Help people achieve *their* impossible. That’s at the heart of thought leadership. And that’s hard work. So, today a story and metaphor. Yesterday, I…
One of these days, I’ll write “The Introvert’s Guide to Thought Leadership” but in the meantime, here’s an excerpt — If you want to…
Thought leadership without a good idea is a lot of busywork without any value or as Shakespeare might say — a lot of activity…
Is your audience listening to your big ideas? Or are they only focused on today’s crises? When you practice thought leadership, there’s always tension…
Asset-based thought leadership sounds fine — but it causes complete chaos within orgs. Everyone focuses on creating “things” instead of reaching audiences and creating…
An organization’s thought leadership is often a surprisingly fragile system. Remove just a few key people — and the whole system can fall to…
I’ve spent part of today thinking about legacy— because the ideas that we advocate will often predict the impact we eventually make in the…
Your smartest insight will be noise to 99% of the people here. And the people who *might* care will only notice your idea when…
How do you measure the impact of your #ThoughtLeadership? I’ll tell you what usually doesn’t work. 👍 # of likes ⬇️ # of downloads 📢…
Leaders: “Our employees should be thought leaders!” Have you heard that? (I certainly have.) An organization’s thought leadership work needs #leadership. Here are five issues…
#ThoughtLeadership w/o trustworthiness = disaster. Brilliant insights are simply not enough. Your team can promote your ideas everywhere. But without #trustworthiness, you’re sunk. So what is…
How do you attract and keep top #talent? I’d suggest #thoughtleadership is an important part of the equation. But many organizations mess it up b/c of fear….