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 […]
JWT Costa Rica achieved for Costa Rica the first Lion at Cannes in 55 years of the Festival, the second and third, for all tastes and in two colors.
The Dutch pair won the gold medal at the Young Lions concluded this morning, with Turkey taking the silver and Germany the bronze. I have only this information for the moment, and so, without accents or accents I send this note to [...]
JWT managed to sneak into the finalists with Nelka Rent a Car in the 4 categories entered, as well as Garnier BBDO in Radio with the Paniamor Foundation. More details on the Cannes website HERE. The options for JWT to win the [...]
Costa Rica’s Young Lions, Humberto Ling and Josafat Padilla, participated with this piece in the young creatives competition in Cannes just a few days after the festival began. In the style of the piece with which they entered the final phase of [...]
The remarkable and competent government authorities have reported that the new country brand, Esencial Costa Rica, was achieved with a process that began in 2008 and whose cost amounted to $650,000 dollars. Therefore, the first thing I must say is that by [...]
The creative advertising world applauded “ The Most Popular Song” at Cannes 2012, awarding it Lions and a Grand Prix. Because a simple idea can be powerful enough to influence a country, make a difference and contribute to making it a better [...]
A few days ago I published a note that claims that creativity that wins at festivals is 7 times more effective, according to the Gunn Report. That is to say, advertising creative awards, such as Cannes, Ojo, Volcán or Pregonero, nowadays have [...]
First of all, I remind you of Zanders’ rule #6: don’t take yourself too seriously. Then, the question always jumps to a simple “and what are the first 5 rules?”. The answer then is to be expected: they don’t exist and it [...]
Every day, advertising influences the world intensely, profusely and repeatedly with creative ideas to change the world. The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation know this, and have teamed up to promote the use of creativity [...]
If you are not, let’s assume that you are among the general public, and not a puclicist, advertiser or any media or digital media. So, with everyone leveled up as busy people going about their happy lives, is there anyone out there [...]
