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 felt scared to the point of nausea, although at first I thought it was just a stomach reaction. I could feel in my churning guts the power of emotion that paralyzes to the bone. In fear I [...]
We have made a commitment: to serve as a positive influence and humbly propose to grow together. If you are part of Tribu DDB, you already know the approach we have chosen. If you are a friend, client, media or supplier, our [...]
If you were asked about the best thing in your life, what would you answer? If you were to die in a few minutes, would you be afraid? If you were an angel, would you jump into the world to feel your [...]
“The only thing in our power that no one else has is yourself,” Neil Gaiman insisted at the 2012 graduation at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. “Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision,” he went on to say after [...]
Today I walked into a meeting at Comunicación Corporativa / Ketchum and found 5 Volcanes at the reception desk. That’s right, not one, not two, not three but five awards collected at last Saturday’s Volcano Festival. This is the case that even [...]
At about 15 minutes before midnight, we celebrated in Tribu the 4th consecutive Volcano for Agency of the Year. After a demanding and not at all complacent awarding, this year’s jury distributed prizes among several companies, although once again we scored enough [...]
When I was offered the cover of the first issue of Ego, several years ago, I had no hesitation in refusing the kind offer. The name of the magazine and my unfamiliarity with its new format led me to pass up the [...]
If praying is talking to God, meditating is simply listening to Him. If you want to do it, the Frenchman Erik Satie composed a master key to do it: his Gymnopédies of 1987. To listen to God. Openhouse.
Two years ago at Tribu we edited a magazine. It was called Alma and it was made by all of us at the agency, with the particularly valuable support of Aurelia Dobles, how we enjoyed it! In those days we placed it [...]
Let’s see, you who are so educated or so cultured, what does calamitad mean? Disimolar? Cataputa? Cerdeza or Cuarzo? What does culapso or bacilar refer to? At a gathering of friends and family in Mexico City last night, we enjoyed to tears [...]
A few days ago I was asked several questions about the future of advertising. I suppose that after more than 30 years in it, the journalist had a reasonably good basis for assuming that I would respond with arguments and insight from [...]
When it comes to musical talent, Costa Rica is an exciting scene of revelations. Its geography of just a few square kilometers, just a little over 51,000 square kilometers of land, bears no relation whatsoever to the quality and quantity of music [...]
