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Read MoreSuper Bowl or Project Failure: Rarely Comes Down to One Play
We all knew the second-guessing and armchair quarterbacking would start as soon as that final interception in the Super Bowl? Why do you throw a pass from the 1-yard line when you have over 20 seconds, a timeout, and the most relentless “Beast Mode” running back in the league? But here is my synopsis: whether it is the Super Bowl or Project Failure, it rarely comes down to just one...
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Read MoreLessons from Australian Open 2015: Do You Believe You Will Succeed?
With my beloved Denver Broncos not in the Super Bowl, as well as my childhood team the Dallas Cowboys, I have turned my attention to other sports. Actually, I look forward to watching the Australian Open – as well as the other tennis Grand Slams – every year. As usual, no US men got past the 4th round at the Australian Open (4 years in a row now). If you share in my frustration with this...
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Read More4 Ways Social Listening is Like the Dallas Cowboys Offensive Line
If you are a frequent reader of my blog posts, you know that I am an avid Denver Broncos fan. However, the Dallas Cowboys were the team I followed throughout childhood. This blog frequently uses both teams’ actions to teach lessons, and it even features one head-to-head post comparing the Denver Broncos’ discipline to the Dallas Cowboys’ sloppiness. Yeah, I may be a Broncos fan –...
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Read MoreGoing Ultra-Conservative Can Cost You the Game – In NFL and Business
I watched a maddening game this weekend as the Seattle Seahawks edged out my Denver Broncos. Since I’ve lived in both cities, I will hear plenty from my Seattle friends about how awesome and unstoppable the Seahawks are. They are an excellent team, with an incredible home-field advantage (19-1 in last 20 home games), but the Denver Broncos approach of “going ultra-conservative” probably...
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Read MoreLeverage Social Listening for Brand Adaptation vs Losing Identity
As I was growing up, I wanted to eventually own a Jeep, a sports car, and a motorcycle. When I moved to Denver, I bought a Jeep. When my oldest daughter had to take a car to college, we gave her my Jeep – and my INCREDIBLE wife said “why don’t you get a sports car”. So I got a Camaro. And when my youngest daughter came back from college, and we were going to be short one car, I...
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Read More12 Most Wizardly “W” Traits of Great Leaders
“More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.” ~ James Thomson, Scottish Poet. Let’s get Wack with some “W” Traits of Great Leaders as we wrap up this 12 Most ABCs of Leadership series. In fact, I might go the “zipper route” and do a single XYZ post for the climatic conclusion. Thanks to all the readers who have stuck around and even...
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Read MoreSocial Listening and Flawed Sentiment Analysis – Don’t Throw Baby Out With Bathwater
It has been over a month since my last blog post! The ProKarma acquisition of Mantis generated great opportunities for me to share our combined story to a combined client base. I’ve also done several client presentations for topics ranging from social listening and analytics with Pulse Analytics, to corporate Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Governance strategy. I attended SapphireNOW in June, and...
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Read MoreFat Bob and Social Media – First Ride
Did I mention the time that I had to send my oldest daughter to college with my Jeep Liberty, and my wife said “why don’t you get a sports car?” Well, my youngest daughter is coming back from college, and she will want her car back – so my wife will start driving my Camaro, and I was FORCED to purchase…a Harley Davidson Fat Bob motorcycle. Alas, the sacrifices I must make for...
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12 Most Victorious Great Leader Virtues
“He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.” ~ Sun Tsu. Here are my Vickery picks for Victorious Great Leader Virtues. You gotta love a leadership post that starts with a Sun Tsu...
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Belated Big Reveal – Mantis a ProKarma Company
Is it still a big reveal when you are over a week late?!? After months of due diligence, Mantis leadership decided there was great benefit to becoming Mantis a ProKarma Company! You can read a copy of the official...
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I am digressing from my normal 12 Most post...
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Content Marketing is NOT Perfect Pitch with a Bullhorn
You can find me in church services on most Sunday mornings, and the music is...
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“Too many leaders act as if the sheep… their people… are there for the...
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5 Branding Lessons from a Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl Win
It is with a heavy heart that I AGAIN end an NFL season lamenting a Denver...
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Super Bowl Stories, Smack Talk and Brand Affinity
No, this is not another post critiquing Richard Sherman’s social skills....
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I love my Vickery Girls - and now grandsons! I am blessed in that I also love my job as a VP of Enterprise Solutions for ProKarma. I appreciate the convergence of big data and data visualization in our Pulse Analytics social listening and analytics platform as well as our core software / mobile app development, business intelligence, and test automation services. I enjoy teaching and coaching, watching football and basketball, and playing tennis. I graduated UT-Austin. Follow ProKarma
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