Guess What? AI Has Got a Fever, and the Only Prescription is More Conjunctions.
That’s right. baby. It’s a disease and I call it conjunctionitis. You know [...]
Why Your First AI Prompt Should Never be Your Final Output
[aka, Why falling in love with the first person you [...]
The UP Side of Securing Sole-Source Awards Without Contract Bidding
I must admit that I kind of love how clever [...]
A New Era of Manufacturing Demands a New Approach to Marketing
According to the Association for Technology & Manufacturing, nearly 60% [...]
The Problem with AI is Us.
There, I said it. AI has proven to be an [...]
If You Think Government Employees are Not Active on Social… Think Again.
We hear a lot from the private sector that marketing [...]
AI is a Lot of Things, But Intelligent is Not One of Them.
After listening to the highlights of Mo Gawdat on Spotify’s Diary of a CEO (which Gawdat never was), I wondered if I was being punked. Kind of like getting an Instagram update that the Cleveland Browns had signed Colin Kaepernick as their sixth (or seventh?) QB this year.
ATTENTION GOVERNMENT CONTRACT BIDDERS: The Federal Government is Actually Spending More in 2025 Than It Did Last Year
According to USAspending.gov, Federal spending for all budget functions is higher January through June 2025 ($7.5 trillion) than during the same period in 2024 ($7.0 trillion). Sure, it is only a difference of $500 billion, or $2.76 billion per day (based on 181 days), but that kind of counts as more spending.
Note to Government Marketers: Get Your SH&T Together
If the ground beneath your feet feels unstable and the wind beneath your wings seems to have died down, welcome to the new world. You know that old saying: When the going gets tough, the tough get going? I think that’s wrong, because if you are not already going, then you are all but gone.
The Day the Earth Stood Still… or Just Another Thursday in 2025.
Whether you are a government agency trying to get work done (efficiently and effectively… DOGE-style) or a private business attempting to engage with a government department, 2025 may be feeling like the year of the sloth. On virtually every level, it appears that little to nothing is moving forward.
