The Importance of Thought Leadership for IT Leaders

The business world continues to change and disrupt. We, the IT leaders, are the key that connects strategy to implementation. At the same time, organizations refer to this initiative by varied names, whether Enterprise Architecture or Business Transformation, it’s how the change happens and the work gets done.

Providing thought leadership is an opportunity for an organization to elevate it's current position within an industry and manifest the competencies and reliability to demonstrate the experience, engage the voices and furnish real value to its customers. Thought Leadership is a mindset, competency, and business capability that keeps organizations focused.

Thought leadership is the ability of an organization to influence an industry, they challenge the status quo and ignite the strong drifts that others follow. Many industry pundits evangelize the need to be number one or two in any given industry vertical and at its essence, requires thought leadership.

Thought leaders provide a unique role in offering acumen on specific topics, issues, or trends and prove themselves to be a go-to resource. An organization with a successful thought leadership strategy attains business goals and makes it a core of their operating model.

For organizations to create Thought leaders is not impossible; they need to tap into the talent, experience and passion of an individual and help them enhance a few skills, such as becoming a coach and mentoring teams internally and eventually providing those enablers to customers. Many organizations have thought leaders who remain hidden and can only be discovered by embracing diversity, equity and inclusion practices holistically.

So what do you think you could do to help your organization strengthen its thought leadership posture?

Conclusion

As Americans, we can and must do better. Our economy will suffer until we get back authentic leadership. I have tried very hard to write this article in a way that avoids any perception of bias towards either the left or right side of the political spectrum. Please leave a comment if you think I have succeeded.

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