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. [...]
Siempre es un placer compartir con Kevin, CEO Mundial de Saatchi Saatchi, aún a través de un mensaje como éste colocado hoy en su blog. Así introdujo su mensaje en KRConnect: Earlier this week I was filming a commercial for the HSM [...]
At the Saatchi Saatchi New Directors Show at Cannes last year, this was one of the chosen few to present a commercial. And while the other shorts dealt with all kinds of subjects and drew on all kinds of resources, this one [...]
I first met Jason Muñoz through his email with the subject line “The power of ideas…”. He asked me if he could add me to his list, and with some intrigue for his initiative, I responded positively to learn more about his [...]
For those of us who are not mountain climbers, there is an extraordinary journey that brings the thrill of adventure to the very heart, when you hike to Everest base camp. On this famous trek through the mountains of Nepal, it is [...]
It strikes me powerfully that a somewhat old-fashioned, a bit boring and certainly personal space, continues with such a high level of page views in a month. Some would say that it does not have the same notoriety of other times, and [...]
This video has over 7.6 million views on YouTube, produced, acted, created and posted by “Fred”, a guy who entertains, amuses and is followed by millions of people around the world. Of all the recent phenomena, Fred is one of my favorites, [...]
