by peterwinick on December 14, 2010
When speaking with authors and thought leaders I typically ask them to tell me about their work. More often than not the answers I get are fairly complex and somewhat confusing. I’ll probe a bit and try to get them to clarify and be specific and for many this is a challenge. The reasons for [...]
by peterwinick on November 15, 2010
In the last two weeks I’ve interviewed a wide variety of authors and thought leaders to gain insight into what they struggle most with. While the range of experience and expertise amongst the group was pretty wide what was most interesting is that the challenges they faced were pretty similar. Their areas of focus and [...]
by peterwinick on October 15, 2010
Last week I had the pleasure of seeing Jim Collins speak at Radio City Music Hall at the World Business Forum one of the many points that he brought up was that we are now operating in a period of great uncertainty and that uncertainty is now the rule, not the exception. While I don’t [...]
by peterwinick on August 15, 2010
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by peterwinick on August 6, 2010
It seems like many of the thought leaders and authors I speak with are pulled in a million directions and have made a millimeter of progress in each. There’s also a group of them that have made a mile of progress in just a few. I’ve spent some time thinking about the differences in these [...]
by peterwinick on August 4, 2010
In most businesses the goal is to develop a product, service or solution that can be leveraged. It’s not a very controversial topic, it’s pretty much how companies operate. In the world of content it doesn’t always work that way and based on some of the work I’ve been doing over the last few months [...]
by peterwinick on July 21, 2010
Everyone has a favorite meal, something special that you crave or maybe it’s the ambience of the restaurant, the memories it brings to mind, the flavors, the smells or the textures. Now no matter what that meal is you wouldn’t eat it every day and it would be quite unusual if everyone you knew had [...]
by peterwinick on July 15, 2010
In speaking with a wide range of authors and thought leaders lately one of the key things that struck me was the connection between clarity, the ability to prioritize activities effectively and success. I believe that clarity is not exactly a binary state but it isn’t something that exists on a continuum either. I asked [...]
by peterwinick on July 2, 2010
I’ve spoken with over 50 authors and thought leaders in the last few weeks and asked them all what they struggle with. The range of experience and levels of success that this group has achieved was varied; I spoke with experts that had been practicing for 30 years and some that have been practicing for [...]
by peterwinick on June 29, 2010
One of the many things I’ve learned in the last two weeks as a result of speaking with a wide variety of thought leaders is that one way to look at content is to determine if it’s primary application is to develop skills or to challenge and change mindsets. I believe there are three phases [...]