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[–] 63 points 8 months ago (10 children)

"Thought leaders" is one of the most ridiculous bullshit phrases to ever come out of the English language

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  • [–] 55 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    I work for a CEO who constantly uses this phrase.

    What sort of "thoughts" has he led with, you ask? Gamification, then blockchain, then crypto, then AI. That leadership feels an awful lot like trend-chasing to me... but I guess that's why I don't make the big bucks.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (8 children)

    Thought leader can sound pompous. What's a better phrase for people who are authorities in their field?

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Note that broadly people that have an affinity to "thought leader" are not "authorities in their field".

    The "thought leaders" are the people that take credit for making obvious wishlist statements and then saying it's all due to them should it happen. Like if I as some internet rando said "we should really cut down on CO2", and then somehow the world manages to reduce CO2 one year and I say "I was a thought leader and the reason why we reduced CO2".

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