Thought leader
Thought leader is a term first coined in 1994 by Joel Kurtzman, editor-in-chief of the Booz Allen Hamilton magazine, Strategy & Business and used to designate interview subjects for that magazine who had business ideas which merited attention.[1]. It has since evolved into a catch phrase describing someone who is supposed to have progressive and innovative ideas.
It can also have a highly negative connotation due to its similarity with dystopian elements found in the well-known George Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty-Four which includes thought crime and thought police. [2]
The term is sometimes used to characterize leaders of service clubs, officers of veterans' organizations, of civic organizations, of women's clubs, lodges, regional officials and insurance executives.[3][4]
See also [edit]
- Opinion leadership
- Creative class
- Faith Popcorn
- Futures studies
- Irma Wyman
- Paul White (journalist)
- Anticipatory thinking (futures)
References [edit]
- ^ Kurtzman, J. (2010) Common Purpose: How Great Leaders Get Organisations to Achieve the Extraordinary, ISBN 978-0-470-49009-9
- ^ Cheryl Pass "‘Thought Leaders’: Orwell’s 1984 Moves To The 21st Century", Freedom Outpost, October 11, 2012
- ^ Carey McWilliams (1951) "Government by Whitaker and Baxter II", The Nation, page 367, April 21
- ^ Scott Cutlip (1994) The Unseen Power, page 607
Further reading [edit]
- Acharya, Nupur (2011-06-20). "Infosys, Tata Brands Beat Google and Apple - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
- Myslewski, Rik (November 25, 2009)."Apple tops Google as UK 'Thought Leader'." The Register.
