Thought Conversations
Your idea. Better expressed.
You know your subject. You have an idea worth sharing.
I help you explore what’s most interesting about it, question the assumptions surrounding it, and find a clearer and more distinctive way to express it.
We may discover something you hadn’t seen before—an implication, application, or larger idea that gives what you’re doing greater impact.
When you find a better way to express an idea, the idea can do more. It can change how people understand your work, open new directions for a product or service, strengthen your position as an expert, and create opportunities.
What It Is
A Thought Conversation starts with your expertise and an idea you believe matters.
Before we talk, I research you, your subject, and the idea. Then we have a deep, recorded conversation where I ask questions, challenge assumptions, test the framing, and follow the idea where it leads. The objective isn’t to capture what you already think and turn it into an article.
It’s to discover the strongest way to understand and express the idea.
What You Get
1. The Conversation
A researched, 60–90 minute recorded discussion designed to explore your idea and discover the most interesting directions it might lead.
2. The Article
I develop the strongest ideas that emerge from the conversation into an article. You can review it, correct it, modify it, and publish it under your own name.
Also Included
The complete, unedited audio and video recording of the conversation for your use.
Thought Conversations help you explore, challenge, clarify, and express your ideas. Your ideas remain yours. I make no ownership claim to your underlying ideas or intellectual property.
What People Say
“This is the best summary statement of my views as I have ever seen. I would like to use it as the basis for a Forbes article.”
— Andy Semotiuk, immigration attorney
Read his Forbes article.
“Daniel Stih has written a great article about #solutions”
— Noah Healy, market designer and game theorist
Read the article • Noah's LinkedIn post
What Can Come Out of a Thought Conversation?
ROBERTO CAPODIECI
Started with: Blockchain - what is it and why do we need it?
The useful questions became:
- What does decentralization mean?
- Who or what do we have to trust when there is no central authority?
Watch on YouTube • Read the article
DR. AMY WIDESTROM
Executive Director, League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania
Started with: How can we make voting more effective and fair?
The useful questions became:
- What makes people feel their vote doesn't matter?
- Which barriers can we actually change?
Watch on YouTube • Read the article
PROFESSOR GUY McPHERSON
Started with: Catastrophic climate change is inevitable.
The useful questions became:
- What should we do if we’re right?
- What might be worth doing, even if we’re wrong?
Watch on YouTube • Read the article
ATTORNEY ANDY SEMOTIUK
Started with: Illegal immigration, ICE raids, and a broken immigration system.
The useful questions became:
- How can we enforce the law without creating unnecessary fear and disruption?
- How can we make legal immigration workable enough that following the law becomes a realistic option?
Watch on YouTube • Read the article
NOAH HEALY
Started with: A new way to run commodity markets.
The useful questions became:
- What problem are markets actually designed to solve?
- Who should the system reward when it works?
Watch on YouTube • Read the article
Have an Idea You Want Others to Understand?
Let’s find the clearest way to express it.
Want to See More on How I Think With People?
Listen to The Daniel Stih Podcast. My podcast will give you a sense of how I explore ideas.
The podcast isn’t the Thought Conversation service.