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 [...]
Live from Day Two at Cannes Lions 2010 Read this email online <https://list.canneslions.com/t/293993/15521106/3208/0/> Six shortlist exhibitions opened at Cannes Lions this morning and tension is already mounting ahead of the first awards ceremony tonight. BEFORE THAT, BE IN THE PALAIS TODAY TO [...]
Today we have celebrated in Cannes a new Lion for Costa Rica for jotabeqú and its extraordinary case “Virtual Pilgrimage” for the Catholic Church, although I am still dying to see which was the case that could have taken away the gold [...]
Where does Inspiration come from? By David Harris After decades of searching for sources of inspiration, David looked to history to find his sources. Inspiration actually comes from inner breathing. He mentioned Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung with their contributions of inspiration, [...]
And it happened! At Tribu, we had not known for weeks how many fingers to cross for our only bet in Cannes: Six Thousand Colors by Protecto. When I arrived at my room a few minutes ago, after a scenic 12 and [...]
Direct from the Cannes Lions Festival, we include the complete lists of the entries that have entered the short-list, where JWT stands out with 3 “The soundtrack of a movie you will never see” and jotabeqú with 1 shortlist precisely for its [...]
Today, Sunday, minutes after the Tribal DDB presentation that I’ll discuss later, Sapient Nitro kicked off their afternoon presentation videos with this one that has nearly 80 million views on YouTube and led them to say that brands need free hugs too. [...]
