Carl Smith

“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” - Angela Y. Davis

Hey everyone! It’s time for the third installment of AI Fact or Fiction with the one and only Khushbu from @E2MSolutions! Win a free ticket to Vistara! More info here: linkedin.com/posts/carl-w-s…

Smile and say hello to people who don’t look like you. Especially if you look like me. It matters more than ever.

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. 😘 linkedin.com/pulse/leadersh…

I mentioned there “might" be giveaways at Bureau Demo Day. Yesterday I got an email asking, what’s the deal? Well… 🤷‍♂️ 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-dem…

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-dem…

Our official AI partner @E2MSolutions 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-opti…

Authenticity gets harder as audiences grow. I want every message from @bureauofdigital to feel human. But more people mean more needs and more chances, something feels a little off. So I am leaning into segmentation as a way to respect their time and attention. God help me! 😅

I'm writing over on LinkedIn these days. You can check out my latest article: KPIs, Mutual Accountability, and Why Everyone’s Job is Getting a Little More Interesting here: linkedin.com/pulse/kpis-mut… via @LinkedIn See ya!

Can agencies scale? Is it possible or just a myth?youtube.com/watch?v=Oft1pw…

Is it possible for an agency to scale? Let's bust a myth! Or... youtu.be/Oft1pwFmRVg

If ya want me, I'm hanging out over here these days: bsky.app/profile/carlws…

Had these newish @hoka Clifton’s poke a hole in my foot with this wire that came loose. Customer support was sending me down a rabbit hole of filling out forms and waiting for weeks so I’m looking for new shoes. Any suggestions? Saucony? Brooks?

@Renmakesmusic I wish I had a story of hope for you. But I can tell you what a force of nature and hope you’ve been for me. I was on the edge of checking out and your music and story made me realize there is a reason to be here. Thank you, Ren. I’m not religious, but I’ll pray for you.

I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians. I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor. My time as Governor taught me to love policy and ignore politics. I’m proud of the work I did to help clean up our air, create jobs, balance the budget, make the biggest infrastructure investment in state history, and take power from the politicians and give it back to the people when it comes to our redistricting process and our primaries in California. That’s policy. It requires working with the other side, not insulting them to win your next election, and I know it isn’t sexy to most people, but I love it when I can help make people’s lives better with policies, like I still do through my institute at USC, where we fight for clean air and stripping the power from the politicians who rig the system against the people. Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime. It is probably not a surprise that I hate politics more than ever, which, if you are a normal person who isn’t addicted to this crap, you probably understand. I want to tune out. But I can’t. Because rejecting the results of an election is as un-American as it gets. To someone like me who talks to people all over the world and still knows America is the shining city on a hill, calling America is a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me furious. And I will always be an American before I am a Republican. That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. I’m sharing it with all of you because I think there are a lot of you who feel like I do. You don’t recognize our country. And you are right to be furious. For decades, we’ve talked about the national debt. For decades, we’ve talked about comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border while fixing our broken immigration system. And Washington does nothing. The problems just keep rolling, and we all keep getting angrier, because the only people that benefit from problems aren’t you, the people. The only people that benefit from this crap are the politicians who prefer having talking points to win elections to the public service that will make Americans’ lives better. It is a just game to them. But it is life for my fellow Americans. We should be pissed! But a candidate who won’t respect your vote unless it is for him, a candidate who will send his followers to storm the Capitol while he watches with a Diet Coke, a candidate who has shown no ability to work to pass any policy besides a tax cut that helped his donors and other rich people like me but helped no one else else, a candidate who thinks Americans who disagree with him are the bigger enemies than China, Russia, or North Korea - that won’t solve our problems. It will just be four more years of bullshit with no results that makes us angrier and angrier, more divided, and more hateful. We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won’t do that. He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we, the people, will get nothing but more anger. That’s enough reason for me to share my vote with all of you. I want to move forward as a country, and even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform, I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz. Vote this week. Turn the page and put this junk behind us. And even if you disagree with me, vote, because that’s what we do as Americans. vote.org

New blog from our friends at Upsourced: When & Why Your Agency Should Turn Down Work! Get tips on balancing cash reserves, target margins, and a smart decision framework. Read here 👉 hubs.ly/Q02WfThF0

I hope I die with a grin on my face.

That’s right, folks. The Bureau’s Demo Day is back this Halloween! And we’re going to check out some cool tools together and see how they can help us. Register to attend: community.bureauofdigital.com/bureau-demo-day Apply to demo: bureauofdigital.typeform.com/BureauDemoDay

The lovely folks who gave me this forever gift was the team Focus Lab. Just when I thought I couldn't love a group more than I do. Special thanks to @ErikReagan and Jessie Gilligan ❤️❤️❤️

Does anyone know who sent me this lovely illustration of my beastie bestie? It was delivered without a card. ❤️