Let Your Researcher Thought Leaders Be Makers, Not Managers
Thought leadership and management are fundamentally different mindsets. So why do research-driven organizations keep putting their thought leaders in heavy management roles?
Day: July 13, 2018
Doing Just Science Communications? That’s Bringing a Knife to a Firefight
Every research-driven organization should be investing in improving their research staff’s communications skills — that’s a no-brainer. But doing science communications alone is isn’t enough — like bringing a knife to the gunfight of the attention economy.
How to Do Thought Leadership When ‘Thought Leadership’ Makes You Want to Throw Up
If the term “thought leadership” still gives you the willies, try the definition a scientist who works for a global NGO told me he uses: As an early warning system of actionable intelligence for the world.
NGO Science Thought Leaders are Unhappy…But Not for the Reasons You Think
Walk a mile in their shoes — and then think about why they might be reluctant to take a step forward.
The Nine Highly Effective (and Rare) Habits of Thought Leading Organizations
Is research thought leadership a precious metal in your organization — often discovered by accident and as likely to grow through your organization as gold through alchemy? Or is it a renewable resource and your organization the ecosystem producing it? Review these nine habits to tell where you’re at.