Following Sarah’s assertion on a recent episode that “if everyone says they’re a thought leader, then no one is”, James, Nic and Sarah discuss “thought leadership”. Is it a hollow marketing term? Or are the people who claim to be thought leaders actually changing their industry — and the world?
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Here are some key take-outs:
- A thought leader is someone who really is bringing new thinking to an established field. As Sarah says, they’re really changing the way you think. It’s something disruptive. In that sense, a thought leader is different to being an expert — which is a great thing to be in its own right.
- Nic reckons being a “thought leader” is an honour bestowed by other people. You can’t just claim to be one.
- If you’re outsourcing your thought leadership content, then you’re not a thought leader.
- If you want to change the way people think, you have to lead the argument.
Here are the links you might need
- This is Bernard Salt.
- This is Robert Rose.
- And here’s Simon Sinek.
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- Nic recommended the service gotomeeting.
- Sarah recommended mockflow.
- James recommended Mark Lebusque’s book Being Human.
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