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 […]
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 [...]
A short line in between words is known as a ‘hyphen’ in English, while in Spanish it’s referred to as a ‘guion’. It comes in varying lengths, including -, –, — and a few more, as I understand it. In the language [...]
There is danger in the comfort zone. Especially for those who prefer radical growth to so-called organic or incremental growth. It is not true that radical is always risky, although to be successful in life you have to take risks. If you [...]
There’s no denying it. The first piece by Tribe for Purdy Motor had a special meaning today. And well, it had to be for the entire Toyota Land Cruiser line. Want one? Here’s more Land Cruiser to tease you.
Protecto is Tribu DDB’s most consistent brand in recent years at Cannes. We took it two years ago with “Seis Mil Colores”, last year we achieved 3 finalists with “Paletas” and now it returns to Cannes 2012 with “Lavable”. If I were [...]
We continue to hunt for Lions in Cannes, because creative prestige is key to our business, because that’s how we protect the best creative talent in Tribu and attract those who are not yet with us. At the end of the day, [...]
Casado in Brazil is called feijoada, and that was our first meal when we arrived in Copacabana for the Wave Festival. With an air of the Carlton in Cannes, the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro is the perfect setting for the [...]
