Are You Solving the Right Problem? | 702 | Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg
Leveraging Thought Leadership · 2026-03-22 · 16 min
Episode notes
What makes thought leadership actually travel? Not a bigger platform. Not louder marketing. A sharper idea that solves a real problem. In this episode, Peter talks with Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg , coauthor of Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life and author of What's Your Problem?: To Solve Your Toughest Problems, Change the Problems You Solve. Thomas's work sits at the intersection of innovation, problem framing, and practical execution inside real organizations. The conversation focuses on a core truth behind strong thought leadership: the best ideas win because they are useful. Thomas explains that both of his books grew from underserved problems in the market. Innovation as Usual challenged the idea that innovation belongs only to CEOs or startups. It made the case that innovation has to work for managers operating inside the constraints of large organizations. Peter and Thomas also unpack why What's Your Problem? has such broad appeal. Its core idea is simple and powerful: most leaders are not bad at solving problems. They are bad at identifying the right problem to solve.