Tamsen Webster's videos and podcasts
September 2026
Does “fake it till you make it” actually work? Professional speaker, author, and message designer T...
Having the idea is only part of the work. Professional speaker, author, and message designer Tamsen...
Academic scholars and researchers, particularly at the doctoral level, are high in both novelty and ...
Academic scholars and researchers, particularly at the doctoral level, are high in both novelty and ...
I struggle with what to call myself. Not the easier things—author, speaker, researcher—but the label...
That's what doctoral-level research is all about: creating new knowledge. Being able to defend it as...
That's what doctoral-level research is all about: creating new knowledge. Being able to defend it as...
The cognitive scientist Stellan Ohlsson uses a spectacularly helpful analogy in his book Deep Learni...
I struggle with what to call myself. Not the easier things—author, speaker, researcher. Those help ...
I struggle with what to call myself. Not the easier things—author, speaker, researcher. Those help ...
The last clear picture we have of how people decide which experts to trust was taken in 2019. Nobody...
The last clear picture we have of how people decide which experts to trust was taken in 2019. Nobody...
Y’ALL. My dissertation advisor says I’m ready to schedule my proposal hearing!!!!! YAAAAAAAY!
The single most useful thing I've ever learned about audiences for expertise. And it's six years old...
The single most useful thing I've ever learned about audiences for expertise. And it's six years old...
Not all advice is wrong. Some of it is just aimed at somebody else. Six years ago a study found four...
August 2026
I have VERY STRONG THOUGHTS about telling anyone, not to mention an accomplished academic or a woman...
Who are the experts, thought leaders, content creators, and leaders of thinking you most respect, fo...
Join Tamsen for monthly virtual office hours! Bring the idea you're wrestling with and tackle it liv...
Six years ago, a research study blew. my. mind. Its central finding: there is no one-size-fits-all ...
Six years ago, a research study blew my mind. It was called "The ROI of Thought Leadership," run by...