Social Networks and Human Nature

Social Networks and Human Nature

A controversial memo written by Facebook executive Andrew Bosworth memo – admittedly written to provoke a response – revealed the extent to which Facebook’s leadership understood the social risks inherent in the platform. “We connect people. Period. That’s why...
Announcing Brain+Trust Insights

Announcing Brain+Trust Insights

Like any startup, Brain+Trust Partners has pivoted its course several times as we capitalize on new opportunities to grow. And, today we’ve reached another high water mark, like few our company has ever experienced. Brain+Trust Partners is proud and excited to welcome...
When Media Attack

When Media Attack

  Note: this commentary originally appeared as an episode of The Full Monty show. You can listen to it here: So much about the political and media cycle in 2016 has been unusual, uncommon, or unprecedented. If anyone thought this pattern would end once the...
Cybersecurity and the CMO

Cybersecurity and the CMO

(Photo credit: Yuri Samoilov via Flickr Creative Commons) You might not have realized it, but on October 21, 2016, the role of the CMO — and writ larger, business itself — changed forever. Last Friday’s DDoS attacks on the Dyn Managed DNS infrastructure took out much...