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What is thoughtLEADERSHIP? (the quick answer: a thoughtLEADER is someone who delivers business results by agitating for and leading change) What characteristics do thoughtLEADERS possess? What are the tools a thoughtLEADER uses to push the thinking forward? How do you "blow up your business" and why is that a good idea? How do thoughtLEADERS convey their ideas in a clear and compelling manner?

"The direct sponsor does all the leg work, doing the hard and tedious task of sorting wheat from chaff. Statistics I've seen suggest that something like 2 out of 3,000 deals that a funded sponsor looks at will be funded. I don't have numbers on fundless sponsors, but it has to be worse.  That's a lot of chaff.  A"

"The Bottom-line:  In the The As-a-Service Economy, we only care about achieving our desired outcomes  Here's the nub of the argument, while people like Hillary Clinton want to turn back the clock and protect the legacy job-for-life, the vast majority of people really do not care that labor forces are being disrupted, along with legacy business models and obsolete practices.  Today's world is all about faster, cheaper, more accessible services - and to hell with any obsolete process, system or person which gets in the way of convenient and affordable As-a-Service models."

Not the vision of the individual, but rather the shared vision of the community. A desire to learn, to make a difference, a desire to share ideas and do something worthwhile. We come together in these spaces because of the vision, to be inspired by others, as well as to offer inspiration ourselves. It's also about our field of vision being wider with more eyes: more people bringing a wider range of experience, a wider range of sources, creating more wisdom and meaning. The breadth and differences within community make it stronger. Vision inspires us.