Thirty years of fandom, 39 concerts, and one simple question: "Can I help you?" What started as a random act of marketing kindness turned into a backstage meeting with Lars Ulrich of Metallica in Athens, Greece — and proof that asking questions is almost always worth it.

A robot face-plants to Billie Jean in China, a Waymo drives in circles for hours, and an AI generates fake statistics for a live presentation. Three very public failures with one thing in common — a human had to clean up the mess.

A bot called me. It mispronounced my existence, shushed an invisible person, and still had the audacity to tell me about an exciting "job slash underscore title." This is AI in job hunting in 2026.

While doing an analytics check, I discovered something more shocking than the murder of Helen Kimble - people were finding ChrisCantz.com by searching for Frederick Sykes, the one-armed man from The Fugitive. Here's what I did with that info.

AI can accelerate your best ideas. It can't have them. A brand marketing leader's take on where AI helps, where it doesn't, and why that matters.

Much like the birds and the bees talk with your children, it’s uncomfortable to talk about but you really need a plan BEFORE it happens. I’m talking about what to do if you lose your job.

38 Metallica shows, 20+ years in brand marketing, and one Squarespace blog I couldn't talk myself out of. Welcome to Enter Brandman.