Author: Brad Heidemann
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Coming to the End of a Great Year
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re doing something.” – Neil Gaiman Dear Tahzoo Family, As we approach the end of this…
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Contributing to Our Success
“Your actions speak so loud, I can hardly hear what you’re saying.” – Dr. Don Williams In a healthy company, everyone knows how they contribute to the mission and success of the company. I had many different jobs while I worked at Nordstrom at one point in time I was a phone switchboard operator, I managed all…
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Happy Thanksgiving
“Give thanks for each new morning with its light: for rest and shelter of the night, for health and food, for heal and food, for love and friends, and for everything thy goodness sends.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Well, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It’s often said that gratefulness is the secret to happiness. I find that…
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Happy Thanksgiving
Well, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It’s often said that gratefulness is the secret to happiness. I find that if I can spend a few minutes at the end of the day contemplating what I am thankful for, somehow going to sleep is just a little easier. Even if just for a day, Thanksgiving is…
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Intelligent Content Transforms Customer Experiences
“The more you read, the better you’re going to become as a storyteller.” – Stan Lee Hi Everyone, As I mentioned in my Desk of Brad last week, we had a very successful SDL Connect event. During my speech, I spoke about the impact of technology on society and the natural evolution we’ve all experienced as…
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Updates from SDL
“Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country’s cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field and serves, as he best can, the same cause.” – Abraham Lincoln I just spent the last three days meeting with SDL leadership and customers at their annual Connect…
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What We Can Learn About Content From Fidel Castro
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement” – Helen Keller Next week, I will be Keynoting the SDL Connect conference in Santa Clara. I will be speaking about Language as the third pillar of data required to create and deliver personalized customer experiences. We are expecting a large audience with representation from many Fortune…
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Content is the Missing Third Data Source
“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” – Robin Williams Hopefully, all of you have a fond memory of an English teacher who taught you the joy of great literature. For me, it was Mrs. Moore. She asked us to read Paradise Lost by Milton, it was and still…
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The Tahzoo Difference in Data Services
“Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.” – Charles Bukowski You can barely go a day in the news cycle and not hear a story about Data. For the past 5 or 6 years, we have been pursuing the integration of data into our service offering. Not just…
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Smart and Happy People: Knowing How You Contribute to the Mission of the Company
“None of us is as smart as all of us.” – Ken Blanchard With the continuous Innovation, Measurement, and the Orchestration and the consistency that follows, this provides each of you the time to continuously investigate the way of working, finding “The Best Way”. When you spend your time exploring the possibilities for improvement, you will…