The size of the audience changes more than thenumber of people in the room.
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The Room Is Talking Too
I’ve spent much of my working life in rooms full of people. Sometimes it has been one person sitting opposite me. Sometimes 15 people around a table, 500 people at a conference, or tens of thous...
Take away the title. Take away the company.What still belongs to you?Â
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Your Title Is Doing More Work Than You Think
Most professionals do not think they are invisible. They are known by the people who matter inside their world. Their peers respect them. Clients trust them. Their record is stro...
Your name enters the room before you do.What does it bring with it?Â
What Happens When Your Name Comes Up?
Most leaders assume visibility is an advantage. Usually, it is. The more people know your name, see your work and recognise your face, the easier it should be to build authority.
But visibi...
When buyers become more careful, experience alone may not be enough.
The Money Hasn't Disappeared
There is a phrase I keep hearing at the moment: “People aren’t spending.” They are. They’re just becoming much more careful about who gets the money.
When people feel less confident about the econom...
That isn't the problem.
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What Expertise Really Means
A few days ago, I was reading a Forbes article about the skills communication professionals will need as AI becomes part of everyday work. There were eighteen of them including curiosity, critical thinking, adaptability, strategic clarity, re...
The answer may determine the future value of your expertise.
When The Room Realised This Wasn't Really About AI
At our latest Thought Leaders Breakfast Club, I asked the room a simple question:Â
"If AI took over your role, what would you do?"
Around the table were leaders from recruitment, hospi...
The people who know your work may already trusted your expertise. But if your reputation has left no public trail,AI may never now enough to consider you.Â
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When Expertise Leaves No Trail
At a recent business event, I spoke with an experienced professional who wanted to become better known as a...
AI can generate almost anything. The question is whether it'sslowly erasing what makes you... you.
Have You Become Harder To Recognise?
This week, in our WhatsApp community, Thought Leaders Living Room, one of our daily questions was deceptively simple.
"What's one business skill you believe wi...
The answer may not be what's easy for you.It may be what made it easy for you.
The Conversation Took An Unexpected Turn
At our last Breakfast Club, we started with one simple word.
Power.Â
As expected, everyone around the table had a differnt definiton. Some saw it as influence. Others spoke abo...
The people who become trusted voices don't just report what's happening. They help others understand what it means.Â
The People We Check With Before We Decide
We've spoken before about the importance of making your thinking visible. Since then, I've noticed something becoming even more obvious.
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The larger your network becomes, the harder it can be to findconversations without agendas.
The Conversation Nobody Expected.
At our recent Thought Leaders Breakfast Club, we arrived with a completely different agenda.Â
The conversation was designed around decisions. The kind that shape careers...
But visibility is becoming cheap. The real asset is whether peoplestill choose you when easier alternatives already exist.Â
The Audience Followed Her
On 30 May 2025, Taylor Swift regained ownership of the master recordings from her first six albumbs after a six-year public battle over control of...
