By Kam Hodge
January 15, 2026
Case Study
When I worked with TRS, I remember thinking: this isn’t broken because people don’t care — it’s broken because everything is competing at once. TRS...
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By umberonyx
January 12, 2026
Blog
Once communication breakdowns are correctly identified as design problems, the next question becomes more useful than who is responsible. The better question is: What does...
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By umberonyx
January 9, 2026
Blog
When communication fails inside organizations, the first instinct is often to look for an individual cause. Someone didn’t explain something clearly. Someone missed a step....
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By umberonyx
January 6, 2026
Blog
Communication is often treated as a single skill—something people either have or don’t. In practice, communication functions more like a system. It is shaped by...
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By Kam Hodge
January 3, 2026
Blog
I built Umber + Onyx because I saw a gap in how communication is understood—and how access to this work is controlled. The idea first...
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By umberonyx
December 31, 2025
News Article
2025 made something impossible to ignore: strategic communications is no longer a “stable” profession in the United States. It is a pressure-tested one. The mass...
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