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"Thought leaders" is one of the most ridiculous bullshit phrases to ever come out of the English language
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.
Thought leader can sound pompous. What's a better phrase for people who are authorities in their field?
Big brain just has that lovely Gen Z punch, although it's an adjective from what I gather, so
Big Brain Thought Leader?
Loud guy.
Con man.
Master of Headassery
Knob head?
Dick weed, dip shit, fuck wit, bell sniff, bell end, cock end, cock head?
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".
Ok but that is the definition on Wikipedia
If someone is using it wrong, they're using it wrong.