Facilitator for Today: Thought Leader for Tomorrow?

In our organizations, who are the people igniting the passions of those around them? Who mobilizes the talents of the people they work with and builds collective as well as individual strength of others? Who are the 'Thought Leaders'? And how are they leading thought? (See Robin Ryde’s short video which inspired this post.)

In the Learning and Leadership unit, we have been embracing invitations to design and facilitate workshops to help 'lead' thinking (as described in our earlier blog post: "Building Capacity in Systems Thinking: Want More Amplification? Don't Call it Training", August 14). We engineer experiences aiming to facilitate people thinking and conversing effectively and efficiently, purposefully mobilizing talents and building strengths. As today's facilitators, are we the 'Thought Leaders' for tomorrow? And if we are, will this loaded label bring us greater success?