Mark Van Wye of Zoom Room: “5 Things You Should Do To Become a Thought Leader In Your Industry”

Share. In a play of mine from many years ago, an old man admonishes a young writer to “Get it out! Get it out!” dismissing the writer’s ideas as worthless unless he shares them with the world. Publish. Do a podcast. Give a lecture. You can’t be any kind of leader in a vacuum. You can’t even do it posthumously — because then you may be seen as a brilliant innovator, but you will have led no one. The “thought” in thought leader is cerebral and internal, private and personal, solitary and inscrutable. It’s necessary, but it’s only half the task at hand. The “leader” is the extrovert, gregariously gathering those who will listen to your augurs. If you’re too much of an introvert and you lack this generosity of spirit, you cannot ascend to be regarded as a thought leader. So just as your kindergarten…

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