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...
The market does not reward value perfectly.It rewards recognised credibility.Â
The Expertise Trap
One of the biggest misunderstandings in business is believing the market rewards value fairly.
It doesn't.
The market rewards what it can recognise quickly, trust easily, and explain confidently to ...
Most people think they're undervalued because of the market. Often, the market is responding to the signals they've repeated for years.
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It Starts Small
Most people do not realise they are undervalued at first. It rarely happens through one big mistake. More often, it begins through small mome...
Being known used to be enough. Visibility created opportunity, and attention was often mistaken for value. If people recognise your name, you were seen as credible, and access followed.
That relationship has weakened. Not because visibility has lost it's power, but because it is now easy to crea...
Agreement feels like progress. It just doesn't change anything.
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When everything sounds right
There is a point most leaders reach where everything they say makes sense.
It's clear. It's reasonable. It fits.
People nod. The conversation moves forward without friction. There is no resistance, no ...
