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 Why to How to What.” I was going through the resources in Prezi, when I came across a presentation with Simon Sinek and his 2009 Ted Talk. In today’s day and age it’s like from prehistoric times, and yet with ideas [...]
I agree with the person who said he preferred the future. After all, that’s where we’re going to spend the rest of our lives, right? Hmmm. Not so fast as the only instant we live in is the here and now. Definitely [...]
I have a signal from my body that you could help me interpret: it’s getting worse every year! That is, either the viruses are getting more and more powerful (like influenza), or I am not getting any younger. There could be a [...]
Steve Jobs defined design first in relation to operation and not appearance, so it is not difficult to understand his successes for so many years. Form and substance must tell their genesis from the very same creative moment. Einstein said it and [...]
From the book by Armando Vargas Araya, La Vía Costarricense, published by EUNED in 2005, this is a wonderfully inspiring text as it initiates a broad, open and participatory process. What is La Via Costarricense? It is a dynamic conceptual tool to [...]
Thinking about the Costa Rican Way, a few days ago I wrote a message to my great friend, Armando Vargas Araya, journalist, historian, politician and wonderful human being. In a few words, these were my two lines: Armando dear, whose idea was [...]
As we celebrate another anniversary of Tribu, I would like to share with you one of the classics of our trajectory: Johnny’s Vaquerito. Creativity by Hernán Ortega, production by El Hangar (Direction by Antonio Yglesias and Direction of Photography by Mario Cardona [...]
In ASCAP we have made a commitment: to boost the creative advertising product in our partner agencies, and move from the “I” to the “we” to accelerate the transformation process. For this reason, we have hired Brother and its SuperWeekend School, which [...]
You have to watch this commercial! And enjoy it. It’s so creative, daring and different, that it even looks like a fake (…just kidding). The agency is Santo from Buenos Aires, filmed in South Africa, produced by Stink from London and musicalized [...]
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Today is Friday and another work week is over. Most of us are getting ready to enjoy a weekend of rest, while many are finishing organizing their Palmares plans. Tomorrow I look forward to getting back on the road and running as [...]
