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2026.10.30 writing Hire the People Who Raise Their Hand LinkedIn AI at work
2026.10.27 writing Anthropic's S-1 reads like a playbook for an extraordinary company pulling away from the rest. LinkedIn Agents, AI at work
2026.10.26 study CEOs of PR firms in Washington: Here's a hiring matrix for your next associate. LinkedIn AI at work
2026.10.22 study What actually works on LinkedIn for trade association leadership? LinkedIn Associations
2026.10.20 study AI-Answer Audit: ChatGPT named Shaper Collective first in 4 of 4 'best AI-native PR firms in DC' answers Shaper Collective AI answers, AI at work
2026.10.15 writing At the DC United game last night, a friend told me he’s been loving my LinkedIn posts. LinkedIn Associations
2026.10.14 study Don't listen to what voters say about AI. Watch what they do. LinkedIn Campaigns, Persuasion
2026.10.13 writing Highlights from a running list of 282 phrases no AI of mine is ever allowed to write, along with my response LinkedIn AI at work
2026.10.09 writing The Cure for AI Slop Is 25 Examples and Your Judgment [GUIDE] LinkedIn (Horizon Lines newsletter) AI at work, Agents
2026.10.09 writing 33 agents self-organized to design our highest-pressure proposal to date. LinkedIn Agents, AI at work
2026.10.05 writing Last week, I was asked to compress my 3.85 years of AI knowledge into a 17 slide deck for a high-stakes briefing. LinkedIn AI at work
2026.09.29 writing Generative Media is Still Finding its Format The Influence Model Persuasion
2026.09.17 writing Who Profits from the End of the World? The Influence Model Washington
2026.09.17 writing At the risk of ruffling some feathers in the AI world, here’s my take on the AI safety debate LinkedIn Washington
2026.09.14 build Data center debate explorer Policy Frameworks / LinkedIn Data centers, Agents
2026.09.08 venture Open Community Benefits Agreement Policy Frameworks Data centers, Agents
2026.09.02 study Siting a data center? Clear commitments move support ~5x more than a better message alone. LinkedIn Data centers, Persuasion
2026.08.31 writing The Backyard Problem The Influence Model Data centers, Campaigns
2026.08.31 writing Data center developers worry that engaging a community too early could spark opposition. LinkedIn Data centers
2026.08.24 study My AI wrote slop for a week straight, so I audited every single session to find out why. LinkedIn AI at work, Agents
2026.08.21 writing What do you say when a governor makes your industry the face of greed? LinkedIn Data centers, Agents
2026.08.20 writing 20 unconventional and outlandish ideas for data center developers. LinkedIn Data centers, Campaigns
2026.08.19 study The Association CEO Voice Gap: How Often Trade Association CEOs Post on LinkedIn Shaper Collective Associations, Washington
2026.08.17 writing We were banned from Claude without explanation. LinkedIn Agents, AI at work
2026.08.03 study Can AI see K Street? LinkedIn AI answers, Associations, Washington
2026.07.29 writing Proof of Person The Influence Model AI answers, Agents
2026.07.20 writing Who's Texting You? The Influence Model Campaigns, Persuasion
2026.07.10 writing So, Who Do I Vote For? The Influence Model AI answers, Campaigns
2026.07.08 study How AI Chatbots Answer the Data Center Siting Fight Shaper Collective Data centers, AI answers
2026.06.29 writing Kevin O'Leary's video defending his data center got 11,000 views. LinkedIn Data centers, Persuasion
2026.06.19 writing Never walk into a room blind. LinkedIn Associations, Persuasion
2026.06.16 writing "Our issue is too niche to break through." LinkedIn Persuasion, Campaigns
2026.06.08 writing Lean In or Lawyer Up The Influence Model Campaigns, Persuasion
2026.05.27 writing The Spencer Pratt Cinematic Universe The Influence Model Campaigns, Persuasion
2026.05 talk SGAC panel, Savannah State Government Affairs Council Associations, Persuasion, Washington
2026.03 campaign A Campaign Run by Agents Shaper Collective Campaigns, Agents
2026.03.02 writing The Meme Machine The Influence Model Persuasion
2026.02.13 writing The Slow Takeoff The Influence Model Agents, Persuasion
2026.02.04 writing Influence the Agent, Influence the Human The Influence Model Agents, AI answers
2026.02.04 writing AI SEO is like lobbying a congressman by slipping notes under his door. LinkedIn AI answers, Washington
2026.01.29 writing Gravity Wells The Influence Model Persuasion
2026.01.20 writing ChatGPT Gets Ads. Washington Gets a New Channel. The Influence Model AI answers, Campaigns
2026.01.12 writing The Changing Power Laws of Attention The Influence Model Persuasion
2026.01.05 writing The Quiet Arrival of the General Agent The Influence Model Agents
2025.12.15 writing Light the Right Fires The Influence Model Persuasion, Campaigns
2025.12.05 writing Dialogue at Scale Beats TV Ads. Now What? The Influence Model Persuasion, Campaigns
2025.12.01 writing The AI Policy Vacuum The Influence Model Washington
2025.11.24 writing The Chipmunk Problem The Influence Model Washington, Agents
2025.11.17 writing Move Faster or Go Unheard The Influence Model Campaigns, Persuasion
2025.11 venture Shaper Collective Shaper Collective AI at work, Agents, Campaigns
2025.11.10 writing How Many Wheels on a Big Rig? The Influence Model Persuasion
2025.10.31 writing After the Bottleneck Disappears The Influence Model Washington, Agents
2025.10.24 writing Trump's AI Gambit Broke the Taboo. What Comes Next? The Influence Model Campaigns, Persuasion
2025.10.17 writing Forecasting AI's First Real Election The Influence Model Campaigns
2025.10.10 writing The End of Government Relations Toil The Influence Model Washington, Agents
2025.10.03 writing Your Face Isn't Yours Anymore The Influence Model Persuasion, AI answers
2025.09.26 writing The Congressional Inbox Crisis The Influence Model Washington, Agents
2025.09.26 writing It's an arms race for congressional attention. LinkedIn Washington, Agents
2025.09.19 writing Rounding Errors and the Stories We Tell The Influence Model AI at work, Campaigns
2025.09 venture The Influence Model Substack Campaigns, Washington
2025.09.12 writing The Influence Model, issue two The Influence Model Agents, Persuasion
2025.09.05 writing The Influence Model, issue one The Influence Model Persuasion, Campaigns
2024.09 role Rational 360 Rational 360 Washington, AI at work
2024.09 venture Maccabee.ai Maccabee.ai Campus, Agents
2024.05 campaign Meeting the Chancellor (UW-Madison) UW-Madison Campus, Campaigns
2024.05.13 press At UW-Madison, trying and failing to talk about Israel The Forward Campus, Campaigns
2024.05.10 press The Anatomy of a University's Encampment Negotiation The Chronicle of Higher Education Campus, Campaigns
2024.05.10 press Demands grow around pro-Palestinian encampment at UW-Madison The Cap Times Campus, Campaigns
2024.05.03 press UW-Madison students, staff react to Gaza protests on campus PBS Wisconsin, Here & Now Campus, Campaigns
2024.05.02 press Ben Newman on antisemitism and Gaza protests at UW-Madison PBS Wisconsin, Here & Now Campus, Campaigns
2023.06 role AdaptIgnite AdaptIgnite AI at work
2022.11 role An early look at generative AI AI at work