Thought Leader Life with Jim Cahill (@JimCahill) #038

In this episode of Thought Leader Life, Michael and I hang out with Jim Cahill, head of social media at Emerson Process Management. The discussion focuses on social media strategies adopted by Jim to drive #ThoughtLeadership across a 170,000-strong organization. Jim views #ThoughtLeadership from the customer’s perspective, and defines a #ThoughtLeader as someone who helps […]

Thought Leader Life with Whitney Vosburgh (@brandguru) #037

In this episode of Thought Leader Life, Michael and I hang out with #ThoughtLeader Whitney Vosburgh. As the CEO and co-founder of the company The Brand New Purpose and a degree holder of Master of Science in social change, Whitney has gained recognition in organizational transformation through culture change. For him, a #ThoughtLeader is not […]

Weekly Thought Leadership Activities: 10/13/14-10/24/14

Happy Sunday, everyone! You may have noticed that I did not update the blog with our weekly thought leadership activities last weekend and that’s because not a whole lot went on. We hit a snafu with the Aha Amplifier and were not able to properly load books there for a while, but everything’s fixed now […]

Thought Leader Life with Janet Fouts (@jfouts) #035

In this episode of Thought Leader Life, Michael and I hang out with #ThoughtLeader Janet Fouts. Author of four books and a recognized expert in social media engagement, Janet talks about the right tools and attitude for successful engagement on social media platforms, and shares interesting insights about mindful social business, thoughtful conversations, and more. […]

Thought Leader Life with Stuart Tracte (@stwo) #034

In this episode of Thought Leader Life, Michael and I hang out with #ThoughtLeader Stuart Tracte (@stwo). Stuart hosts the digipolitichat show Beer Diplomacy, and is constantly involved in forward-thinking, cutting-edge social media stories. He leads the group that takes care of digital strategy and communication for Social@Ogilvy, an award-winning company specializing in social business […]

Thought Leader Life with Dorie Clark (@dorieclark) #033

In this episode of Thought Leader Life, Michael and I talk with #ThoughtLeader Dorie Clark. Dorie is a recognized branding expert who has authored two books on personal branding and creating #ThoughtLeadership. For Dorie, #ThoughtLeadership has two critical components: first is being an expert who advances the discourse in his/her profession and who people look […]

Thought Leader Life with Alexandra Watkins (@eatmywords) #032

In this episode of Thought Leader Life, Michael and I hang out with #ThoughtLeader Alexandra Watkins, a recognized expert on business names and the owner and CEO of the company Eat My Words, which I absolutely adore. I would describe Alexandra as someone who really knows what marketing is and who isn’t ashamed or shy […]

Thought Leader Life with Glenn Gow (@CrimsonCEO) #031

In this episode of Thought Leader Life, Michael and I share insights with #ThoughtLeader Glenn Gow, who imparts valuable lessons and knowledge from his position as the CEO of Crimson Marketing for over two decades. Glenn thinks a #ThoughtLeader is someone who believes it is possible to do things that people are not currently doing, […]

Thought Leader Life with Kai Roer (@kairoer) #030

In this episode of Thought Leader Life, Michael and I hang out with #ThoughtLeader Kai Roer. Kai is a sought-after expert in security within organizations, as well as for user awareness. He defines a #ThoughtLeader as someone with thoughts or ideas that people choose to follow, and has a mindset of being creative, going outside […]