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 […]
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 [...]
Exactly 25 years ago today, Alexandra Franco opened the doors of the Casa de los Niños Montessori in Escazú, the kindergarten that today is called Hometwo. This long journey triggered the modern Montessori movement spread throughout the country in early childhood education. [...]
With only a few days to go before the results of the Ojo de Iberoamérica are known, the Costa Rican finalists with a chance for Gold, Silver or Bronze are the following entries: El Ojo Promo PM7 – Positioning El cuarto de [...]
I have been hooked on chairs for about 20 years, when without realizing what we were doing, we bought two white Wassily chairs before returning from Mexico and back to Costa Rica. They were designed in 1925 by Marcel Breuer and we [...]
In the transformation of Tribu into DDB, effective from January of next year next year, I have known since early May Juan Carlos Ortiz, president of DDB Latina. Ortiz, president of DDB Latina. In this interview in June in Cannes, there is [...]
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity for a one-on-one meeting with Kevin Roberts, global CEO of Saatchi Saatchi and creator of Lovemarks. It was 45 minutes of love and respect for the man who has most influenced my professional life, [...]
A few days ago I received an unexpected invitation: “We would like to invite you to be the blogger of the month in SoHo Magazine online “, said the text of the message written by Daniella Fernandez. Then she then detailed the [...]
Tribu and DDB have decided to join forces in Costa Rica to add strengths and build together the future of the company. This new partnership will begin in 2010 and promises an important evolution with more opportunities, both for clients and for [...]