...]
A few days ago I published a post with the campaign of the moment by Dove, called“Sketches“. It has been so well received that it is among the most shared in the world. However, there is another idea from the same brand, [...]
The new advertising creative year has just begun and we are already counting down. So, how about if we all agree and go to 2014 to repeat Lions? In 2008 a Costa Rican agency won the first Cannes Lions, which are something [...]
Every problem is an opportunity. Every limitation is a possibility. Every aspiration can be a realization. Every person can achieve their goals, of course, if you pay the price with discipline, sacrifice, passion and commitment. When I learned about the super humanity [...]
Since last week we have migrated my blog to La Nación, the main media in Costa Rica. Check it out. Periodically we will be uploading the published entries, so that the archive, which to date has more than 1,500 entries, will continue [...]
Nike has done it again, now with a particularly powerful idea: find your greatness. Instead of just applauding sports idols, what if we decided to get moving and start our own? The winning case is on the Cannes Lions site just a [...]
