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The Anatomy of Trust

If you watch broadcast TV, I am sure you are happy the election is over and all we have to watch now are pharmaceutical and Christmas commercials. One of the interesting things I heard in post-election analysis was that a billion dollars was spent on TV ads. At the same time, the most decisive information…

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3 Ways I Like to Use Artificial Intelligence

I have a problem. “Hi… my name is Brian… and I am addicted to tabs.” I normally have four Chrome browser windows open with 20 to 30 tabs open in each—that's over 100 tabs. Granted, it's my main window and three clients' project work windows open, but I use all four windows all day long.…

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Superman vs The Boogeyman

I was listening to an interview about energy. One of the little-known facts about AI is that it requires power… Lots of POWER! A single query in a generative AI model may use as much energy as turning on a lightbulb for one hour. Generating two images with AI could use as much energy as…

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What's Old Is New

A Little Perspective I have been in marketing for almost 50 years. In my day, we walked to school uphill in the snow, even in the summer. On the way, we delivered newspapers while listening to our portable radios and reading every billboard along the road. It's no joke that I have seen and experienced…

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FACT: Two Things Could Be True At Once

I truly believe the greatest philosopher of our times was a New York Yankee Baseball player named Yogi Berra “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” – Yogi Berra OK… maybe he is not the greatest philosopher of our times, but he's not wrong (and he is funny). When you come…

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Why?

I want to do something a little different today. I want to share with you my why.  If you can figure out your why, I believe you are halfway to success. Simon Sinek tells us to start with why. But I believe that why is not all-encompassing and as simple as finding one why on…

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