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 […]
We all want success and fame. We want to be admired, respected and even applauded. Right? On a Volcano, in Cannes, Hollywood or in a public square, on stage or at home. Yet, when someone asks: Who has achieved real success, few [...]
Since Volcano hasn’t happened yet, I don’t have much new to tell you. What I can think is that it will be the prelude to a pitched battle next year for several reasons. If we consider this week’s competition, we could expect [...]
“Start at the end and work your way back to the beginning” is Andrew Stanton’s summary of storytelling. With English subtitles, I think you will want to apply his ideas every time you are going to speak in public, give a presentation, [...]
The COMUNIDAD de Empresas de Comunicación Comercial de Costa Rica presents the Pellizco y su Volcán. It is the local championship of advertising and commercial creativity, as the first Central American stage in the direction of the world. For sure we will [...]
Every fool with his or her own theme. I neither judge nor criticize, but applaud the important thing that is important to each one. It is not a question of more or less, nor if it is or not. What is important [...]
It’s 5:22 in the morning. I came to the kitchen hungry, thinking about putting some energy into my body before my workout. At 6:00 AM I go for 30 minutes of jogging and then 60 more in the gym with weights. The [...]
Alita came to Consumer one day for an emergency. We had thrown out several campaigns, we were about two weeks behind in the presentation of the campaign to Banex, and we were out of time. The trash can was full of ideas [...]
My compadre and mega bati ultra super super super super talented Pana, made for Consumer the first designs. In fact, as a freelance, they were for Cofala’s line of antitussives. Ex-partner of McCann, when Consumer started we rented together a loft near [...]
When Kevin came to Tribu last July, if I am not mistaken, it broke a paradigm of many years, because it is assumed that our countries are not big enough, that our agencies are only affiliates, and that the agendas of global [...]
The 10 hottest years in recorded history have occurred in the last 15 years. CO2 levels are estimated to be the highest in at least 650,000 years. From El País, the following summary of the declaration in Paris regarding the climate crisis [...]
This is one of those ideas that managed to get on the air, boost the brand and achieve leadership in several markets in the region, thanks to the determination and guts of one person: Enrique Boccaletti, who as head of SmithKline Beecham [...]
