On My Radar: How We’re Using Technology (and How It’s Changing)
This week, I’m reflecting on two articles that made me pause and consider how we’re using technology. What does it mean when we all want to get off social media? What happens when we order every sandwich over an app, and never interact with the person making it? Should AI really write our emails? Would we miss […]
How to Package Your Ideas Like a Gift
“I have so many ideas! But no one else seems to ‘get’ them.” Does this sound familiar? I hear from a lot of people who have BIG ideas, but they haven’t packaged them in a way that someone else can understand them. YOU know you have good ideas. But often, the hard part is communicating those […]
Tell Me the Whole Story
Question for you! Which is more interesting? Here’s version A: Great business is about disciplined people, thought, and action, leading to sustainable, compounding results. Hmm…Okay, sure. And what about version B? Great CEOs are not flashy visionaries. They are quiet, self-effacing, but fiercely determined. Think of Darwin Smith of Kimberly-Clark—he didn’t court attention but made […]
A Mantra for Patience in a Busy World: ‘It’ll Come to Me’
This summer, I’ve been returning to my mantra for patience: “It’ll come to me.” I’ve been reflecting on how slowing down often encourages the best ideas to bubble to the top. When you hit pause, take a beat, sleep on an idea, stop grinding so hard, and prioritize slow reflection over progress, ideas seem to just…arrive. […]
Prove It: Why Experts Are Nervous About Oversimplifying Their Work
A couple of weeks ago, I led a workshop on “strategic storytelling.” I was with a group of very smart people whose job is to go deep on complicated problems. They’re used to building PowerPoint decks full of complex diagrams. Analyzing mountains of data. Getting the whole story and telling the whole story. So I […]
A Summer Challenge: Get in the Way of New Ideas
How do you stay sharp? Last week, my kids ended the school year and brought home packets of math problems and reading prompts to “prevent the summer slide” and stay sharp, lest they devolve into puddles of popsicles and Bluey episodes. As adults, though, we have the opposite problem. Kids default to all fun and no work…but […]
How to Build a Thought Leadership Quotes Page
What are the words that you remember people by? I’m talking about the catchphrases that live on in your head. Certain reminders from the people who loom large in our lives. We remember people by the core ideas they valued and shared. Especially the ideas that bubble up over and over. So…when you think about […]
Try This Storytelling Framework
Do you need a more compelling way to talk about your work? Let’s say you’re talking to a group of colleagues about your latest project. It’s exciting work that you love. But…30 seconds in, you notice people’s eyes start to glaze over. That reaction is a bummer, but it doesn’t mean your work isn’t interesting. […]
Long Live the Idea
EVERYTHING’S CHANGING!!!!!! No matter what field you work in, that statement feels true in 2025. Marketers and business writers are feeling a lot of long-brewing changes really take hold right now. Here’s one significant change: How we share our big ideas. Gotham Ghostwriters recently flagged an article by PR veteran David Meadvin. His can’t-miss headline: The […]
How to Make Your Thought Leadership AI-Proof
AI has entered the chat. ChatGPT is helping us plan vacations, respond to tricky emails, and summarize long meetings. But there’s one little word that’s keeping AI from writing your thought leadership for you: PERSPECTIVE. What is perspective? Perspective” can be defined as a point of view, angle, or slant. Optically, it’s literally the way […]