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 […]
Ay ay ay, let’s laugh at me… Santo gives us another example of the power of insight when it is taken to an innovative way to discover it with a new lens. Life is how you take it, no matter how you [...]
Today I’m including as an attachment that you can download to your computer, a complete chapter of the book The Lovemarks Effect, which includes the Saatchi Saatchi Forum, for you and for a limited time. It will be on the blog for [...]
Now that we have a Wendy’s in Tribu’s neighborhood, I remembered this commercial from Saatchi NY and the creative team led by Tony Granger, precisely who won the 2007 Cannes Agency of the Year Lion a few months ago. I think you’ll [...]
Advertising agencies are solely responsible for the proliferation of workshops, in-houses and free-lancers. As long as we continue to focus on making quick and cheap ads, we will not be making any difference and we will continue to perpetuate ourselves as just [...]
It’s hard to find a business category that doesn’t have most of its members… pants down. With discounts, offers, returns, or the worst of all, with the lowest price, many try to compete and win. Advertising is no exception and because of [...]
