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Oct 27, 2026
Jeff GothelfGUEST
I agree.
Jeff GothelfGUEST
I think that the organizations that embrace this, embrace the people and support them, right? Some organizations have these roles like product evangelist or tech evangelist, which is essentially a thought leadership role, right? You go around the world, you write content, you give speeches, you talk to people and you build excitement for the products and services that the company offers.
Jeff GothelfGUEST
But I think that generally speaking, if I give you an example, there's a few folks in my space who are thought leaders and have full-time jobs, right? They're not consultants, they're not trainers, they're not speakers professionally or in a full-time capacity, but they have full-time jobs.
Jeff GothelfGUEST
And to me, what that says is that the organizations that hire these folks have a good sense of how to connect with a... a recruiting audience that is highly valuable, right? So if you've got a smart person who's visible, part of the conversation, and you allow them to do that under the umbrella of your brand, it sharpens the hiring brand.
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Luiz CentHOST
I want to hear your contrary take on this.
Jeff GothelfGUEST
There are two folks, two sort of peers of mine in the product management and product discovery space.
Jeff GothelfGUEST
thought leadership space named Petra Willey and Teresa Torres.
Jeff GothelfGUEST
And they have a podcast together.
Mitch JoelGUEST
And the only way you're going to develop that or push that forward is by having something unique in the sense of something they want to be connected to.
Andrea WojnickiHOST
That was Mitch Joel, author, speaker, podcaster, and yes, thought leader.
Andrea WojnickiHOST
In this episode of the Talk About Talk podcast, you're going to hear my conversation with Mitch Joel, where we focus on AI, personal branding, and thought leadership.
Andrea WojnickiHOST
Three big topics.
Andrea WojnickiHOST
So fasten your seatbelts because Mitch shares some ideas and perspectives that I promise will challenge you and inspire you.
Andrea WojnickiHOST
Again, it's all at talkabouttalk.com.
Andrea WojnickiHOST
Okay, so in this episode, as I said, we focus on three big topics.
Andrea WojnickiHOST
AI, personal branding, and thought leadership.
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Rodney RobinsonHOST
welcome back to leader laboratory i am your friend and host rodney robinson i'm very excited about today's episode we have a guest who's going to help us answer thought leadership what does it look like to think strategically and to go deeper in our decision making and a question i have for you before we get started is what would it look like if you started using a team as you may know i wrote the book building winning teams that came out in may 2026 As I wrote it, I actually was building my own team.
Rodney RobinsonHOST
A lot of times when I'm writing, I'm experiencing the same things that I'm sharing with you.
Rodney RobinsonHOST
And this guest is one of the teammates that I've acquired over the years.
Rodney RobinsonHOST
And then I invited people like you into the process who challenged me.
Rodney RobinsonHOST
And you challenged me more on the next book.
Rodney RobinsonHOST
But we could talk about that a little bit later, I guess, right off the bat, like, you know, When you think about thought leadership, because you're a thinker, right? What does that mean to you? And when did you first realize that developing and communicating ideas was something that you wanted to do?
Jethro IsraelGUEST
Yeah, great question.
Jacquelyn Fletcher JohnsonGUEST
I love designing big conferences.
Jacquelyn Fletcher JohnsonGUEST
So a year ago, I asked myself, what would you do if you started your own conference? And I designed the Gateway Gathering and Pitchfest, which is a conference that's part education and inspiration around thought leadership and building a thought leadership platform.
Jacquelyn Fletcher JohnsonGUEST
Because now we have to do it, whether we're doing it internally at a company or externally at a company more than ever.
Jacquelyn Fletcher JohnsonGUEST
Uh, and I also, so that's part one.
Jacquelyn Fletcher JohnsonGUEST
So I call people trail angels.
Jacquelyn Fletcher JohnsonGUEST
Um, I like that better.
Jacquelyn Fletcher JohnsonGUEST
Isn't that better? So I got, I wanted to get a bunch of trail angels together who represent different parts of a thought leadership platform to get them in a room and do a shark tank.
