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ETL 51: Alan Alper, Manie Bahl and Bob Buday on the ‘Outthinking the Competition’ Study

The three authors discuss the most interesting findings of their new study on thought leadership in the $1.7 trillion global IT services industry. In late 2024, Alan Alper, Manie Bahl and Bob Buday began working on an extensive study of thought leadership practices in an industry they know well: IT services. These firms, which range […]

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ETL 50: Scott Anthony on ‘Epic Disruptions’ and the Thought Leadership Profession

The author discusses history’s biggest disruptions, the impact of AI, and new ways to help clients be seen as visionaries. Steve Jobs, the McDonalds brothers, and Henry Ford changed the world through innovations that disrupted industries and ways of living. But how does disruption actually work for innovations of such great magnitude? ​With AI and

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Welcome to ETL’s ‘The Huddle’

Get 10 minutes of proven-to-work advice, in an informative and irreverent format! First up: a connoisseur’s approach to great content. Hey all you loyal viewers and listeners of our “Everything Thought Leadership” video + podcast series: We have something new for you! To complement our ETL interviews with top thought leaders and thought leadership professionals,

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ETL 49: Virtusa’s Euan Davis on Thought Leadership in Tech Services

Davis, VP of Growth Markets at Virtusa, talks about how thought leadership has become a necessity and a game-changer. As markets evolve at incredible speed and AI disrupts entire industries, tech services companies are facing unprecedented demands from their clients — who want to know how things are changing, how technology could be used, and

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ETL 48: Brent Adamson and Karl Schmidt on How Framemaking Changes Selling

“The Framemaking Sale” authors explain how to build the ultimate trust with clients: by instilling more confidence in their buying decisions. It’s harder than ever to convince customers to buy your products and services. Thanks both to generative AI and to the explosion of thought leadership content, the marketplace is crowded with often helpful insights

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