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 […]
Coca-Cola has a lot to say, and therefore, we should all listen. Say no more. It’s here for everyone.
David Droga will soon be in Costa Rica for FID, where we anticipate he will tell his story. One that has everything to do with Cannes. Here is a video in the direction of the most important creative festival in the world.
Last night an important group of the country’s businessmen arrived at Tribu for a meeting with José María Figueres, which resulted in a dynamic typical of what today has come to be called a ” conversatorio”. In this private, though not secret, [...]
I think we came to have the longest name among advertising agencies in the world: Consumer Exceptional Nazca Saatchi Saatchi. Those were important years in the construction of the DDB Tribe of today, because everything has its history and what has been [...]
When you add up the years, you add up the experiences, Chivísima! They say that old dogs don’t learn new tricks, which is why I won’t stop taking notes, living, listening, learning and growing. The key ingredient is some humility, knowing that [...]
Strength and honor. The story of a general who became a slave. The story of a slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who challenged the emperor. It can be your story and it can be ours. I don’t doubt it for [...]
When I typed this question into Google, a whopping 241 million results came up. “Holy shit!” I thought to myself. Then, I tweaked my query slightly, swapping the word “world” for “life” and two million more search results were generated. Safe to [...]
My blogging debut was back in 2005 when I first wrote a few lines here, on the Slow Burn blog, named A Fuego Lento in Spanish. Since then, it has certainly lived up to its name; I’ve gone through periods of writing [...]
The Value in Respecting Differences The month of February that is ending has been a personally inspiring experience. On the first of the month, my wife and I took flights from Juan Santamaría airport to Delhi, India. From there, we went on [...]
He began the day’s Keynote by reiterating that we can all transform the world, recalling that a child in Africa with a smartphone today has more information in his hands than the President of the United States 15 years ago. Moore’s Law [...]
Celebrate respect,Celebrating great achievements In your home, your organization, within your company or your team, in your tribe or your club, celebrate everything you want to have repeat itself! With 95 minutes on the clock, Bryan Ruiz made a masterful assist. The [...]
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is as important today for clients as it is for creative, media, PR, digital agencies and more. Whoever has a brand, whoever invests in its image, the perceived value of its product or service, whoever [...]