Jacquelyn Fletcher JohnsonGUEST
America's Got Talent, and get people up pitching their big ideas in front of literary agents, speaker agents, the head of TED, all of TED content, entertainment execs, people like that to get feedback.
Jeff AltmanHOST
This graphic highlights a critical finding.
Jeff AltmanHOST
73% of decision makers state thought leadership is a more trustworthy basis for assessing capabilities than standard marketing materials.
Jeff AltmanHOST
The reason is simple.
Jeff AltmanHOST
Resumes merely claim expertise.
Jeff AltmanHOST
That proof comes in the form of deep, authoritative content, comprehensive white papers, industry research, and data-driven articles.
Jeff AltmanHOST
We aren't talking about a quick, text-only post on social media.
Jeff AltmanHOST
True thought leadership cites strong research, decodes complex business challenges, and offers concrete, actionable guidance.
Jeff AltmanHOST
It takes effort to create, but this specific long-form format is the ultimate hook for capturing the attention of executive recruiters and C-suite leaders.
Maliha AqeelGUEST
I just think if you offload your thinking to AI, that's when it's an issue.
Maliha AqeelGUEST
Because then it's not your thought leadership.
Mikulas ZachHOST
What was like that transition going from, you know, a large corporate to being on your own?
Maliha AqeelGUEST
But it's not who I am anymore completely.
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Maliha AqeelGUEST
Then I went through this iteration and this is kind of like that ties into your question because it just it does show that when you've worked in corporate as long as I have, it takes you time to find yourself as a consultant and as a as an entrepreneur.
Maliha AqeelGUEST
And so the next iteration that I thought about was, what do I like to do? And I just want to do that.
Maliha AqeelGUEST
And for me, that was thought leadership.
Maliha AqeelGUEST
In all of the roles I've ever held, thought leadership was one of my biggest areas of responsibility.
Dana SnyderHOST
I loved our episode talking about that you are on a stage in some sort of speaking capacity every single month, and that's led to a lot of growth in your organization.
Dana SnyderHOST
How strategic, like, are you seeing thought leadership in your conversation with the leaders that you're funding, in your own thought leadership running organizations? Like, when have there been concrete conversations about that? Like, is there space made for that?
Kenita SmithGUEST
I think so.
Kenita SmithGUEST
I personally believe that you have to have a public voice now because of how everything is.
Dana SnyderHOST
Yeah.
Carolina García JayaramGUEST
Yeah.
Carolina García JayaramGUEST
I think we need to humanize the missions vis-a-vis the leader, right? But the leader is really representing a lot of other human beings, right? And so the mission, I think, becomes for so many people, the focus of the thought leadership.
Carolina García JayaramGUEST
But the thought leadership's focus is really the human behind it.
CatherineHOST
And for your own content, right, that you're putting out.
CatherineHOST
You've appeared on podcasts yourself and invest in thought leadership.
CatherineHOST
But what do you think about podcasting in your content strategy or in your thought leadership as a
Lucas VandenbergGUEST
tool? I am really excited to...
Lucas VandenbergGUEST
I'm planning on launching a podcast here in the next couple months.
Michael FormanHOST
I'm your host, Michael Forman, and today we're talking about something every leader eventually faces.
Michael FormanHOST
What happens to your credibility when you get it wrong? My guest combines thought leadership and relationship building to open doors with executives, building programs inside major organizations, and creating business opportunities.
Michael FormanHOST
But we're also digging into what happened when an AI pilot failed and what it took to rebuild trust afterwards.
Michael FormanHOST
I'll get it, I promise.
Michael FormanHOST
It's the person-to-person contact.
Michael FormanHOST
And that's what I go across the country talking about.
Michael FormanHOST
Okay, so thought leadership can attract attention, but relationships create trust.
Michael FormanHOST
Where does that thought leadership and genuine relationship building begin? So
Craig HerdHOST
And, you know, Kay's now, I want to talk about it more about your specialism and more about the data, which you may enjoy.
Craig HerdHOST
And one thing that Kay does really well is the insights and the thought leadership that you put out there.
Craig HerdHOST
It's not a, you know, you've seen all these very kind of high level
Craig HerdHOST
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