Leveraging Thought Leadership Podcast
About the Podcast
Hear from the people whose ideas shape the business world. Learn what their public stories leave out.
Our beat: the business of thought leadership and the people who take ideas to scale. Fortune 500 CEOs. New York Times bestselling authors. Thinkers50 honorees. NSA Hall of Fame speakers. Top business school professors. First-time authors. Emerging keynote speakers. Their support: publishers, speaking coaches, PR experts.
We ask thought leaders to share generously. And they don’t hold back. How did they get here? What nearly stopped them? What did they learn? And what keeps them going?
Peter Winick and Bill Sherman launched the podcast in March 2018. And after 700+ interviews, they’ve curated them in The Thought Leadership Handbook, co-authored with Naren Aryal.
Previous Episodes
Benjamin Granger joins Peter Winick to explore how data-backed insights shape stronger leaders, smarter decisions, and more resilient organizations — revealing why evidence-based frameworks outperform intuition alone.
Harvard's John Winsor on why firsthand experience outperforms borrowed insight every time The conversation explores why authentic, hands-on experience beats theory, how AI is…
What happens after you publish a book? In this conversation, Bill Sherman and Sandy Smith unpack the realities of book publicity, the emotional arc of launch week, and why the real value of a book emerges over years — not days. From audience readiness to long‑term visibility, this episode reframes a launch as the beginning of a relationship‑building journey rather than a finish line.
Balancing mission-driven visibility with the discomfort of self-promotion, from an author's perspective This episode unpacks what happened when he tried to self-publish a personal legacy…
How a software entrepreneur built inbound authority through blogs, podcasts, and a book A tech entrepreneur and software CEO shares how thought leadership emerged organically…
Charlene Li shares how she evolved from an in‑house analyst to an independent thought leader, unpacking the mindset shifts, strategic risks, and long‑term frameworks that shaped her career. She reflects on co-authoring across decades, navigating AI disruption with clarity, and building work that stays relevant even as the landscape rapidly changes.
Melissa Doman on bridging the gap between clinical language and business results An organizational psychologist and former clinical therapist explains how she accidentally built a…
An attorney turned international speaker on shedding one identity and claiming another A corporate attorney leaves Miami for Paris on little more than a hunch…
Alan Guarino on Lifelong Learning, Social Capital, and the Formula Behind Unstoppable Success A leadership crisis is quietly driving even the highest-paid executives to misery…
How Gabrielle Dolan built a 20-year thought leadership business around business storytelling Gabrielle Dolan spent 20 years building a thought leadership business around an idea…
How the Opus Way Helps Leaders Perform Under Pressure Without Burning Out Ambition does not have to come at the cost of energy, health, or…
A conversation on suffering, resilience, leadership, and the search for groundedness during hard times. How do we navigate suffering, instability, and uncertainty without losing ourselves?…