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 […]
To participate in the Young Lions Cannes 2008, the pairs can be from two different agencies, from one university or another, professional or trainee, active in advertising or not, as long as they are between 18 and 28, at least one of [...]
Today appears published in La Nación the first ad of the Young Lions campaign in Costa Rica, creativity of Ogilvy. In the link www.nacion.com/cannes all the information. Spread the word, connect the dots, encourage your friends, participate. It’s a wonderful opportunity.
Here are the complete rules to participate in the Young Lions Competition of ASCAP and LA NACIÓN 2008. If you are between 18 and 28, this is an opportunity of a lifetime. Rules The YOUNG LIONS Competition belongs to the Cannes Lions [...]
Starting tomorrow, ASCAP and LA NACIÓN will become a single cause to encourage more advertising creativity in the country by starting the race to choose the duo that will represent us in the Young Lions Competition at the next Cannes International Festival [...]
Perhaps the first three words of this article’s headline have made you think of Adidas’ ” Impossible is Nothing ” campaign, but no, I don’t intend to write about it (although I’ll gladly add one of its iconic commercials to the end [...]
From Competitors to Great Friends Competition is a temptation I can’t resist. I’m driven by an overwhelming desire to win. That’s why I choose my battles carefully, only entering those where I sense a chance of victory. I have to admit, I’m [...]
I blinked. Usually, it takes barely a tenth of a second to blink; at most, five milliseconds more. And that’s how it goes: in the fraction of a second it takes to blink, more than 650 days have passed since the last [...]
Hello, everyone! It’s been ages since we’ve connected here on the blog. I can barely remember where the tilde or the em dash is on the keyboard. It’s so easy to let good habits, healthy eating, or work-life balance slip away. In [...]
In October 2019 I listened to a chat led by an influential professor at the IE Madrid Business School – Dr Teresa Martin Retortillo. Her talk posed a powerful idea: purposeful transformation. I was listening to it alongside members of the G50, [...]
I’m writing this as I listen to Don’t Call by Desire – it’s on a Spotify playlist made by my dear friend Charlie Ranalli called Retro 80s. There’s a bottle of Glenlivet and a Cuban cigar by my side, and I’m looking [...]
