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 […]
When Paula Guevara and Carlos Jimenez were the first Ticos in the Young Lions Competition, in June 2007, I participated as well. Here is the picture to prove it. Yes, the chicken is me, and what fun we had, because they needed [...]
On Monday, June 22, 2009, in “A Fuego Lento” we published a spectacular news, because Maia Livov and Jennifer Caldwell had won a very important Silver medal, participating in Cannes Young Lions Competition. Since we achieved the representation of Cannes for the [...]
I lived ten years of my life as a publicist at McCann-Erickson, one of which was in San Pedro Sula and almost five in Mexico City. Then I returned to Costa Rica and founded Consumer, the name Tribu had for its first [...]
If you are 28 years old or younger for next June, you are a creative, designer, planner or digital designer, and you are fluent in English, you have an opportunity you can’t miss. For everyone in Costa Rica, the Community and La [...]
Today I came across a fun Facebook post from our agency in Guatemala, the taier / Tribu DDB that has to be shared. And it goes like this: Anthropologists have recorded several tribes in which shamans happened to become a sort of [...]
Bronnie Ware has written a book inspired by her experiences among terminally ill patients. “The Top Five Regrets of Those Who Die” is the title of the publication I just ordered. While it reaches me, I transcribe into Spanish the summary that [...]
The remarkable and competent government authorities have reported that the new country brand, Esencial Costa Rica, was achieved with a process that began in 2008 and whose cost amounted to $650,000 dollars. Therefore, the first thing I must say is that by [...]
The creative advertising world applauded “ The Most Popular Song” at Cannes 2012, awarding it Lions and a Grand Prix. Because a simple idea can be powerful enough to influence a country, make a difference and contribute to making it a better [...]
A few days ago I published a note that claims that creativity that wins at festivals is 7 times more effective, according to the Gunn Report. That is to say, advertising creative awards, such as Cannes, Ojo, Volcán or Pregonero, nowadays have [...]
First of all, I remind you of Zanders’ rule #6: don’t take yourself too seriously. Then, the question always jumps to a simple “and what are the first 5 rules?”. The answer then is to be expected: they don’t exist and it [...]
Every day, advertising influences the world intensely, profusely and repeatedly with creative ideas to change the world. The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation know this, and have teamed up to promote the use of creativity [...]
If you are not, let’s assume that you are among the general public, and not a puclicist, advertiser or any media or digital media. So, with everyone leveled up as busy people going about their happy lives, is there anyone out there [...]
