Can you apply some of your “old” thought leadership to a new situation?

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Hi there, it’s Peter Winick. I’m the founder and CEO at Thought Leadership Leverage, and here’s the idea that I’d like to share with you today. That’s this: Thought leaders, authors, consultants, advisers, etc., have a tendency to want to constantly create new work, new thought leadership, new intellectual property. I get it; it’s how they’re wired. However, what I would suggest is that you look at situations that are in the marketplace, different circumstances. You know, we’re living now in a world where it’s common for people to work from home. We’re having more conversations around psychological safety in the workplace, things like this. And what I would say is, look at what’s out there that’s new situationally in the business world that didn’t exist when you first created a piece of thought leadership, a piece of intellectual property, and try to see if it’s a fit for that.

For example, if you’ve got work on collaboration, you probably didn’t create that 5 years ago. For example, thinking about how do you collaborate in a hybrid work environment. So that’s a whole new situation, a whole new application for your pre-existing work. So my challenge to you is this: Take a look out there on the landscape in the business world. Things are moving fast; things are coming up at a pace we’ve never seen before. And think about how your previous work, your old work, if you will, could apply, could be beneficial to a situation that didn’t exist at the point that you created it. In any case, love to hear your thoughts, love to hear your reactions. Thank you so much.”