The list below contains my view on the key influencers, practitioners and personalities from the ITSM industry ranked by Klout (a measure of online influence)
Top 25 ITSM Pundits by Klout
- Stephen Mann 64
- Chris Dancy 63
- Jarod Greene 62
- Aprill Allen 62
- Karren Ferris 61
- Patrick Bolger 61
- Tristan Boot 61
- Brian Hollandsworth 60
- Roy Atkinson 60
- Rob England 60
- William Goddard 59
- Kathryn Howard 58
- Simone Jo Moore 58
- Chris Matchett 58
- Aale Roos 56
- Adam Mason 56
- Arlen Vartazarian 56
- Bradley Busch 55
- Tobias Nyberg 54
- Stuart Rance 54
- Barclay Rae 54
- Peter Lijnse 53
- Simon Morris 52
- Dan Kane 52
- Matthew Burrows 51
To learn more and follow these pundits please refer to this list.
Observations:
- Lots more competition, lots more new faces, great to see more end user organizations represented.
- This update is much more representative of the activity of the ITSM market as a whole – on and offline.
- New top dog Stephen Mann (‘everyones favourite ITSM Analyst’) displaces Chris Dancy, who should be credited for belligerently leading the way in our online education.
- ‘A rising tide lifts all boats’ – In only a few short months everyone seems to have improved. You need a Klout score of at least 50 to get on the top 25. The previous threshold for the Top 10 in January 2012 was 40.
Notes:
- My Top 25 Pundits is built from this list based on the Klout score today (You can view the Klout score for lots of people at once by viewing your lists from within the free version of Hootsuite)
- The previous update from January 2012 can be found here.
- See also ‘Punditry and Getting Started in ITSM‘
- If you think someone else should be on this list please contact me.
