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ETL 32: Abbie Lundberg on the Science of Turning Ideas Into Top-Notch Thinking

The Editor-in-Chief of MIT’s Sloan Management Review talks with Alan Alper about how they select their articles and work with authors, how AI is changing the game, and how to get published. Abbie Lundberg is Editor in Chief of MIT’s Sloan Management Review, one of the top publications on strategic business leadership and management issues. […]

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ETL 19: Geoffrey Moore’s Tech Industry Playbook for Thought Leadership

Disruptive innovation expert and former academic Geoffrey Moore has made a career of rethinking how companies adapt technology: the subject of his magnum opus, “Crossing the Chasm,” which has printed over one million copies worldwide. An advisor for revered firms such as Google, Splunk, Microsoft, and Salesforce, Moore has garnered ample respect and renown for

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ETL 16: Technology and AI Thought Leader Tom Davenport

Tom Davenport is an acclaimed author, writer, speaker, and professor helping businesses embrace major 21st century opportunities in artificial intelligence, analytics, big data, and more. A thought leader whom LinkedIn dubbed as a “Top Ten Voice in Tech” in 2018, Tom has changed the game on how people view the technology space. He coined the

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ETL 14: Deal Architect Vinnie Mirchandani

Vinnie Mirchandani, founder of technology negotiation and strategy firm Deal Architect, is an effective thought leader in the software, offshoring, and outsourcing spaces of tech. The former Gartner analyst and PwC outsourcing executive has played crucial roles helping companies obtain profitable technology contracts, including some worth more than $5 billion. He is a speaker on

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Eight Ingredients for Thought Leadership Success in 2023

You don’t need a crystal ball to see that 2023 is shaping up as a tough year for businesses of all shapes and sizes. The top-of-mind concern, of course, is global recession. If the economy softens, business leaders are likely to cut spending and prioritize investments that boost short-term performance. Sadly, thought leadership budgets will

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