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 […]
A few days ago I published a post with the campaign of the moment by Dove, called“Sketches“. It has been so well received that it is among the most shared in the world. However, there is another idea from the same brand, [...]
The new advertising creative year has just begun and we are already counting down. So, how about if we all agree and go to 2014 to repeat Lions? In 2008 a Costa Rican agency won the first Cannes Lions, which are something [...]
Every problem is an opportunity. Every limitation is a possibility. Every aspiration can be a realization. Every person can achieve their goals, of course, if you pay the price with discipline, sacrifice, passion and commitment. When I learned about the super humanity [...]
Since last week we have migrated my blog to La Nación, the main media in Costa Rica. Check it out. Periodically we will be uploading the published entries, so that the archive, which to date has more than 1,500 entries, will continue [...]
Nike has done it again, now with a particularly powerful idea: find your greatness. Instead of just applauding sports idols, what if we decided to get moving and start our own? The winning case is on the Cannes Lions site just a [...]
Evian ignites our inner child: While Evian won a Golden Lion at the Cannes Lions last year, I connected a couple of dots and decided to write about the inner child in all of us. Check out the commercial that triggered this [...]
With one hand on the checkbook and the other hand on the heart, I believe that there are too serious and visible threats to our advertising activity to add depth to our own weaknesses. Yesterday I was in a meeting where my [...]
My dear Quincho, an emotion led you to a sad conclusion…WE ARE STALKED. And I dare to tell you with joy that you are wrong, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD and let me tell you why: WE MOVE FORWARD when you don’t wait [...]
As a Marketing Manager, Advertiser, member of the Board of Directors of INPUB, whatever the descriptor or title you want to use, I could not agree more with this paper that you have been developing over time. Those of us who live [...]
After spending all last weekend exercising my position as Prosecutor during the selection of the finalist pieces for the 2006 Volcano, which added to a little more than 30 years as an advertiser, producer and Creative Director, I think I am in [...]
