Discover your expertise
I have spent 25 years in operations. What am I actually an expert at?
Unsure what you're an expert at after 25 years in operations? Use three tests to name it.
Read insight ↗ 9 min readTHE POWER OF THE EXPERT · INSIGHTSMake more of what
Make more of what
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Discover your expertise. Give your judgment a voice.
Build something that lasts.
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Fifteen practical guides drawing on Robyn Mancell’s The Power of the Expert—from naming your strengths to passing on what only experience can teach.
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Discover your expertise
People always call me when projects fall apart. How do I describe what makes me valuable?
Always the one called when projects fall apart? Learn to name the failure you prevent.
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Discover your expertise
I have worked across four industries. Is there a single expertise connecting them?
Worked in four industries and unsure what connects them? Find the problem you keep solving.
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Discover your expertise
I am good at many things. Which one is most commercially useful?
Good at many things and unsure which pays? Find where your advantage is widest.
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Prove and position
I am interested in becoming an expert, but I cannot think of a single client success story. Where do I start?
No client success story yet? Start a record of solved problems.
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Prove and position
People tell me I solve hard problems, but I have no case studies. How do I prove my expertise?
No case studies but people say you solve hard problems? Build proof they can check.
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Prove and position
Potential clients compare me with cheaper advisors. How do I stand apart?
Clients comparing you with cheaper advisors? Make the comparison stop making sense.
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Prove and position
My competitors have degrees I do not. What should I show clients instead of a credential?
Competitors have degrees you don't? Show clients proof of results instead.
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Publish and productize
I have thirty years of lessons people keep asking me to share. What book could I write?
Thirty years of lessons and people keep asking you to share? Turn them into a method book.
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Publish and productize
I want to publish a book, but who would buy it and what should its central message be?
Want to publish an expert book but unsure who buys it? Find your reader and one central message.
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Publish and productize
People ask me the same hard question every week. Could I turn my answer into interactive software?
Asked the same hard question every week? See how to turn your answer into a tool.
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Publish and productize
How can I combine a consulting practice, a book and a software tool into one coherent business?
Want a practice, a book and a tool to work as one business? Build from one core.
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AI and your legacy
Which parts of my work should I give to AI, and which require the judgment I have earned?
Unsure which tasks to hand to AI and which need your judgment? Sort them in three piles.
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AI and your legacy
AI is entering my profession. How do I make my experience valuable rather than obsolete?
AI entering your profession? Shift from information to judgment.
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AI and your legacy
Before I retire, how could I preserve the lessons I have learned so younger workers can use them?
Retiring soon and want younger workers to use your lessons? Capture your judgment.
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