Thought Leadership
You have something important to say.
It might be for a book. A Substack series. An article. A manifesto.
But something's missing. The message hasn’t taken flight. Now it can.
I work with you as an editor, a ghostwriter, or a coach: helping you become your own writer and editor.
Together, we find your written voice: the words that sound like you when you're at your best.
We work on your logical flow. We strengthen the ideas and stories that differentiate you from the crowd.
We frame your opening hook, your closing, and the plot line that ties them together.
We talk through your publishing and content strategy options: mainstream, self-publishing, and subscription-based.
We tailor it all to your priorities, which aren’t the same as anyone else’s.
I've guided hundreds of thought leaders through processes like this. They include business leaders, consultants, educators, investors, and independent thinkers. Some worked with me for a few hours; others, for months.
They developed work that found an audience and gained influence.
Art Kleiner’s editorial guidance sharpened my thinking and clarified my ideas. He also managed the production through two self-published editions, coordinating the illustrator, production designer, and copy editors. I am already thinking about working with him on other books.
I worked with Art to bring a book manuscript from draft to publication-ready. My goal - to make it the best possible book on curiosity — became his goal as well. He helped me find a core message hidden in my research and bring it forward. Most helpful was his guidance on how to present the work to publishers, make the most of my network of colleagues and friends, and think about my content strategy. I would recommend his coaching and editing to any executive or consultant interested in thought leadership.
Art Kleiner provided invaluable guidance, wisdom, and editorial support. He helped make this book possible.
Art, you have not only made my thoughts clearer and easier to understand but also infused your perspective, drawing from your deep experience in leadership consulting. That's no small feat!
The landscape of ideas has shifted. The list of books to read is longer every day, and you’re also competing against emails, texts, doomscrolls, podcasts, and Substacks.
Yet readers still look for authentic expertise. The thought leaders who break through aren't just good writers; they're strategic about positioning, systematic about developing and testing their ideas, and sophisticated about their audiences. They write with explanatory power. They publish themselves first, build an audience, and then put forth a book.
I’m not just a ghostwriter or editor for hire. I’m a consulting architect of the intellectual platform of carefully selected clients.
I offer intensive collaboration, honest feedback, and respect for your authentic voice.
Your expertise is real. Your insights matter. Let's make sure they land.
Strategic Consultation: $3,500
A short but intensive engagement in which I assess your existing material, market positioning, argument clarity, voice, and shelf readiness. We map the path to publication. You take away a better sequence and frame for your material, an edit of some of it, and specific recommendations for next steps.
Book Editing: starting at $12,000.
A comprehensive editorial consultation that transforms your manuscript. We work through voice development, narrative architecture, and systematic content creation. This includes frequent working sessions, and detailed editorial drafting and feedback.
Ongoing Advisory: $6,000/month
For executives who need sustained support through publication, launch, and market positioning. This includes continuous drafting and refinement of material, development of derivative articles and talk outlines, and strategic guidance on distribution and amplification. Minimum three-month commitment.
Qualification : We begin with a brief exploratory call to ensure alignment between your goals and my expertise. I work with a limited number of clients to maintain the intensive, personalized approach that produces breakthrough results.
Note: Educators and select non-profits may inquire about alternative fee structures.
Schedule your exploratory call: email art@artkleiner.com.
AI Learning
A collaborative intensive working group on using GenAI, for leaders of innovative teams. Each participant brings a proposed project, works on it weekly with the rest of the cohort, and leaves with a finished version of it — along with the working habits and skills that produced it.
Seven seats. Two months. July and August 2026.
APPLY FOR A SEAT
You’re a founder or small-company executive whose AI project has stalled. The technology was the easy part. The human side of getting it adopted was not thought through.
You’re an HR or L&D leader trying to figure out what generative AI does to workplace learning, and how to lead through the disruption rather than be flattened by it.
You’re a team leader building an automated tool, workflow, or system that teams around the organization will eventually use.
If you are looking for AI tutorials, the internet is full of them.
This is for people who learn best with others.
A finished project at a reasonable scale. Projects are personal and concrete: a task agent that reads across files, a triage system for high-volume email, a guardrailed L&D pilot ready to run.
Plus five skills that stay with you.
And a peer group. Founding-cohort alumni stay in contact through a shared channel and get first refusal on the next cohort at founding-rate pricing.
One weekly Zoom of ninety minutes. Each session covers a piece of the curriculum and makes room for the projects. The first three weeks settle the basics and lock in what each person is building. The rest are devoted to the tools, decisions, and human judgments needed to ship.
I convene the room. When we need specific expertise, I bring it in — a coder, a deployment specialist, an interface expert, a regulatory advisor.
A central tension runs through all of this: whether you are using AI to learn, or to skip learning. We work on the side of learning.
$3,000 for the full two months — founding-cohort pricing, deliberately below what subsequent cohorts will pay, in exchange for participants helping to shape what the curriculum becomes.
A working Claude subscription is required for the duration, about $200 a month.
Consultants, coaches, not-for-profits, and educators: get in touch for tailored arrangements.
Applications open through June 5.