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  Posted by Brian Vickery on Mar 11, 2015

  Leadership Lesson: Throw Team Under Bus – Get Kicked to Curb

  You may not know it, based upon my TV habits this season, but I am a Denver Nuggets fan. Because I value teamwork over star power, I especially enjoyed how George Karl led the Nuggets to their most wins in a season – without having a bonafide star. George Karl won Coach of the Year that year, but another first round exit – coupled with his desire for a contract extension – resulted in the...

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  Posted by Brian Vickery on Feb 2, 2015

  Super 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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  Posted by Brian Vickery on Jan 29, 2015

  Lessons 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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  Posted by Brian Vickery on Oct 15, 2014

  4 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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  Posted by Brian Vickery on Sep 22, 2014

  Going 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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  Posted by Brian Vickery on Aug 19, 2014

  Leverage 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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  Posted by Brian Vickery on Jul 25, 2014

  12 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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  Posted by Brian Vickery on Jun 25, 2014

  Social 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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Football

Super Bowl or Project Failure: Rarely Comes Down to One Play

Posted by Brian Vickery on 2-2-15

4 Ways Social Listening is Like the Dallas Cowboys Offensive Line

Posted by Brian Vickery on 10-15-14

Going Ultra-Conservative Can Cost You the Game – In NFL and Business

Posted by Brian Vickery on 9-22-14

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Basketball

Leadership Lesson: Throw Team Under Bus – Get Kicked to Curb

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In Basketball and Brand Protection – Gotta Defend To Win

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Business Leaders – Avoid A March Madness Meltdown

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Tennis

Lessons from Australian Open 2015: Do You Believe You Will Succeed?

Posted by Brian Vickery on 1-29-15

Spin Sucks – Unless you are a tennis ball

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US Open Leadership Lesson: Big Serve – Big Forehand – Big Vacation

Posted by Brian Vickery on 9-5-13

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