Carl Smith
@carlwsmith.bsky.social
I ❤️ The Bureau—where leaders and their teams find connection, growth, and friendship.
Recovering agency owner, zero successful exits, advocate for humanity in leadership.
Recovering agency owner, zero successful exits, advocate for humanity in leadership.
A new edition of the Built To Change newsletter (my personal playground) is out. I’m tackling how leadership changes in the intelligence age. Please give it a look if you’re into the whole being a good leader thing. 😘
Leadership in the Intelligence Age
What Sticks, What Stretches, What Slips, and What Stops The Intelligence Age has arrived quietly. AI slipped into our tools, our workflows, and our meetings before most leaders had time to decide how ...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A new edition of the Built To Change newsletter (my personal playground) is out. I’m tackling how leadership changes in the intelligence age. Please give it a look if you’re into the whole being a good leader thing. 😘
I mentioned there “might" be giveaways at Bureau Demo Day. Yesterday I got an email asking, so what’s the deal? Well… 🤷♂️
Why not? Let’s have some fun!
This afternoon, we'll give away tickets to the Ops Week & Bureaverse Regional Meetups!
Attend to win: community.bureauofdigital.com/the-bureau-d...
Why not? Let’s have some fun!
This afternoon, we'll give away tickets to the Ops Week & Bureaverse Regional Meetups!
Attend to win: community.bureauofdigital.com/the-bureau-d...
December 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I mentioned there “might" be giveaways at Bureau Demo Day. Yesterday I got an email asking, so what’s the deal? Well… 🤷♂️
Why not? Let’s have some fun!
This afternoon, we'll give away tickets to the Ops Week & Bureaverse Regional Meetups!
Attend to win: community.bureauofdigital.com/the-bureau-d...
Why not? Let’s have some fun!
This afternoon, we'll give away tickets to the Ops Week & Bureaverse Regional Meetups!
Attend to win: community.bureauofdigital.com/the-bureau-d...
Oh, LinkedIn. You are too much! 😘
December 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Oh, LinkedIn. You are too much! 😘
If time and money didn’t matter, what would you spend the rest of your life doing?
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
If time and money didn’t matter, what would you spend the rest of your life doing?
Come One! Come All! The Bureau Demo Day is almost here. Discover the tools, services and trusted partners that can carry your agency higher in 2026. Best of all, we'll be learning together. That is the ❤️ of Demo Day! Oh, and it's free! thebureau.community/the-bureau-d...
The Bureau Demo Day — The Bureau
Discover, Learn, and Save!
Join us for The Bureau Demo Day, where the partners and sponsors who help keep our community thriving will take the virtual stage to showcase tools, platforms, and services...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Come One! Come All! The Bureau Demo Day is almost here. Discover the tools, services and trusted partners that can carry your agency higher in 2026. Best of all, we'll be learning together. That is the ❤️ of Demo Day! Oh, and it's free! thebureau.community/the-bureau-d...
Would AI ever have created Jethro Tull? I’m thinkin not.
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Would AI ever have created Jethro Tull? I’m thinkin not.
Join us as our official AI partner E2M shares the latest insights & tactics for showing up in AI Search. They'll show a process to offer AI Search Optimization confidently, including how to structure deliverables and increase your MRR.
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AI Search Optimization: What’s Working Now—And How to Sell It — The Bureau
Search is evolving faster than ever as AI Overviews, chatbots, and LLM-powered answers take center stage. What does this mean for visibility, traffic, and SEO? In this webinar, Vishal dives deep into ...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Join us as our official AI partner E2M shares the latest insights & tactics for showing up in AI Search. They'll show a process to offer AI Search Optimization confidently, including how to structure deliverables and increase your MRR.
thebureau.community/ai-search-op...
thebureau.community/ai-search-op...
Authenticity gets harder as things grow. I want a message from The Bureau to feel human, but more people = more chances that something feels a little off. I used to think manually writing every message was the most authentic. Turns out silence and irrelevant content are less kind than structure. 🤷
doctor strange is holding a green object in his hand
ALT: doctor strange is holding a green object in his hand
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November 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Authenticity gets harder as things grow. I want a message from The Bureau to feel human, but more people = more chances that something feels a little off. I used to think manually writing every message was the most authentic. Turns out silence and irrelevant content are less kind than structure. 🤷
I just found out I am fucktose intolerant.
June 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I just found out I am fucktose intolerant.
My love language is sarcasm.
April 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
My love language is sarcasm.
What happens when the person who takes care of everybody gets tired of taking care of everybody?
March 31, 2025 at 12:17 AM
What happens when the person who takes care of everybody gets tired of taking care of everybody?
Greed is one hell of a drug.
March 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Greed is one hell of a drug.
a reminder that Dan Akroyd was in the We Are the World video.
March 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
a reminder that Dan Akroyd was in the We Are the World video.
The reason we’re in this situation is education is failing our country. People in America obviously don’t understand reality.
It makes sense why MAGA would want to hurt education if they benefited from the folks who don’t understand.
Or maybe I’m the one who doesn’t understand?
It makes sense why MAGA would want to hurt education if they benefited from the folks who don’t understand.
Or maybe I’m the one who doesn’t understand?
March 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The reason we’re in this situation is education is failing our country. People in America obviously don’t understand reality.
It makes sense why MAGA would want to hurt education if they benefited from the folks who don’t understand.
Or maybe I’m the one who doesn’t understand?
It makes sense why MAGA would want to hurt education if they benefited from the folks who don’t understand.
Or maybe I’m the one who doesn’t understand?
Think. It’s not illegal, yet.
February 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Think. It’s not illegal, yet.
Sometimes I give myself the creeps. Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me.
February 21, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Sometimes I give myself the creeps. Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me.
Universal truth: the book was better. Read books.
February 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Universal truth: the book was better. Read books.
Sometimes, it's ok to make it about you. Sometimes, it is about you.
February 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Sometimes, it's ok to make it about you. Sometimes, it is about you.
"Policy shits" is a typo I'm keeping.
February 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"Policy shits" is a typo I'm keeping.
Remember when people used to read an entire message instead of quickly jumping to conclusions and responding passionately to something that wasn't said?
Yeah, me neither.
Yeah, me neither.
February 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Remember when people used to read an entire message instead of quickly jumping to conclusions and responding passionately to something that wasn't said?
Yeah, me neither.
Yeah, me neither.
I just zapped the PRAM in a dead PowerBook and it came back to life. Ask me anything!
February 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I just zapped the PRAM in a dead PowerBook and it came back to life. Ask me anything!
Agency Mythbusters? Take One
YouTube video by Bureau of Digital
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February 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Somebody just said RFCray, and I can't stop giggling. Reality TV has gotten really good this election. 😢
January 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Somebody just said RFCray, and I can't stop giggling. Reality TV has gotten really good this election. 😢
Looks like the divide-and-conquer plan is going splendidly. Add a dash of misdirection, and the lemmings will jump off the cliff.
January 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Looks like the divide-and-conquer plan is going splendidly. Add a dash of misdirection, and the lemmings will jump off the cliff.